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The values have eluded documentation so far. While at it streamline the wording by grouping relevant parts together. Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff.autoRefreshIndex::
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When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
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files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
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Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
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update the cached stat information for paths whose
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contents in the work tree match the contents in the
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index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
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affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
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'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
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diff.dirstat::
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A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the
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default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]`
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and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line
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(using `--dirstat=<param1,param2,...>`). The fallback defaults
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(when not changed by `diff.dirstat`) are `changes,noncumulative,3`.
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The following parameters are available:
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--
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`changes`;;
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Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the lines that have been
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removed from the source, or added to the destination. This ignores
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the amount of pure code movements within a file. In other words,
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rearranging lines in a file is not counted as much as other changes.
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This is the default behavior when no parameter is given.
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`lines`;;
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Compute the dirstat numbers by doing the regular line-based diff
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analysis, and summing the removed/added line counts. (For binary
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files, count 64-byte chunks instead, since binary files have no
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natural concept of lines). This is a more expensive `--dirstat`
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behavior than the `changes` behavior, but it does count rearranged
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lines within a file as much as other changes. The resulting output
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is consistent with what you get from the other `--*stat` options.
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`files`;;
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Compute the dirstat numbers by counting the number of files changed.
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Each changed file counts equally in the dirstat analysis. This is
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the computationally cheapest `--dirstat` behavior, since it does
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not have to look at the file contents at all.
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`cumulative`;;
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Count changes in a child directory for the parent directory as well.
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Note that when using `cumulative`, the sum of the percentages
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reported may exceed 100%. The default (non-cumulative) behavior can
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be specified with the `noncumulative` parameter.
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<limit>;;
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An integer parameter specifies a cut-off percent (3% by default).
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Directories contributing less than this percentage of the changes
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are not shown in the output.
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--
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Example: The following will count changed files, while ignoring
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directories with less than 10% of the total amount of changed files,
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and accumulating child directory counts in the parent directories:
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`files,10,cumulative`.
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diff.statGraphWidth::
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Limit the width of the graph part in --stat output. If set, applies
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to all commands generating --stat output except format-patch.
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diff.context::
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Generate diffs with <n> lines of context instead of the default
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of 3. This value is overridden by the -U option.
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diff.interHunkContext::
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Show the context between diff hunks, up to the specified number
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of lines, thereby fusing the hunks that are close to each other.
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This value serves as the default for the `--inter-hunk-context`
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command line option.
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diff.external::
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If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
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performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
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given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
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environment variable. The command is called with parameters
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as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
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you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
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your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
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diff.ignoreSubmodules::
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Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
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affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
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commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
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this setting when reporting uncommitted changes. Setting it to
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'all' disables the submodule summary normally shown by 'git commit'
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and 'git status' when `status.submoduleSummary` is set unless it is
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overridden by using the --ignore-submodules command-line option.
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The 'git submodule' commands are not affected by this setting.
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diff.mnemonicPrefix::
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If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
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standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
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this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
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the order of the prefixes:
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`git diff`;;
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compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
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`git diff HEAD`;;
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compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
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`git diff --cached`;;
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compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
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`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
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compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
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`git diff --no-index a b`;;
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compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
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diff.noprefix::
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If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
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diff.orderFile::
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File indicating how to order files within a diff.
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See the '-O' option to linkgit:git-diff[1] for details.
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If `diff.orderFile` is a relative pathname, it is treated as
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relative to the top of the working tree.
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diff.renameLimit::
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The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
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detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`.
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diff.renames::
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Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
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rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename
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detection is enabled. If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will
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detect copies, as well. Defaults to true. Note that this
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affects only 'git diff' Porcelain like linkgit:git-diff[1] and
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linkgit:git-log[1], and not lower level commands such as
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linkgit:git-diff-files[1].
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diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
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A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
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before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
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diff.submodule::
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Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
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shown. The "short" format just shows the names of the commits
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at the beginning and end of the range. The "log" format lists
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the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary`
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does. The "diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
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contents of the submodule. Defaults to "short".
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diff.wordRegex::
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A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
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when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
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sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
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characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
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diff.<driver>.command::
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The custom diff driver command. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
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for details.
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diff.<driver>.xfuncname::
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The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
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recognize the hunk header. A built-in pattern may also be used.
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See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
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diff.<driver>.binary::
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Set this option to true to make the diff driver treat files as
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binary. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
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diff.<driver>.textconv::
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The command that the diff driver should call to generate the
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text-converted version of a file. The result of the
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conversion is used to generate a human-readable diff. See
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linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
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diff.<driver>.wordRegex::
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The regular expression that the diff driver should use to
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split words in a line. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
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details.
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diff.<driver>.cachetextconv::
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Set this option to true to make the diff driver cache the text
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conversion outputs. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
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diff.tool::
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Controls which diff tool is used by linkgit:git-difftool[1].
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This variable overrides the value configured in `merge.tool`.
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The list below shows the valid built-in values.
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Any other value is treated as a custom diff tool and requires
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that a corresponding difftool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined.
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include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
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diff.indentHeuristic::
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Set this option to `true` to enable experimental heuristics
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that shift diff hunk boundaries to make patches easier to read.
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diff.algorithm::
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Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
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`default`, `myers`;;
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The basic greedy diff algorithm. Currently, this is the default.
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`minimal`;;
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Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible diff is
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produced.
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`patience`;;
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Use "patience diff" algorithm when generating patches.
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`histogram`;;
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This algorithm extends the patience algorithm to "support
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low-occurrence common elements".
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diff.wsErrorHighlight::
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Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
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lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
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`none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
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`new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. The
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whitespace errors are colored with `color.diff.whitespace`.
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The command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
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overrides this setting.
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