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+checkout.defaultRemote::
+ When you run `git checkout <something>`
+ or `git switch <something>` and only have one
+ remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and
+ tracking e.g. `origin/<something>`. This stops working as soon
+ as you have more than one remote with a `<something>`
+ reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a
+ preferred remote that should always win when it comes to
+ disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to
+ `origin`.
++
+Currently this is used by linkgit:git-switch[1] and
+linkgit:git-checkout[1] when `git checkout <something>`
+or `git switch <something>`
+will checkout the `<something>` branch on another remote,
+and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when `git worktree add` refers to a
+remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
+commands or functionality in the future.
+
+checkout.guess::
+ Provides the default value for the `--guess` or `--no-guess`
+ option in `git checkout` and `git switch`. See
+ linkgit:git-switch[1] and linkgit:git-checkout[1].
+
+checkout.workers::
+ The number of parallel workers to use when updating the working tree.
+ The default is one, i.e. sequential execution. If set to a value less
+ than one, Git will use as many workers as the number of logical cores
+ available. This setting and `checkout.thresholdForParallelism` affect
+ all commands that perform checkout. E.g. checkout, clone, reset,
+ sparse-checkout, etc.
++
+Note: Parallel checkout usually delivers better performance for repositories
+located on SSDs or over NFS. For repositories on spinning disks and/or machines
+with a small number of cores, the default sequential checkout often performs
+better. The size and compression level of a repository might also influence how
+well the parallel version performs.
+
+checkout.thresholdForParallelism::
+ When running parallel checkout with a small number of files, the cost
+ of subprocess spawning and inter-process communication might outweigh
+ the parallelization gains. This setting allows you to define the minimum
+ number of files for which parallel checkout should be attempted. The
+ default is 100.