1 CONFIGURATION FILE
2 ------------------
4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git commands behaviour. 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 overriden 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.repositoryFormatVersion::
74 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
75 version.
77 core.sharedRepository::
78 If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
79 in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
80 See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
82 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
83 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
84 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
86 apply.whitespace::
87 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
88 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
90 diff.renameLimit::
91 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
92 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
94 format.headers::
95 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
96 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
98 gitcvs.enabled::
99 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
100 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
102 gitcvs.logfile::
103 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
104 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
106 http.sslVerify::
107 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
108 over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
109 variable.
111 http.sslCert::
112 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
113 over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
114 variable.
116 http.sslKey::
117 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
118 over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
119 variable.
121 http.sslCAInfo::
122 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
123 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overriden by the
124 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
126 http.sslCAPath::
127 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
128 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overriden
129 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
131 http.maxRequests::
132 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overriden
133 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
135 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
136 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
137 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
138 Can be overriden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
139 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
141 i18n.commitEncoding::
142 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
143 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
144 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
145 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
146 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
148 merge.summary::
149 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
150 merge commit messages. False by default.
152 pull.octopus::
153 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
154 at once.
156 pull.twohead::
157 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
159 show.difftree::
160 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
161 for gitlink:git-show[1].
163 showbranch.default::
164 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
165 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
167 user.email::
168 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
169 Can be overriden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
170 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
172 user.name::
173 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
174 Can be overriden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
175 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
177 whatchanged.difftree::
178 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
179 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
181 imap::
182 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
183 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].