2 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
3 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
4 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
8 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
10 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
11 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
14 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
15 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
17 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
18 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
19 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
20 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
22 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
23 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
25 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
26 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
27 object we do not have.
29 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
30 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
31 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
32 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
34 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
35 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
36 the template shown when writing commit messages in
37 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
38 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
40 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
41 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
44 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
45 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
47 Advice to consider using the `--quiet` option to linkgit:git-reset[1]
48 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate unstaged
51 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
52 prevent the operation from being performed.
54 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
55 your information is guessed from the system username and
58 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
59 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
60 a local branch after the fact.
61 checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName::
62 Advice shown when the argument to
63 linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a
64 remote tracking branch on more than one remote in
65 situations where an unambiguous argument would have
66 otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be
67 checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote`
68 configuration variable for how to set a given remote
69 to used by default in some situations where this
70 advice would be printed.
72 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
73 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
75 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
76 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
78 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
79 git repo inside of another.
81 Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not
84 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
85 editor input from the user.