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/*!

//! [vcs options]

    \section1 Setting Up Version Control Systems

    \QC uses the version control system's command line clients to access your
    repositories. To allow access, make sure that the command line clients can
    be located using the \c{PATH} environment variable. Alternatively, specify
    the path to the command line client executable in the \uicontrol Command
    field in the version control system specific tab in \uicontrol Edit >
    \uicontrol Preferences > \uicontrol {Version Control}.

    If authentication is required to access the repository, enter the user
    credentials in the \uicontrol Username and \uicontrol Password fields.

    Enter a timeout for version control operations in the \uicontrol Timeout
    field.

    For some version control systems, you can specify the maximum number of
    lines the log can contain in the \uicontrol {Log count} field.

    After you set up the version control system, use the command line to check
    that everything works (for example, use the status command). If no issues
    arise, you should be ready to use the system also from \QC.

    For more information on using Git for Windows, see
    \l {Using Git for Windows}.

    \section1 Setting Up General Options

    Select \uicontrol Edit > \uicontrol Preferences > \uicontrol {Version Control}
    > \uicontrol General to specify settings for submit messages:

    \list
        \li \uicontrol{Wrap submit messages at} limits the line length of a
            submit message to the specified number of characters.
        \li \uicontrol{Submit message check script} is a script or program that
            can be used to perform checks on the submit message before
            submitting. The submit message is passed in as the script's first
            parameter. If there is an error, the script should output a
            message on standard error and return a non-zero exit code.
        \li \uicontrol{User/alias configuration file} is a text file that lists
            author names in mailmap format. For each author, you must specify a
            real name and email address and optionally an alias and a second
            email address. For example:
            \code
            Jon Doe <Jon.Doe@company.com> jdoe <jdoe@somemail.com>
            Hans Mustermann <Hans.Mustermann@company.com> hm <info@company.com>
            \endcode
            After you specify a file in this field, you can select authors
            as values of the submit message fields in the \uicontrol Nicknames dialog.
        \li \uicontrol{User fields configuration file} is a simple text file
            consisting of lines specifying submit message fields that take
            authors as values, for example:
            \code
            Acked-by:
            Initial-patch-by:
            Reported-by:
            Rubber-stamped-by:
            Signed-off-by:
            Tested-by:
            \endcode
            After you specify a file in this field, you can add authors as
            values of the submit message fields when submitting changes. If
            you also specified a \uicontrol{User/alias configuration file}, you can
            select authors in the \uicontrol Nicknames dialog.
        \li \uicontrol{SSH prompt command} specifies an ssh-askpass command that you
            can use (on Linux) to prompt the user for a password when using SSH.
            For example, \c ssh-askpass or \c x11-ssh-askpass, depending on the
            ssh-askpass implementation that you use.
        \li \uicontrol {Reset VCS Cache} resets the version control system
            configuration to a state known to \QC after it has been changed
            from the command line, for example.
    \endlist

//! [vcs options]
*/
