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.
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:
37 [section "subsection"]
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
48 There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
49 In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
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.
91 ; Don't trust file modes
96 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
101 merge = refs/heads/devel
105 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
106 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
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.
117 When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
118 When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
123 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
124 non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
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.
132 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
133 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
134 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
136 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
137 This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
138 the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful
139 if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in
140 one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API
141 whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to
142 handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than
143 normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default, unless core.filemode
144 is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
145 POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
148 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
149 working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
150 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
151 crawlers and some backup systems).
152 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
155 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
156 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
157 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
158 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
159 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
160 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
161 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
162 quote, backslash and control characters are always
163 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
167 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
168 `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
169 writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
170 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
171 reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
172 `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider
173 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
174 decided purely based on the contents.
177 If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
178 `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command
179 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
180 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
181 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
182 this is not the case for the current setting of
183 `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can
184 be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an
185 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
187 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
188 autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
189 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
190 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
191 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
192 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
193 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
194 conversion can corrupt data.
196 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
197 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
198 after committing you still have the original file in your work
199 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
200 git that this file is binary and git will handle the file
203 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
204 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
205 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
206 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
207 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
208 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
210 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
211 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
212 `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text
213 file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could
214 later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the
215 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
216 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
217 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
218 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
222 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
223 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
224 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
225 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
226 symbolic links. True by default.
229 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
230 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
231 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
232 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
233 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
234 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
235 the first match wins.
237 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
238 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
241 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
242 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
243 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
244 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
247 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
248 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
249 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
250 working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
251 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
252 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
253 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
256 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
257 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
258 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
259 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
260 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
263 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
264 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
265 number of commands that require a working directory will be
266 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
268 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
269 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
270 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
271 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
275 Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
276 used in combination with repositories found automatically in
277 a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
278 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
279 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
280 a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
281 --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
282 Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
283 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
284 the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
285 of your working tree.
287 core.logAllRefUpdates::
288 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
289 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
290 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
291 only when the file exists. If this configuration
292 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
293 file is automatically created for branch heads.
295 This information can be used to determine what commit
296 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
298 This value is true by default in a repository that has
299 a working directory associated with it, and false by
300 default in a bare repository.
302 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
303 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
306 core.sharedRepository::
307 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
308 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
309 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
310 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
311 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
312 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
313 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
314 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
315 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
316 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
317 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
318 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
319 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
321 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
322 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
323 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
326 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
327 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
328 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
329 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
330 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
332 core.loosecompression::
333 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
334 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
335 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
336 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
337 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
339 core.packedGitWindowSize::
340 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
341 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
342 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
343 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
344 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
345 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
346 a large number of large pack files.
348 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
349 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
350 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
351 not need to adjust this value.
353 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
355 core.packedGitLimit::
356 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
357 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
358 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
359 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
361 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
362 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
363 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
365 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
367 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
368 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
369 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
370 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
371 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
372 objects multiple times.
374 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
375 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
376 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
378 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
381 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
382 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
383 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded
384 to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
385 home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
388 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
389 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
390 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
391 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
392 `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
393 `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
396 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
397 be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
398 variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
399 variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
400 pager. One can change these settings by setting the
401 `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
402 these settings can be overridden on a project or
403 global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
404 Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
405 environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
406 to override git's default settings this way, you need
407 to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
408 in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
409 to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
410 shell by git, which will translate the final command to
411 `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
414 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
415 notice. 'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
416 highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
417 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
418 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
420 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
421 as an error (enabled by default).
422 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
423 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
424 error (enabled by default).
425 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
426 space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
427 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
428 (enabled by default).
429 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
431 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
432 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
433 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
434 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
436 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
437 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
439 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
440 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
441 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
442 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
445 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
447 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
448 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
449 relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the
450 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
454 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
455 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
456 will not overwrite existing objects.
458 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
459 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
460 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
463 Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
464 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
465 option of linkgit:git-add[1].
468 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
469 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
470 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
471 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
472 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
473 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
474 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
476 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
477 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
478 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
479 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
480 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
481 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
482 not necessarily be the current directory.
484 apply.ignorewhitespace::
485 When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
486 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
488 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
489 respect all whitespace differences.
490 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
493 Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
494 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
496 branch.autosetupmerge::
497 Tells 'git-branch' and 'git-checkout' to setup new branches
498 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
499 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
500 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
501 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
502 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
503 starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
504 done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
505 branch. This option defaults to true.
507 branch.autosetuprebase::
508 When a new branch is created with 'git-branch' or 'git-checkout'
509 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
510 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
511 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
512 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
513 other local branches.
514 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
516 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
518 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
519 branch to track another branch.
520 This option defaults to never.
522 branch.<name>.remote::
523 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which
524 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
525 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
527 branch.<name>.merge::
528 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
529 for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which
530 branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default).
531 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default
532 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
533 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
534 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
535 "branch.<name>.remote".
536 The merge information is used by 'git-pull' (which at first calls
537 'git-fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
538 this option, 'git-pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
539 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
540 If you wish to setup 'git-pull' so that it merges into <name> from
541 another branch in the local repository, you can point
542 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
543 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
545 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
546 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
547 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
548 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
551 branch.<name>.rebase::
552 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
553 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
555 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
556 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
560 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
561 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
562 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
564 browser.<tool>.path::
565 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
566 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
567 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
570 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
571 or -n. Defaults to true.
574 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
575 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
576 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
577 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
579 color.branch.<slot>::
580 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
581 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
582 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
585 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
586 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
587 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
588 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
589 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
590 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
594 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
595 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
596 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
599 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
600 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
601 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
602 (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
603 `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
604 whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
605 in color.branch.<slot>.
608 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
609 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
610 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
612 color.grep.external::
613 The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
614 command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
615 on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
616 turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
617 For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
618 when a pager is used.
621 Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
622 may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
623 the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
624 calling an external 'grep'.
627 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
628 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
629 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
630 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
632 color.interactive.<slot>::
633 Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
634 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
635 four distinct types of normal output from interactive
636 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
637 in color.branch.<slot>.
640 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
641 use (default is true).
644 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
645 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
646 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
647 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
650 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
651 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
652 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
653 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
655 color.status.<slot>::
656 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
657 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
658 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
659 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
660 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
661 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
662 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
666 When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
667 are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
668 set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
669 terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
670 take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
673 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
674 "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
675 specified user's home directory.
677 diff.autorefreshindex::
678 When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree
679 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
680 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
681 update the cached stat information for paths whose
682 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
683 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
684 affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
685 'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'.
688 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
689 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
690 given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
691 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
692 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
693 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
694 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
696 diff.mnemonicprefix::
697 If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
698 standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
699 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
700 the order of the prefixes:
702 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
704 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
705 'git diff --cached';;
706 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
707 'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';;
708 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
709 'git diff --no-index a b';;
710 compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
713 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
714 detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'.
717 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
718 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
719 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
721 diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
722 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
723 before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
726 Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
727 `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
728 the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
731 difftool.<tool>.path::
732 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
733 your tool is not in the PATH.
735 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
736 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
737 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
738 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
739 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
740 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
741 of the diff post-image.
744 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
747 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
748 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
749 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
750 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
753 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
754 transfer is below this
755 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
756 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
757 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
758 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
759 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
760 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
761 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
764 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
765 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
766 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
767 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
768 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
771 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
772 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
773 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
774 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
775 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
778 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
779 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
782 Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
783 by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
785 format.subjectprefix::
786 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
787 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
790 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
791 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
792 include the dot if you want it).
795 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
796 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
797 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
800 The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be
801 either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow`
802 threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
803 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
804 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
805 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
806 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
807 value disables threading.
810 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
811 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
812 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
813 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
814 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
816 gc.aggressiveWindow::
817 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
818 algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
822 When there are approximately more than this many loose
823 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
824 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
825 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
826 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
829 When there are more than this many packs that are not
830 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
831 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
832 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
835 'git-gc' does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
836 default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
837 from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets 'git-gc'
838 to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
839 'git-gc' never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
840 `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
841 support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
842 at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
843 prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from 'git-gc'.
846 When 'git-gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
847 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
848 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
849 unreachable objects immediately.
852 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
853 this time; defaults to 90 days.
855 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
856 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
857 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
861 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
862 kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
863 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
865 gc.rerereunresolved::
866 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
867 kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
868 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
870 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
871 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
872 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
875 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
876 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
879 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
880 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
883 If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
884 files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
885 the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
886 treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
887 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
888 the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
889 then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
892 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
893 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
894 unresolved files are sent to the client in
895 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
896 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
897 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
898 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
899 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
902 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
903 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
904 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
905 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
906 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
907 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
910 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
911 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
912 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
913 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
914 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
915 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
917 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
918 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
919 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
920 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
921 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
923 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
924 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
925 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
926 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
927 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
928 characters will be replaced with underscores.
930 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
931 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
932 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
933 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
937 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
938 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
941 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
942 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
945 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
946 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
947 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
948 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
949 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
952 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
953 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
954 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
955 not. Default: "false".
957 gui.newbranchtemplate::
958 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
961 gui.pruneduringfetch::
962 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
963 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
966 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
967 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
969 gui.spellingdictionary::
970 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
971 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
975 If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original
976 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
977 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
979 gui.copyblamethreshold::
980 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
981 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
982 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
984 gui.blamehistoryctx::
985 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
986 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
987 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
988 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
991 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
992 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
993 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
994 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
995 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
996 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
997 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
999 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1000 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1001 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1003 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1004 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1007 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1008 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1011 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1012 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1014 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1015 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1016 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1017 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1018 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1019 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1020 value of the variable is used.
1022 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1023 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1024 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1025 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1027 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1028 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1029 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1030 for things like checkout or reset.
1032 guitool.<name>.title::
1033 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1036 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1037 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1038 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1039 The default value includes the actual command.
1042 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1043 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1046 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1047 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1048 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1051 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1052 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1053 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1054 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1055 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1056 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1057 This is the default.
1060 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
1061 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
1062 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1065 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1066 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1070 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1071 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1075 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1076 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1079 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1080 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1081 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1082 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1083 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1086 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1087 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1088 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1091 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1092 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1093 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1096 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1097 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1099 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1100 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1101 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1102 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1103 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1106 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1107 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1108 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1109 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1111 i18n.commitEncoding::
1112 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
1113 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1114 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1115 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1116 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1118 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1119 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1120 running 'git-log' and friends.
1123 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1124 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1127 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1128 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1131 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1132 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1135 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1136 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1138 instaweb.modulepath::
1139 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1142 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1143 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1145 interactive.singlekey::
1146 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1147 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1148 Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
1149 linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
1150 ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
1153 Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
1154 value is similar to using 'git-log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
1155 following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
1156 See linkgit:git-log[1].
1159 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1160 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1161 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1162 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1165 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1166 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1167 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1168 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1169 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1170 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1173 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1174 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1177 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1178 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1179 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1182 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1183 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1185 include::merge-config.txt[]
1187 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1188 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1189 your tool is not in the PATH.
1191 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1192 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1193 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1194 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1195 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1196 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1197 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1198 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1199 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1200 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1202 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1203 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1204 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1205 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1206 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1207 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1208 indicate the success of the merge.
1210 mergetool.keepBackup::
1211 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1212 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1213 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1214 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1216 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1217 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
1218 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1219 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1220 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1221 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1224 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1227 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1228 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1231 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1232 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1235 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1236 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1237 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1241 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1242 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1243 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1244 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1245 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1246 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1249 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1250 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1251 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1252 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1253 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1254 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1255 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1256 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1257 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1258 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1260 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1261 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1262 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1263 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1264 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1267 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1268 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1269 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1270 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1271 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1272 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1273 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1274 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1277 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1278 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1279 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1280 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1281 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1282 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1285 If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
1286 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1287 that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
1288 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1289 older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1290 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1291 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
1293 pack.packSizeLimit::
1294 The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1295 packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It
1296 can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
1297 linkgit:git-repack[1].
1300 Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
1301 particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
1302 `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
1303 it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
1304 all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1307 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1311 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1314 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
1315 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
1316 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
1317 line. Possible values are:
1319 * `nothing` do not push anything.
1320 * `matching` push all matching branches.
1321 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
1322 matching. This is the default.
1323 * `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
1324 * `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
1327 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
1328 rebase. False by default.
1331 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
1332 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
1333 it by setting this variable to false.
1335 receive.fsckObjects::
1336 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
1337 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1338 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1341 receive.unpackLimit::
1342 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
1343 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1344 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1345 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1346 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1347 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1348 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1349 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1351 receive.denyDeletes::
1352 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
1353 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
1355 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
1356 If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
1357 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1358 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
1359 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
1360 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
1361 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
1362 message. Defaults to "warn".
1364 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
1365 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
1366 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
1367 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
1368 set when initializing a shared repository.
1370 receive.updateserverinfo::
1371 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
1372 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
1375 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
1376 linkgit:git-push[1].
1378 remote.<name>.pushurl::
1379 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
1381 remote.<name>.proxy::
1382 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
1383 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
1384 disable proxying for that remote.
1386 remote.<name>.fetch::
1387 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
1388 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1390 remote.<name>.push::
1391 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
1392 linkgit:git-push[1].
1394 remote.<name>.mirror::
1395 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
1396 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
1398 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
1399 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1400 using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
1402 remote.<name>.receivepack::
1403 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
1404 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
1406 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
1407 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
1408 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
1410 remote.<name>.tagopt::
1411 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
1412 fetching from remote <name>
1415 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
1416 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
1418 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
1419 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
1420 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
1421 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
1422 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
1423 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
1424 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
1427 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
1428 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
1429 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
1432 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
1433 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
1434 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
1435 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
1436 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
1438 sendemail.identity::
1439 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
1440 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
1441 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
1442 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
1444 sendemail.smtpencryption::
1445 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
1446 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
1449 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
1451 sendemail.<identity>.*::
1452 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
1453 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
1454 identity is selected, through command-line or
1455 'sendemail.identity'.
1457 sendemail.aliasesfile::
1458 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
1462 sendemail.chainreplyto::
1464 sendemail.envelopesender::
1466 sendemail.multiedit::
1467 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
1468 sendemail.smtppass::
1469 sendemail.suppresscc::
1470 sendemail.suppressfrom::
1472 sendemail.smtpserver::
1473 sendemail.smtpserverport::
1474 sendemail.smtpuser::
1476 sendemail.validate::
1477 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
1479 sendemail.signedoffcc::
1480 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
1482 showbranch.default::
1483 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1484 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1486 status.relativePaths::
1487 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
1488 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
1489 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
1492 status.showUntrackedFiles::
1493 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
1494 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
1495 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
1496 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
1497 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
1498 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
1499 the untracked files. Possible values are:
1502 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
1503 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
1504 - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
1507 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
1508 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
1509 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
1512 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
1513 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
1514 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
1515 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
1516 linkgit:git-archive[1].
1518 transfer.unpackLimit::
1519 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
1520 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1521 The default value is 100.
1523 url.<base>.insteadOf::
1524 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
1525 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
1526 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1527 access methods, and some users need to use different access
1528 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
1529 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
1530 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
1531 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1532 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
1534 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
1535 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
1536 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
1537 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
1538 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1539 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
1540 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
1541 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
1542 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1543 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
1544 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
1545 setting for that remote.
1548 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1549 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
1550 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1553 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1554 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
1555 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1558 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
1559 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
1560 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
1561 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
1562 using any method that gpg supports.
1565 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
1566 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]