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Documentation/config.txt: Add git-gui options

The 'git gui' has a number of options that can be specified using the
options dialog. Sometimes it is convenient to be able to specify these
from the command line, therefor document these options.

Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby <hendeby@isy.liu.se>
Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <speace@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Gustaf Hendeby 17 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -684,6 +684,36 @@ specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' @@ -684,6 +684,36 @@ specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
access method.

gui.commitmsgwidth::
Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.

gui.diffcontext::
Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".

gui.matchtrackingbranch::
Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
not. Default: "false".

gui.newbranchtemplate::
Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
linkgit:git-gui[1].

gui.pruneduringfetch::
"true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
performing a fetch. The default value is "false".

gui.trustmtime::
Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.

gui.spellingdictionary::
Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
off.

help.browser::
Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].

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