git config -global diff.renames copies # if set, git diff uses a prefix pair that is different from the standard 'a/' and 'b/' depending on what is being compared. If set to 'copies' or 'copy', it will detect copies, as well. If set to any boolean value, it will enable basic rename detection. git/info/sparse-checkout # define which whitespace problems git should recognize(any whitespace at the end of a line, mixed spaces or tabs) git config -global core.whitespace trailing-space,space-before-tab # tells Git to detect renames. # show current values for all global configuration parameters git config -list -global # set a username globally git config -global user.name 'username' ` # set an email address globally git config -global user.email # always -prune for git fetch and git pull git config -global fetch.prune true # remove the previously set username globally git config -global -unset user.name # color the git console git config color.ui true # set the tool used by git for diffing globally git config -global diff.tool mytool # set the tool used by git for merging globally git config -global merge.tool mytool # git config -global -unset myparameter remove the previously set configuration value globally # allows populating the working directory sparsely, that is, cloning only certain directories from a repository git config core.sparseCheckout true # instruct git to retrieve only some directory in addition to those listed in `.git/info/sparse-checkout echo 'some/directory/inside/the/repository' >.

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