other text files delta
compressed, but not larger binary media files.
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Storing large files without delta compression avoids excessive memory
usage, at the slight expense of increased disk usage.
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* Will be treated as if they were labeled "binary" (see
  linkgit:gitattributes[5]). e.g. linkgit:git-log[1] and
  linkgit:git-diff[1] will not compute diffs for files above this limit.
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* Will generally be streamed when written, which avoids excessive
memory usage, at the cost of some fixed overhead. Commands that make
use of this include linkgit:git-archive[1],
linkgit:git-fast-import[1], linkgit:git-index-pack[1],
linkgit:git-unpack-objects[1] and linkgit:git-fsck[1].

core.excludesFile::
	Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
	describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
	to `.gitignore` (per-directory) and `.git/info/exclude`.
	Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
	If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
	is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].

core.askPass::
	Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
	ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
	via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
	environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
	`SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
	prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
	command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.

core.attributesFile::
	In addition to `.gitattributes` (per-directory) and
	`.git/info/attributes`, Git looks into this file for attributes
	(see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
	way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
	`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
	set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.

core.hooksPath::
	By default Git will look for your hooks in the
	`$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory. Set this to different path,
	e.g. `/etc/git/hooks`, and Git will try to find your hooks in
	that directory, e.g. `/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive` instead of
	in `$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive`.
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The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
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This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
default hooks.
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You can also disable all hooks entirely by setting `core.hooksPath`
to `/dev/null`. This is usually only advisable for expert users and
on a per-command basis using configuration parameters of the form
`git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null ...`.

core.editor::
	Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
	messages by launching an editor use the value of this
	variable when it is set, and the environment variable
	`GIT_EDITOR` is not set.  See linkgit:git-var[1].

core.commentChar::
core.commentString::
	Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
	messages consider a line that begins with this character
	commented, and removes them after the editor returns
	(default '#').
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If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
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Note that these two variables are aliases of each other, and in modern
versions of Git you are free to use a string (e.g., `//` or `⁑⁕⁑`) with
`commentChar`. Versions of Git prior to v2.45.0 will ignore
`commentString` but will reject a value of `commentChar` that consists
of more than a single ASCII byte. If you plan to use your config with
older and newer versions of Git, you may want to specify both:
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    [core]
    # single character for older versions
    commentChar = "#"
    # string for newer