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 apply.ignorewhitespace::
559 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
560 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
561 option.
562 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
563 respect all whitespace differences.
564 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
566 apply.whitespace::
567 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
568 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
570 branch.autosetupmerge::
571 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
572 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
573 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
574 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
575 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
576 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
577 starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
578 done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
579 branch. This option defaults to true.
581 branch.autosetuprebase::
582 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
583 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
584 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
585 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
586 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
587 other local branches.
588 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
589 remote branches.
590 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
591 branches.
592 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
593 branch to track another branch.
594 This option defaults to never.
596 branch.<name>.remote::
597 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
598 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
599 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
601 branch.<name>.merge::
602 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
603 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
604 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
605 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
606 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
607 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
608 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
609 "branch.<name>.remote".
610 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
611 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
612 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
613 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
614 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
615 another branch in the local repository, you can point
616 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
617 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
619 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
620 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
621 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
622 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
623 supported.
625 branch.<name>.rebase::
626 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
627 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
628 "git pull" is run.
629 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
630 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
631 for details).
633 browser.<tool>.cmd::
634 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
635 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
636 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
638 browser.<tool>.path::
639 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
640 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
641 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
643 clean.requireForce::
644 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
645 or -n. Defaults to true.
647 color.branch::
648 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
649 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
650 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
651 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
653 color.branch.<slot>::
654 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
655 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
656 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
657 refs).
658 +
659 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
660 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
661 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
662 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
663 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
664 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
665 doesn't matter.
667 color.diff::
668 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
669 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
670 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
672 color.diff.<slot>::
673 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
674 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
675 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
676 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
677 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
678 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
679 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
681 color.grep::
682 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
683 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
684 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
686 color.grep.match::
687 Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
688 may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
689 the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
690 calling an external 'grep'.
692 color.interactive::
693 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
694 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
695 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
696 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
698 color.interactive.<slot>::
699 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive'
700 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
701 four distinct types of normal output from interactive
702 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
703 in color.branch.<slot>.
705 color.pager::
706 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
707 use (default is true).
709 color.showbranch::
710 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
711 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
712 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
713 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
715 color.status::
716 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
717 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
718 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
719 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
721 color.status.<slot>::
722 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
723 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
724 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
725 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
726 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
727 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
728 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
729 color.branch.<slot>.
731 color.ui::
732 When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
733 are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
734 set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
735 terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
736 take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
738 commit.status::
739 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
740 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
741 message. Defaults to true.
743 commit.template::
744 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
745 "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
746 specified user's home directory.
748 diff.autorefreshindex::
749 When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
750 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
751 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
752 update the cached stat information for paths whose
753 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
754 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
755 affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
756 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
758 diff.external::
759 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
760 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
761 given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
762 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
763 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
764 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
765 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
767 diff.mnemonicprefix::
768 If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
769 standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
770 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
771 the order of the prefixes:
772 `git diff`;;
773 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
774 `git diff HEAD`;;
775 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
776 `git diff --cached`;;
777 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
778 `git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
779 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
780 `git diff --no-index a b`;;
781 compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
783 diff.renameLimit::
784 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
785 detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
787 diff.renames::
788 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
789 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
790 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
792 diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
793 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
794 before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
796 diff.tool::
797 Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
798 `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
799 the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
800 and plus "kompare".
802 difftool.<tool>.path::
803 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
804 your tool is not in the PATH.
806 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
807 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
808 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
809 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
810 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
811 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
812 of the diff post-image.
814 difftool.prompt::
815 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
817 diff.wordRegex::
818 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
819 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
820 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
821 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
823 fetch.fsckObjects::
824 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
825 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
826 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
827 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
828 is used instead.
830 fetch.unpackLimit::
831 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
832 transfer is below this
833 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
834 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
835 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
836 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
837 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
838 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
839 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
841 format.attach::
842 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
843 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
844 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
845 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
846 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
848 format.numbered::
849 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
850 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
851 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
852 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
853 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
855 format.headers::
856 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
857 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
859 format.cc::
860 Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
861 by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
863 format.subjectprefix::
864 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
865 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
867 format.suffix::
868 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
869 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
870 include the dot if you want it).
872 format.pretty::
873 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
874 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
875 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
877 format.thread::
878 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
879 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
880 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
881 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
882 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
883 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
884 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
885 value disables threading.
887 format.signoff::
888 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
889 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
890 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
891 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
892 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
894 gc.aggressiveWindow::
895 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
896 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
897 to 10.
899 gc.auto::
900 When there are approximately more than this many loose
901 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
902 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
903 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
904 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
906 gc.autopacklimit::
907 When there are more than this many packs that are not
908 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
909 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
910 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
912 gc.packrefs::
913 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
914 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
915 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
916 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
917 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
918 boolean value. The default is `true`.
920 gc.pruneexpire::
921 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
922 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
923 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
924 unreachable objects immediately.
926 gc.reflogexpire::
927 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
928 this time; defaults to 90 days.
930 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
931 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
932 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
933 defaults to 30 days.
935 gc.rerereresolved::
936 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
937 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
938 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
940 gc.rerereunresolved::
941 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
942 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
943 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
945 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
946 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
947 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
949 gitcvs.enabled::
950 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
951 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
953 gitcvs.logfile::
954 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
955 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
957 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
958 If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
959 files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
960 the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
961 treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
962 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
963 the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
964 then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
966 gitcvs.allbinary::
967 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
968 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
969 unresolved files are sent to the client in
970 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
971 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
972 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
973 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
974 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
976 gitcvs.dbname::
977 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
978 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
979 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
980 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
981 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
982 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
984 gitcvs.dbdriver::
985 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
986 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
987 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
988 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
989 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
990 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
992 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
993 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
994 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
995 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
996 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
998 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
999 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1000 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1001 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1002 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1003 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1005 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1006 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
1007 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1008 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1009 access method.
1011 gui.commitmsgwidth::
1012 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1013 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1015 gui.diffcontext::
1016 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1017 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1019 gui.encoding::
1020 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1021 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1022 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1023 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1024 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1025 locale encoding.
1027 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
1028 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1029 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1030 not. Default: "false".
1032 gui.newbranchtemplate::
1033 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1034 linkgit:git-gui[1].
1036 gui.pruneduringfetch::
1037 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
1038 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1040 gui.trustmtime::
1041 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1042 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1044 gui.spellingdictionary::
1045 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1046 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1047 off.
1049 gui.fastcopyblame::
1050 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1051 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1052 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1054 gui.copyblamethreshold::
1055 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1056 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1057 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1059 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1060 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1061 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1062 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1063 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1065 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1066 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1067 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1068 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1069 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1070 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1071 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1072 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1074 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1075 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1076 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1078 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1079 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1080 output.
1082 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1083 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1084 finishes execution.
1086 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1087 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1089 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1090 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1091 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1092 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1093 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1094 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1095 value of the variable is used.
1097 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1098 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1099 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1100 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1102 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1103 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1104 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1105 for things like checkout or reset.
1107 guitool.<name>.title::
1108 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1109 is the tool name.
1111 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1112 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1113 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1114 The default value includes the actual command.
1116 help.browser::
1117 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1118 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1120 help.format::
1121 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1122 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1123 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1125 help.autocorrect::
1126 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1127 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1128 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1129 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1130 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1131 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1132 This is the default.
1134 http.proxy::
1135 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
1136 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
1137 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1139 http.sslVerify::
1140 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1141 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1142 variable.
1144 http.sslCert::
1145 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1146 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1147 variable.
1149 http.sslKey::
1150 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1151 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1152 variable.
1154 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1155 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1156 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1157 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1158 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1160 http.sslCAInfo::
1161 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1162 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1163 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1165 http.sslCAPath::
1166 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1167 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1168 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1170 http.maxRequests::
1171 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1172 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1174 http.minSessions::
1175 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1176 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1177 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1178 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1180 http.postBuffer::
1181 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1182 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1183 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1184 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1185 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1186 sufficient for most requests.
1188 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1189 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1190 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1191 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1192 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1194 http.noEPSV::
1195 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1196 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1197 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1198 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1200 i18n.commitEncoding::
1201 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
1202 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1203 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1204 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1205 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1207 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1208 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1209 running 'git log' and friends.
1211 imap::
1212 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1213 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1215 instaweb.browser::
1216 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1217 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1219 instaweb.httpd::
1220 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1221 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1223 instaweb.local::
1224 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1225 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1227 instaweb.modulepath::
1228 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1230 instaweb.port::
1231 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1232 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1234 interactive.singlekey::
1235 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1236 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1237 Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
1238 linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
1239 ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
1241 log.date::
1242 Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
1243 value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
1244 following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
1245 See linkgit:git-log[1].
1247 log.showroot::
1248 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1249 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1250 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1251 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1253 mailmap.file::
1254 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1255 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1256 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1257 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1258 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1259 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1261 man.viewer::
1262 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1263 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1265 man.<tool>.cmd::
1266 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1267 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1268 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1270 man.<tool>.path::
1271 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1272 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1274 include::merge-config.txt[]
1276 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1277 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1278 your tool is not in the PATH.
1280 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1281 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1282 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1283 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1284 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1285 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1286 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1287 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1288 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1289 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1291 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1292 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1293 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1294 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1295 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1296 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1297 indicate the success of the merge.
1299 mergetool.keepBackup::
1300 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1301 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1302 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1303 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1305 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1306 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
1307 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1308 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1309 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1310 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1312 mergetool.prompt::
1313 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1315 pack.window::
1316 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1317 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1319 pack.depth::
1320 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1321 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1323 pack.windowMemory::
1324 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1325 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1326 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1327 limit.
1329 pack.compression::
1330 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1331 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1332 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1333 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1334 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1335 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1336 to level 6)."
1338 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1339 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1340 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1341 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1342 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1343 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1344 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1345 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1346 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1347 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1349 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1350 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1351 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1352 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1353 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1355 pack.threads::
1356 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1357 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1358 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1359 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1360 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1361 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1362 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1363 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1365 pack.indexVersion::
1366 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1367 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1368 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1369 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1370 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1371 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1372 larger than 2 GB.
1373 +
1374 If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
1375 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1376 that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
1377 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1378 older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1379 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1380 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
1382 pack.packSizeLimit::
1383 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1384 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
1385 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`
1386 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
1387 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
1388 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
1389 supported.
1391 pager.<cmd>::
1392 Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
1393 particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
1394 `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
1395 it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
1396 all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1398 pull.octopus::
1399 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1400 at once.
1402 pull.twohead::
1403 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1405 push.default::
1406 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
1407 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
1408 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
1409 line. Possible values are:
1410 +
1411 * `nothing` do not push anything.
1412 * `matching` push all matching branches.
1413 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
1414 matching. This is the default.
1415 * `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
1416 * `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
1418 rebase.stat::
1419 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
1420 rebase. False by default.
1422 receive.autogc::
1423 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
1424 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
1425 it by setting this variable to false.
1427 receive.fsckObjects::
1428 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
1429 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1430 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1431 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1432 is used instead.
1434 receive.unpackLimit::
1435 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
1436 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1437 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1438 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1439 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1440 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1441 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1442 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1444 receive.denyDeletes::
1445 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
1446 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
1448 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
1449 If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
1450 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1451 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
1452 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
1453 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
1454 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
1455 message. Defaults to "warn".
1457 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
1458 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
1459 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
1460 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
1461 set when initializing a shared repository.
1463 receive.updateserverinfo::
1464 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
1465 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
1467 remote.<name>.url::
1468 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
1469 linkgit:git-push[1].
1471 remote.<name>.pushurl::
1472 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
1474 remote.<name>.proxy::
1475 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
1476 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
1477 disable proxying for that remote.
1479 remote.<name>.fetch::
1480 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
1481 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1483 remote.<name>.push::
1484 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
1485 linkgit:git-push[1].
1487 remote.<name>.mirror::
1488 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
1489 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
1491 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
1492 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1493 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1494 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1496 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
1497 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1498 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1499 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1501 remote.<name>.receivepack::
1502 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
1503 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
1505 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
1506 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
1507 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
1509 remote.<name>.tagopt::
1510 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
1511 fetching from remote <name>
1513 remote.<name>.vcs::
1514 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
1515 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
1517 remotes.<group>::
1518 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
1519 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
1521 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
1522 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
1523 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
1524 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
1525 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
1526 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
1527 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
1529 rerere.autoupdate::
1530 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
1531 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
1532 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
1534 rerere.enabled::
1535 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
1536 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
1537 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
1538 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
1539 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
1541 sendemail.identity::
1542 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
1543 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
1544 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
1545 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
1547 sendemail.smtpencryption::
1548 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
1549 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
1551 sendemail.smtpssl::
1552 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
1554 sendemail.<identity>.*::
1555 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
1556 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
1557 identity is selected, through command-line or
1558 'sendemail.identity'.
1560 sendemail.aliasesfile::
1561 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
1562 sendemail.bcc::
1563 sendemail.cc::
1564 sendemail.cccmd::
1565 sendemail.chainreplyto::
1566 sendemail.confirm::
1567 sendemail.envelopesender::
1568 sendemail.from::
1569 sendemail.multiedit::
1570 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
1571 sendemail.smtppass::
1572 sendemail.suppresscc::
1573 sendemail.suppressfrom::
1574 sendemail.to::
1575 sendemail.smtpserver::
1576 sendemail.smtpserverport::
1577 sendemail.smtpuser::
1578 sendemail.thread::
1579 sendemail.validate::
1580 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
1582 sendemail.signedoffcc::
1583 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
1585 showbranch.default::
1586 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1587 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1589 status.relativePaths::
1590 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
1591 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
1592 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
1593 prior to v1.5.4).
1595 status.showUntrackedFiles::
1596 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
1597 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
1598 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
1599 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
1600 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
1601 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
1602 the untracked files. Possible values are:
1603 +
1604 --
1605 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
1606 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
1607 - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
1608 --
1609 +
1610 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
1611 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
1612 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
1614 tar.umask::
1615 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
1616 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
1617 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
1618 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
1619 linkgit:git-archive[1].
1621 transfer.fsckObjects::
1622 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
1623 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1624 Defaults to false.
1626 transfer.unpackLimit::
1627 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
1628 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1629 The default value is 100.
1631 url.<base>.insteadOf::
1632 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
1633 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
1634 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1635 access methods, and some users need to use different access
1636 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
1637 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
1638 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
1639 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1640 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
1642 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
1643 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
1644 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
1645 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
1646 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1647 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
1648 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
1649 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
1650 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1651 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
1652 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
1653 setting for that remote.
1655 user.email::
1656 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1657 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
1658 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1660 user.name::
1661 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1662 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
1663 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1665 user.signingkey::
1666 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
1667 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
1668 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
1669 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
1670 using any method that gpg supports.
1672 web.browser::
1673 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
1674 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
1675 may use it.