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1 CONFIGURATION FILE
2 ------------------
4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
16 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
18 Syntax
19 ~~~~~~
21 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
22 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
23 blank lines are ignored.
25 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
26 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
27 section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
28 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
29 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
30 header before the first setting of a variable.
32 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
33 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
34 in the section header, like in the example below:
36 --------
37 [section "subsection"]
39 --------
41 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
42 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
43 respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
44 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
45 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
46 don't need to.
48 There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
49 In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
50 names.
52 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
53 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
54 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
55 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
56 The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
57 characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
58 for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
60 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
61 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
63 The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
64 a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
65 0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
66 converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
67 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
69 String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
70 You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
71 preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains
72 comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';').
73 Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must
74 be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
76 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
77 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
78 and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
79 char sequences are valid.
81 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
82 customary UNIX fashion.
84 Some variables may require a special value format.
86 Example
87 ~~~~~~~
89 # Core variables
90 [core]
91 ; Don't trust file modes
92 filemode = false
94 # Our diff algorithm
95 [diff]
96 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
97 renames = true
99 [branch "devel"]
100 remote = origin
101 merge = refs/heads/devel
103 # Proxy settings
104 [core]
105 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
106 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
108 Variables
109 ~~~~~~~~~
111 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
112 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
113 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
114 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
116 advice.*::
117 When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
118 When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
119 are:
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121 --
122 pushNonFastForward::
123 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
124 non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
125 statusHints::
126 Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
127 output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
128 when writing commit messages. Default: true.
129 commitBeforeMerge::
130 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
131 merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
132 Default: true.
133 resolveConflict::
134 Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
135 prevent the operation from being performed.
136 Default: true.
137 implicitIdentity::
138 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
139 your information is guessed from the system username and
140 domain name. Default: true.
142 detachedHead::
143 Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
144 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
145 a local branch after the fact. Default: true.
146 --
148 core.fileMode::
149 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
150 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
151 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
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153 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
154 will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
155 repository is created.
157 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
158 This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
159 the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful
160 if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in
161 one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API
162 whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to
163 handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than
164 normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default, unless core.filemode
165 is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
166 POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
168 core.ignorecase::
169 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
170 git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
171 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
172 "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume
173 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
174 "Makefile".
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176 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
177 will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
178 is created.
180 core.trustctime::
181 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
182 working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
183 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
184 crawlers and some backup systems).
185 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
187 core.quotepath::
188 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
189 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
190 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
191 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
192 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
193 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
194 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
195 quote, backslash and control characters are always
196 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
197 variable.
199 core.autocrlf::
200 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
201 `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
202 writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
203 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
204 reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
205 `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
206 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
207 the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
208 based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
210 core.safecrlf::
211 If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
212 `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command
213 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
214 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
215 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
216 this is not the case for the current setting of
217 `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can
218 be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an
219 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
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221 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
222 autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
223 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
224 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
225 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
226 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
227 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
228 conversion can corrupt data.
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230 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
231 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
232 after committing you still have the original file in your work
233 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
234 git that this file is binary and git will handle the file
235 appropriately.
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237 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
238 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
239 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
240 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
241 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
242 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
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244 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
245 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
246 `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text
247 file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could
248 later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the
249 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
250 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
251 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
252 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
253 mechanism.
255 core.symlinks::
256 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
257 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
258 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
259 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
260 symbolic links.
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262 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
263 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
264 is created.
266 core.gitProxy::
267 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
268 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
269 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
270 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
271 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
272 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
273 the first match wins.
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275 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
276 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
277 handling).
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279 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
280 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
281 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
282 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
284 core.ignoreStat::
285 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
286 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
287 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
288 working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
289 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
290 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
291 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
292 False by default.
294 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
295 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
296 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
297 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
298 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
300 core.bare::
301 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
302 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
303 number of commands that require a working directory will be
304 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
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306 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
307 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
308 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
309 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
310 = true).
312 core.worktree::
313 Set the path to the root of the work tree.
314 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
315 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
316 an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory,
317 either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically
318 discovered.
319 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
320 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
321 the current working directory is regarded as the root of the
322 work tree.
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324 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
325 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs
326 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
327 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
328 misconfiguration. Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will
329 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
330 great confusion to the users.
332 core.logAllRefUpdates::
333 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
334 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
335 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
336 only when the file exists. If this configuration
337 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
338 file is automatically created for branch heads.
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340 This information can be used to determine what commit
341 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
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343 This value is true by default in a repository that has
344 a working directory associated with it, and false by
345 default in a bare repository.
347 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
348 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
349 version.
351 core.sharedRepository::
352 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
353 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
354 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
355 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
356 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
357 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
358 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
359 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
360 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
361 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
362 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
363 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
364 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
366 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
367 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
368 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
370 core.compression::
371 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
372 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
373 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
374 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
375 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
377 core.loosecompression::
378 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
379 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
380 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
381 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
382 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
384 core.packedGitWindowSize::
385 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
386 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
387 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
388 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
389 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
390 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
391 a large number of large pack files.
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393 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
394 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
395 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
396 not need to adjust this value.
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398 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
400 core.packedGitLimit::
401 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
402 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
403 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
404 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
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406 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
407 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
408 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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410 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
412 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
413 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
414 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
415 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
416 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
417 objects multiple times.
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419 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
420 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
421 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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423 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
425 core.bigFileThreshold::
426 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
427 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
428 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
429 slight expense of increased disk usage.
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431 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
432 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
433 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
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435 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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437 Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
439 core.excludesfile::
440 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
441 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
442 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded
443 to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
444 home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
446 core.editor::
447 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
448 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
449 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
450 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
452 core.pager::
453 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
454 be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
455 variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
456 variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
457 pager. One can change these settings by setting the
458 `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
459 these settings can be overridden on a project or
460 global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
461 Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
462 environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
463 to override git's default settings this way, you need
464 to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
465 in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
466 to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
467 shell by git, which will translate the final command to
468 `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
470 core.whitespace::
471 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
472 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
473 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
474 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
475 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
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477 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
478 as an error (enabled by default).
479 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
480 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
481 error (enabled by default).
482 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
483 space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
484 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
485 (enabled by default).
486 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
487 `blank-at-eof`.
488 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
489 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
490 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
491 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
493 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
494 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
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496 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
497 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
498 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
499 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
501 core.preloadindex::
502 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
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504 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
505 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
506 relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the
507 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
508 overlapping IO's.
510 core.createObject::
511 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
512 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
513 will not overwrite existing objects.
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515 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
516 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
517 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
519 core.notesRef::
520 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
521 the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
522 after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
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524 If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
525 appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
526 given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
527 notes should be printed.
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529 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
530 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
532 core.sparseCheckout::
533 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
534 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
536 add.ignore-errors::
537 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
538 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
539 option of linkgit:git-add[1].
541 alias.*::
542 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
543 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
544 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
545 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
546 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
547 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
548 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
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550 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
551 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
552 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
553 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
554 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
555 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
556 not necessarily be the current directory.
558 am.keepcr::
559 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
560 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
561 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
562 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
563 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
565 apply.ignorewhitespace::
566 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
567 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
568 option.
569 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
570 respect all whitespace differences.
571 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
573 apply.whitespace::
574 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
575 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
577 branch.autosetupmerge::
578 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
579 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
580 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
581 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
582 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
583 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
584 starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
585 done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
586 branch. This option defaults to true.
588 branch.autosetuprebase::
589 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
590 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
591 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
592 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
593 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
594 other local branches.
595 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
596 remote branches.
597 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
598 branches.
599 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
600 branch to track another branch.
601 This option defaults to never.
603 branch.<name>.remote::
604 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
605 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
606 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
608 branch.<name>.merge::
609 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
610 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
611 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
612 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
613 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
614 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
615 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
616 "branch.<name>.remote".
617 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
618 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
619 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
620 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
621 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
622 another branch in the local repository, you can point
623 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
624 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
626 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
627 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
628 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
629 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
630 supported.
632 branch.<name>.rebase::
633 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
634 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
635 "git pull" is run.
636 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
637 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
638 for details).
640 browser.<tool>.cmd::
641 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
642 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
643 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
645 browser.<tool>.path::
646 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
647 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
648 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
650 clean.requireForce::
651 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
652 or -n. Defaults to true.
654 color.branch::
655 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
656 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
657 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
658 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
660 color.branch.<slot>::
661 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
662 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
663 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
664 refs).
665 +
666 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
667 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
668 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
669 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
670 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
671 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
672 doesn't matter.
674 color.diff::
675 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
676 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
677 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
679 color.diff.<slot>::
680 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
681 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
682 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
683 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
684 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
685 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
686 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
688 color.grep::
689 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
690 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
691 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
693 color.grep.match::
694 Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
695 may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
697 color.interactive::
698 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
699 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
700 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
701 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
703 color.interactive.<slot>::
704 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive'
705 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
706 four distinct types of normal output from interactive
707 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
708 in color.branch.<slot>.
710 color.pager::
711 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
712 use (default is true).
714 color.showbranch::
715 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
716 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
717 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
718 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
720 color.status::
721 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
722 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
723 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
724 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
726 color.status.<slot>::
727 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
728 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
729 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
730 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
731 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
732 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
733 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
734 color.branch.<slot>.
736 color.ui::
737 When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
738 are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
739 set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
740 terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
741 take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
743 commit.status::
744 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
745 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
746 message. Defaults to true.
748 commit.template::
749 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
750 "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
751 specified user's home directory.
753 diff.autorefreshindex::
754 When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
755 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
756 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
757 update the cached stat information for paths whose
758 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
759 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
760 affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
761 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
763 diff.external::
764 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
765 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
766 given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
767 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
768 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
769 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
770 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
772 diff.mnemonicprefix::
773 If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
774 standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
775 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
776 the order of the prefixes:
777 `git diff`;;
778 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
779 `git diff HEAD`;;
780 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
781 `git diff --cached`;;
782 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
783 `git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
784 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
785 `git diff --no-index a b`;;
786 compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
788 diff.renameLimit::
789 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
790 detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
792 diff.renames::
793 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
794 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
795 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
797 diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
798 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
799 before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
801 diff.tool::
802 Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
803 `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
804 the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
805 and plus "kompare".
807 difftool.<tool>.path::
808 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
809 your tool is not in the PATH.
811 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
812 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
813 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
814 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
815 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
816 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
817 of the diff post-image.
819 difftool.prompt::
820 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
822 diff.wordRegex::
823 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
824 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
825 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
826 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
828 fetch.unpackLimit::
829 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
830 transfer is below this
831 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
832 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
833 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
834 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
835 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
836 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
837 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
839 format.attach::
840 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
841 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
842 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
843 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
844 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
846 format.numbered::
847 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
848 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
849 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
850 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
851 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
853 format.headers::
854 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
855 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
857 format.cc::
858 Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
859 by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
861 format.subjectprefix::
862 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
863 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
865 format.suffix::
866 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
867 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
868 include the dot if you want it).
870 format.pretty::
871 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
872 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
873 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
875 format.thread::
876 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
877 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
878 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
879 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
880 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
881 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
882 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
883 value disables threading.
885 format.signoff::
886 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
887 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
888 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
889 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
890 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
892 gc.aggressiveWindow::
893 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
894 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
895 to 10.
897 gc.auto::
898 When there are approximately more than this many loose
899 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
900 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
901 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
902 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
904 gc.autopacklimit::
905 When there are more than this many packs that are not
906 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
907 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
908 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
910 gc.packrefs::
911 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
912 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
913 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
914 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
915 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
916 boolean value. The default is `true`.
918 gc.pruneexpire::
919 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
920 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
921 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
922 unreachable objects immediately.
924 gc.reflogexpire::
925 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
926 this time; defaults to 90 days.
928 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
929 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
930 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
931 defaults to 30 days.
933 gc.rerereresolved::
934 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
935 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
936 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
938 gc.rerereunresolved::
939 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
940 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
941 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
943 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
944 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
945 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
947 gitcvs.enabled::
948 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
949 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
951 gitcvs.logfile::
952 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
953 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
955 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
956 If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
957 files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
958 the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
959 treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
960 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
961 the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
962 then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
964 gitcvs.allbinary::
965 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
966 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
967 unresolved files are sent to the client in
968 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
969 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
970 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
971 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
972 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
974 gitcvs.dbname::
975 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
976 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
977 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
978 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
979 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
980 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
982 gitcvs.dbdriver::
983 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
984 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
985 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
986 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
987 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
988 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
990 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
991 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
992 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
993 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
994 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
996 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
997 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
998 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
999 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1000 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1001 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1003 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1004 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
1005 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1006 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1007 access method.
1009 gui.commitmsgwidth::
1010 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1011 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1013 gui.diffcontext::
1014 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1015 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1017 gui.encoding::
1018 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1019 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1020 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1021 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1022 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1023 locale encoding.
1025 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
1026 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1027 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1028 not. Default: "false".
1030 gui.newbranchtemplate::
1031 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1032 linkgit:git-gui[1].
1034 gui.pruneduringfetch::
1035 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
1036 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1038 gui.trustmtime::
1039 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1040 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1042 gui.spellingdictionary::
1043 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1044 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1045 off.
1047 gui.fastcopyblame::
1048 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1049 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1050 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1052 gui.copyblamethreshold::
1053 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1054 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1055 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1057 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1058 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1059 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1060 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1061 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1063 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1064 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1065 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1066 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1067 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1068 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1069 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1070 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1072 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1073 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1074 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1076 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1077 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1078 output.
1080 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1081 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1082 finishes execution.
1084 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1085 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1087 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1088 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1089 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1090 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1091 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1092 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1093 value of the variable is used.
1095 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1096 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1097 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1098 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1100 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1101 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1102 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1103 for things like checkout or reset.
1105 guitool.<name>.title::
1106 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1107 is the tool name.
1109 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1110 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1111 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1112 The default value includes the actual command.
1114 help.browser::
1115 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1116 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1118 help.format::
1119 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1120 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1121 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1123 help.autocorrect::
1124 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1125 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1126 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1127 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1128 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1129 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1130 This is the default.
1132 http.proxy::
1133 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
1134 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
1135 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1137 http.sslVerify::
1138 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1139 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1140 variable.
1142 http.sslCert::
1143 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1144 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1145 variable.
1147 http.sslKey::
1148 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1149 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1150 variable.
1152 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1153 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1154 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1155 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1156 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1158 http.sslCAInfo::
1159 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1160 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1161 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1163 http.sslCAPath::
1164 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1165 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1166 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1168 http.maxRequests::
1169 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1170 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1172 http.minSessions::
1173 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1174 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1175 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1176 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1178 http.postBuffer::
1179 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1180 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1181 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1182 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1183 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1184 sufficient for most requests.
1186 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1187 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1188 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1189 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1190 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1192 http.noEPSV::
1193 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1194 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1195 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1196 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1198 i18n.commitEncoding::
1199 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
1200 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1201 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1202 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1203 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1205 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1206 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1207 running 'git log' and friends.
1209 imap::
1210 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1211 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1213 instaweb.browser::
1214 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1215 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1217 instaweb.httpd::
1218 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1219 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1221 instaweb.local::
1222 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1223 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1225 instaweb.modulepath::
1226 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1228 instaweb.port::
1229 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1230 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1232 interactive.singlekey::
1233 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1234 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1235 Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
1236 linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
1237 ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
1239 log.date::
1240 Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
1241 value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
1242 following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
1243 See linkgit:git-log[1].
1245 log.showroot::
1246 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1247 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1248 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1249 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1251 mailmap.file::
1252 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1253 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1254 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1255 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1256 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1257 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1259 man.viewer::
1260 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1261 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1263 man.<tool>.cmd::
1264 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1265 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1266 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1268 man.<tool>.path::
1269 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1270 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1272 include::merge-config.txt[]
1274 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1275 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1276 your tool is not in the PATH.
1278 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1279 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1280 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1281 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1282 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1283 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1284 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1285 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1286 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1287 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1289 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1290 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1291 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1292 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1293 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1294 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1295 indicate the success of the merge.
1297 mergetool.keepBackup::
1298 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1299 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1300 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1301 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1303 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1304 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
1305 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1306 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1307 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1308 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1310 mergetool.prompt::
1311 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1313 pack.window::
1314 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1315 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1317 pack.depth::
1318 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1319 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1321 pack.windowMemory::
1322 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1323 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1324 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1325 limit.
1327 pack.compression::
1328 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1329 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1330 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1331 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1332 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1333 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1334 to level 6)."
1336 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1337 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1338 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1339 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1340 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1341 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1342 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1343 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1344 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1345 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1347 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1348 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1349 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1350 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1351 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1353 pack.threads::
1354 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1355 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1356 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1357 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1358 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1359 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1360 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1361 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1363 pack.indexVersion::
1364 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1365 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1366 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1367 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1368 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1369 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1370 larger than 2 GB.
1371 +
1372 If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
1373 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1374 that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
1375 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1376 older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1377 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1378 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
1380 pack.packSizeLimit::
1381 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1382 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
1383 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`
1384 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
1385 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
1386 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
1387 supported.
1389 pager.<cmd>::
1390 Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
1391 particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
1392 `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
1393 it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
1394 all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1396 pull.octopus::
1397 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1398 at once.
1400 pull.twohead::
1401 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1403 push.default::
1404 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
1405 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
1406 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
1407 line. Possible values are:
1408 +
1409 * `nothing` do not push anything.
1410 * `matching` push all matching branches.
1411 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
1412 matching. This is the default.
1413 * `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
1414 * `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
1416 rebase.stat::
1417 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
1418 rebase. False by default.
1420 receive.autogc::
1421 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
1422 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
1423 it by setting this variable to false.
1425 receive.fsckObjects::
1426 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
1427 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1428 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1429 Defaults to false.
1431 receive.unpackLimit::
1432 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
1433 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1434 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1435 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1436 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1437 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1438 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1439 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1441 receive.denyDeletes::
1442 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
1443 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
1445 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
1446 If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
1447 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1448 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
1449 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
1450 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
1451 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
1452 message. Defaults to "warn".
1454 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
1455 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
1456 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
1457 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
1458 set when initializing a shared repository.
1460 receive.updateserverinfo::
1461 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
1462 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
1464 remote.<name>.url::
1465 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
1466 linkgit:git-push[1].
1468 remote.<name>.pushurl::
1469 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
1471 remote.<name>.proxy::
1472 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
1473 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
1474 disable proxying for that remote.
1476 remote.<name>.fetch::
1477 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
1478 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1480 remote.<name>.push::
1481 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
1482 linkgit:git-push[1].
1484 remote.<name>.mirror::
1485 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
1486 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
1488 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
1489 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1490 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1491 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1493 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
1494 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1495 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1496 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1498 remote.<name>.receivepack::
1499 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
1500 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
1502 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
1503 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
1504 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
1506 remote.<name>.tagopt::
1507 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
1508 fetching from remote <name>
1510 remote.<name>.vcs::
1511 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
1512 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
1514 remotes.<group>::
1515 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
1516 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
1518 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
1519 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
1520 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
1521 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
1522 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
1523 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
1524 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
1526 rerere.autoupdate::
1527 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
1528 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
1529 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
1531 rerere.enabled::
1532 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
1533 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
1534 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
1535 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
1536 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
1538 sendemail.identity::
1539 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
1540 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
1541 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
1542 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
1544 sendemail.smtpencryption::
1545 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
1546 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
1548 sendemail.smtpssl::
1549 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
1551 sendemail.<identity>.*::
1552 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
1553 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
1554 identity is selected, through command-line or
1555 'sendemail.identity'.
1557 sendemail.aliasesfile::
1558 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
1559 sendemail.bcc::
1560 sendemail.cc::
1561 sendemail.cccmd::
1562 sendemail.chainreplyto::
1563 sendemail.confirm::
1564 sendemail.envelopesender::
1565 sendemail.from::
1566 sendemail.multiedit::
1567 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
1568 sendemail.smtppass::
1569 sendemail.suppresscc::
1570 sendemail.suppressfrom::
1571 sendemail.to::
1572 sendemail.smtpserver::
1573 sendemail.smtpserverport::
1574 sendemail.smtpuser::
1575 sendemail.thread::
1576 sendemail.validate::
1577 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
1579 sendemail.signedoffcc::
1580 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
1582 showbranch.default::
1583 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1584 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1586 status.relativePaths::
1587 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
1588 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
1589 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
1590 prior to v1.5.4).
1592 status.showUntrackedFiles::
1593 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
1594 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
1595 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
1596 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
1597 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
1598 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
1599 the untracked files. Possible values are:
1600 +
1601 --
1602 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
1603 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
1604 - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
1605 --
1606 +
1607 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
1608 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
1609 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
1611 tar.umask::
1612 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
1613 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
1614 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
1615 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
1616 linkgit:git-archive[1].
1618 transfer.unpackLimit::
1619 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
1620 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1621 The default value is 100.
1623 url.<base>.insteadOf::
1624 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
1625 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
1626 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1627 access methods, and some users need to use different access
1628 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
1629 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
1630 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
1631 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1632 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
1634 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
1635 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
1636 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
1637 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
1638 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1639 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
1640 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
1641 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
1642 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1643 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
1644 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
1645 setting for that remote.
1647 user.email::
1648 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1649 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
1650 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1652 user.name::
1653 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1654 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
1655 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1657 user.signingkey::
1658 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
1659 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
1660 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
1661 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
1662 using any method that gpg supports.
1664 web.browser::
1665 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
1666 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
1667 may use it.