Merge branch 'sf/putty-w-args'

The command line options for ssh invocation needs to be tweaked for
some implementations of SSH (e.g. PuTTY plink wants "-P <port>"
while OpenSSH wants "-p <port>" to specify port to connect to), and
the variant was guessed when GIT_SSH environment variable is used
to specify it.  The logic to guess now applies to the command
specified by the newer GIT_SSH_COMMAND and also core.sshcommand
configuration variable, and comes with an escape hatch for users to
deal with misdetected cases.

* sf/putty-w-args:
  connect.c: stop conflating ssh command names and overrides
  connect: Add the envvar GIT_SSH_VARIANT and ssh.variant config
  git_connect(): factor out SSH variant handling
  connect: rename tortoiseplink and putty variables
  connect: handle putty/plink also in GIT_SSH_COMMAND

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index aa895da4a5..df0941d456 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -1025,6 +1025,12 @@ Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
 personal `.ssh/config` file.  Please consult your ssh documentation
 for further details.
 
+`GIT_SSH_VARIANT`::
+	If this environment variable is set, it overrides Git's autodetection
+	whether `GIT_SSH`/`GIT_SSH_COMMAND`/`core.sshCommand` refer to OpenSSH,
+	plink or tortoiseplink. This variable overrides the config setting
+	`ssh.variant` that serves the same purpose.
+
 `GIT_ASKPASS`::
 	If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to
 	acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)