1 CONFIGURATION FILE
2 ------------------
4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
6 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
7 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
8 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
9 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
10 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
12 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
13 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
14 blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
15 brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
16 as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
17 sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
18 is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
19 enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
21 Example
22 ~~~~~~~
24 # Core variables
25 [core]
26 ; Don't trust file modes
27 filemode = false
29 # Our diff algorithm
30 [diff]
31 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
32 renames = true
34 Variables
35 ~~~~~~~~~
37 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
38 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
39 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
40 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
42 core.fileMode::
43 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
44 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
45 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
47 core.gitProxy::
48 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
49 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
50 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
51 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
52 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
53 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
54 the first match wins.
55 +
56 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
57 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
58 handling).
60 core.ignoreStat::
61 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
62 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
63 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
64 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
65 False by default.
67 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
68 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
69 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
70 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
71 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
73 core.logAllRefUpdates::
74 Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
75 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
76 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
77 only when the file exists. If this configuration
78 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
79 file is automatically created for branch heads.
81 This information can be used to determine what commit
82 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". This value is
83 false by default (no automated creation of log files).
85 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
86 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
87 version.
89 core.sharedRepository::
90 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
91 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
92 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
93 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
94 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
95 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
97 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
98 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
99 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
101 core.compression::
102 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
103 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
104 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
105 slowest.
107 core.legacyheaders::
108 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
109 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
110 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
111 count as direct access).
113 alias.*::
114 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
115 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
116 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
117 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
118 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
119 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
120 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
122 apply.whitespace::
123 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
124 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
126 branch.<name>.remote::
127 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
128 If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
130 branch.<name>.merge::
131 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
132 be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
133 a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
134 given by "branch.<name>.remote".
135 The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
136 `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
137 this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
138 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
140 color.diff::
141 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
142 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
143 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
145 color.diff.<slot>::
146 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
147 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
148 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
149 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
150 lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
151 configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
152 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
153 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
154 `white`.
156 color.pager::
157 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
158 use (default is true).
160 color.status::
161 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
162 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
163 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
164 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
166 color.status.<slot>::
167 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
168 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
169 `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
170 `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
171 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
172 these variables may be specified as in color.diff.<slot>.
174 diff.renameLimit::
175 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
176 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
178 diff.renames::
179 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
180 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
181 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
183 format.headers::
184 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
185 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
187 gitcvs.enabled::
188 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
189 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
191 gitcvs.logfile::
192 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
193 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
195 http.sslVerify::
196 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
197 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
198 variable.
200 http.sslCert::
201 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
202 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
203 variable.
205 http.sslKey::
206 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
207 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
208 variable.
210 http.sslCAInfo::
211 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
212 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
213 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
215 http.sslCAPath::
216 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
217 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
218 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
220 http.maxRequests::
221 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
222 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
224 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
225 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
226 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
227 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
228 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
230 http.noEPSV::
231 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
232 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
233 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
234 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
236 i18n.commitEncoding::
237 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
238 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
239 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
240 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
241 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
243 log.showroot::
244 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
245 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
246 Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which
247 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
249 merge.summary::
250 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
251 merge commit messages. False by default.
253 pack.window::
254 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
255 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
257 pull.octopus::
258 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
259 at once.
261 pull.twohead::
262 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
264 remote.<name>.url::
265 The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
266 gitlink:git-push[1].
268 remote.<name>.fetch::
269 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
270 gitlink:git-fetch[1].
272 remote.<name>.push::
273 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
274 gitlink:git-push[1].
276 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
277 Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
278 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
280 show.difftree::
281 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
282 for gitlink:git-show[1].
284 showbranch.default::
285 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
286 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
288 tar.umask::
289 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
290 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
291 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
292 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
293 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
294 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
295 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
296 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
297 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
299 user.email::
300 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
301 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
302 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
304 user.name::
305 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
306 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
307 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
309 whatchanged.difftree::
310 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
311 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
313 imap::
314 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
315 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
317 receive.unpackLimit::
318 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
319 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
320 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
321 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
322 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
323 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
324 especially on slow filesystems.
326 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
327 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
328 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
329 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
330 set when initializing a shared repository.