advice.*::
These variables control various optional help messages designed to
aid new users. When left unconfigured, Git will give the message
alongside instructions on how to squelch it. You can tell Git
that you have understood the issue and no longer need a specific
help message by setting the corresponding variable to `false`.
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As they are intended to help human users, these messages are output to
the standard error. When tools that run Git as a subprocess find them
disruptive, they can set `GIT_ADVICE=0` in the environment to squelch
all advice messages.
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addEmbeddedRepo::
Shown when the user accidentally adds one
git repo inside of another.
addEmptyPathspec::
Shown when the user runs `git add` without providing
the pathspec parameter.
addIgnoredFile::
Shown when the user attempts to add an ignored file to
the index.
amWorkDir::
Shown when linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply a patch
file, to tell the user the location of the file.
ambiguousFetchRefspec::
Shown when a fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to
the same remote-tracking branch namespace and causes branch
tracking set-up to fail.
checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName::
Shown when the argument to
linkgit:git-checkout[1] and linkgit:git-switch[1]
ambiguously resolves to a
remote tracking branch on more than one remote in
situations where an unambiguous argument would have
otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be
checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote`
configuration variable for how to set a given remote
to be used by default in some situations where this
advice would be printed.
commitBeforeMerge::
Shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
detachedHead::
Shown when the user uses
linkgit:git-switch[1] or linkgit:git-checkout[1]
to move to the detached HEAD state, to tell the user how
to create a local branch after the fact.
diverging::
Shown when a fast-forward is not possible.
fetchShowForcedUpdates::
Shown when linkgit:git-fetch[1] takes a long time
to calculate forced updates after ref updates, or to warn
that the check is disabled.
forceDeleteBranch::
Shown when the user tries to delete a not fully merged
branch without the force option set.
ignoredHook::
Shown when a hook is ignored because the hook is not
set as executable.
implicitIdentity::
Shown when the user's information is guessed from the
system username and domain name, to tell the user how to
set their identity configuration.
mergeConflict::
Shown when various commands stop because of conflicts.
nestedTag::
Shown when a user attempts to recursively tag a tag object.
pushAlreadyExists::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
pushFetchFirst::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
object we do not have.
pushNeedsForce::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
pushNonFFCurrent::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
pushNonFFMatching::
Shown when the user ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
"matching refs" explicitly (i.e. used `:`, or
specified a refspec that isn't the