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1 CONFIGURATION FILE
2 ------------------
4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git commands behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
6 and the porcelains. The variables are divided to sections, where
7 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
8 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
9 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
10 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
12 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
13 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin commends to the end of line,
14 blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
15 brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
16 as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
17 sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
18 is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
19 enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
21 Example
22 ~~~~~~~
24 # Core variables
25 [core]
26 ; Don't trust file modes
27 filemode = false
29 # Our diff algorithm
30 [diff]
31 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
32 renames = true
34 Variables
35 ~~~~~~~~~
37 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
38 For command-specific variables, you will find more detailed description
39 in the appropriate manual page. You will find description of non-core
40 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
42 core.fileMode::
43 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
44 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
45 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
47 core.gitProxy::
48 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
49 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
50 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
51 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
52 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
53 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
54 the first match wins.
56 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
57 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
58 handling).
60 core.ignoreStat::
61 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
62 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
63 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
64 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
65 False by default.
67 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
68 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
69 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
70 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
71 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
73 core.logAllRefUpdates::
74 If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to
75 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time
76 of the update. If the file does not exist it will be
77 created automatically. This information can be used to
78 determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
79 This value is false by default (no logging).
81 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
82 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
83 version.
85 core.sharedRepository::
86 If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
87 in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
88 See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
90 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
91 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
92 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
94 apply.whitespace::
95 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
96 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
98 diff.renameLimit::
99 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
100 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
102 format.headers::
103 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
104 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
106 gitcvs.enabled::
107 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
108 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
110 gitcvs.logfile::
111 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
112 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
114 http.sslVerify::
115 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
116 over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
117 variable.
119 http.sslCert::
120 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
121 over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
122 variable.
124 http.sslKey::
125 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
126 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
127 variable.
129 http.sslCAInfo::
130 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
131 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
132 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
134 http.sslCAPath::
135 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
136 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overriden
137 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
139 http.maxRequests::
140 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
141 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
143 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
144 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
145 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
146 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
147 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
149 i18n.commitEncoding::
150 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
151 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
152 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
153 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
154 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
156 merge.summary::
157 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
158 merge commit messages. False by default.
160 pull.octopus::
161 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
162 at once.
164 pull.twohead::
165 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
167 show.difftree::
168 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
169 for gitlink:git-show[1].
171 showbranch.default::
172 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
173 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
175 user.email::
176 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
177 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
178 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
180 user.name::
181 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
182 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
183 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
185 whatchanged.difftree::
186 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
187 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
189 imap::
190 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
191 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].