1 CONFIGURATION FILE
2 ------------------
4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
6 is used to store the information for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
8 fallback values for `.git/config` file.
10 They can be used by both the git plumbing
11 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
12 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
13 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
14 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
15 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
17 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
18 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
19 blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
20 brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
21 as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
22 sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
23 is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
24 enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
26 Example
27 ~~~~~~~
29 # Core variables
30 [core]
31 ; Don't trust file modes
32 filemode = false
34 # Our diff algorithm
35 [diff]
36 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
37 renames = true
39 [branch "devel"]
40 remote = origin
41 merge = refs/heads/devel
44 Variables
45 ~~~~~~~~~
47 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
48 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
49 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
50 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
52 core.fileMode::
53 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
54 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
55 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
57 core.gitProxy::
58 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
59 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
60 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
61 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
62 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
63 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
64 the first match wins.
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66 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
67 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
68 handling).
70 core.ignoreStat::
71 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
72 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
73 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
74 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
75 False by default.
77 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
78 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
79 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
80 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
81 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
83 core.logAllRefUpdates::
84 Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
85 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
86 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
87 only when the file exists. If this configuration
88 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
89 file is automatically created for branch heads.
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91 This information can be used to determine what commit
92 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
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94 This value is true by default in a repository that has
95 a working directory associated with it, and false by
96 default in a bare repository.
98 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
99 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
100 version.
102 core.sharedRepository::
103 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
104 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
105 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
106 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
107 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
108 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init[1]. False by default.
110 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
111 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
112 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
114 core.compression::
115 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
116 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
117 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
118 slowest.
120 core.legacyheaders::
121 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
122 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
123 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
124 count as direct access).
126 core.packedGitWindowSize::
127 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
128 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
129 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
130 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
131 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
132 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
133 a large number of large pack files.
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135 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
136 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
137 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
138 not need to adjust this value.
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140 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
142 core.packedGitLimit::
143 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
144 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
145 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
146 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
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148 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
149 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
150 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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152 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
154 alias.*::
155 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
156 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
157 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
158 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
159 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
160 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
161 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
163 apply.whitespace::
164 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
165 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
167 branch.<name>.remote::
168 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
169 If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
171 branch.<name>.merge::
172 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
173 be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
174 a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
175 given by "branch.<name>.remote".
176 The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
177 `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
178 this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
179 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
181 color.branch::
182 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
183 gitlink:git-branch[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
184 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
185 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
187 color.branch.<slot>::
188 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
189 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
190 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
191 refs), or `reset` (the normal terminal color). The value for
192 these configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
193 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`, `red`,
194 `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or `white`.
196 color.diff::
197 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
198 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
199 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
201 color.diff.<slot>::
202 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
203 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
204 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
205 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
206 lines), or `new` (added lines). The values of these
207 variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
209 color.pager::
210 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
211 use (default is true).
213 color.status::
214 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
215 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
216 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
217 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
219 color.status.<slot>::
220 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
221 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
222 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
223 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
224 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
225 these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
227 diff.renameLimit::
228 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
229 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
231 diff.renames::
232 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
233 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
234 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
236 format.headers::
237 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
238 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
240 gc.reflogexpire::
241 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
242 this time; defaults to 90 days.
244 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
245 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
246 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
247 defaults to 30 days.
249 gc.rerereresolved::
250 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
251 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
252 The default is 60 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
254 gc.rerereunresolved::
255 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
256 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
257 The default is 15 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
259 gitcvs.enabled::
260 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
261 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
263 gitcvs.logfile::
264 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
265 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
267 http.sslVerify::
268 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
269 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
270 variable.
272 http.sslCert::
273 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
274 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
275 variable.
277 http.sslKey::
278 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
279 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
280 variable.
282 http.sslCAInfo::
283 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
284 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
285 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
287 http.sslCAPath::
288 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
289 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
290 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
292 http.maxRequests::
293 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
294 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
296 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
297 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
298 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
299 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
300 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
302 http.noEPSV::
303 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
304 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
305 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
306 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
308 i18n.commitEncoding::
309 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
310 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
311 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
312 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
313 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
315 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
316 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
317 running `git-log` and friends.
319 log.showroot::
320 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
321 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
322 Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which
323 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
325 merge.summary::
326 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
327 merge commit messages. False by default.
329 merge.verbosity::
330 Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
331 strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
332 message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
333 conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
334 above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
336 pack.window::
337 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
338 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
340 pull.octopus::
341 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
342 at once.
344 pull.twohead::
345 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
347 remote.<name>.url::
348 The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
349 gitlink:git-push[1].
351 remote.<name>.fetch::
352 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
353 gitlink:git-fetch[1].
355 remote.<name>.push::
356 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
357 gitlink:git-push[1].
359 remote.<name>.receivepack::
360 The default program to execute on the remote side when pulling. See
361 option \--exec of gitlink:git-push[1].
363 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
364 Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
365 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
367 show.difftree::
368 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
369 for gitlink:git-show[1].
371 showbranch.default::
372 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
373 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
375 tar.umask::
376 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
377 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
378 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
379 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
380 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
381 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
382 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
383 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
384 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
386 user.email::
387 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
388 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
389 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
391 user.name::
392 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
393 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
394 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
396 whatchanged.difftree::
397 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
398 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
400 imap::
401 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
402 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
404 receive.unpackLimit::
405 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
406 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
407 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
408 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
409 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
410 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
411 especially on slow filesystems.
413 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
414 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
415 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
416 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
417 set when initializing a shared repository.