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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-01-25 15:32:33 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-01-25 15:32:33 -0800 |
commit | 7887f9b4eb248358cc8e6937ceb87b9f072ce9e5 (patch) | |
tree | d5670ef418f9f7d4a5780ee5d3d01696abb477aa /git.txt | |
parent | d5cfc8f5a014ca40c71c8355aa37074cc885297e (diff) | |
download | git-htmldocs-7887f9b4eb248358cc8e6937ceb87b9f072ce9e5.tar.gz |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.30.0-335-ge63628
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|-P|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] - [--super-prefix=<path>] + [--super-prefix=<path>] [--config-env <name>=<envvar>] <command> [<args>] DESCRIPTION @@ -80,6 +80,28 @@ config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config --type=bool` will convert to `false`. +--config-env=<name>=<envvar>:: + Like `-c <name>=<value>`, give configuration variable + '<name>' a value, where <envvar> is the name of an + environment variable from which to retrieve the value. Unlike + `-c` there is no shortcut for directly setting the value to an + empty string, instead the environment variable itself must be + set to the empty string. It is an error if the `<envvar>` does not exist + in the environment. `<envvar>` may not contain an equals sign + to avoid ambiguity with `<name>`s which contain one. ++ +This is useful for cases where you want to pass transitory +configuration options to git, but are doing so on OS's where +other processes might be able to read your cmdline +(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environ +(e.g. `/proc/self/environ`). That behavior is the default on +Linux, but may not be on your system. ++ +Note that this might add security for variables such as +`http.extraHeader` where the sensitive information is part of +the value, but not e.g. `url.<base>.insteadOf` where the +sensitive information can be part of the key. + --exec-path[=<path>]:: Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed. This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH |