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The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
-the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
-is used to store the information for that repository, and
-`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
-fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
-can be used to store system-wide defaults.
-
-They can be used by both the git plumbing
-and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
-in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
+the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
+is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
+`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
+fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
+can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
+
+The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
+and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
+the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
-characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable
-must belong to some section, which means that there must be section
-header before first setting of a variable.
+characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
+must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
+header before the first setting of a variable.
Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
-in the section header, like in example below:
+in the section header, like in the example below:
--------
[section "subsection"]
--------
-Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote
-'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`',
-respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple
+Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
+newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
+respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
don't need to.
-There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
-In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
-name.
+There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
+In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
+names.
-All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
+All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
+header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value
+characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
-0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
+0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
-'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
+'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
-You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to
-preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains
-beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';').
-Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must
-be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'.
-
-The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized:
-'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
-and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
+You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
+preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains
+comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';').
+Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must
+be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
+
+The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
+`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
+and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
char sequences are valid.
-Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
+Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
customary UNIX fashion.
-Some variables may require special value format.
+Some variables may require a special value format.
Example
~~~~~~~
in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
+advice.*::
+ When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
+ When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
+ are:
++
+--
+ pushNonFastForward::
+ Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
+ non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
+ statusHints::
+ Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
+ output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
+ when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+ commitBeforeMerge::
+ Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
+ merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+ Default: true.
+ resolveConflict::
+ Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
+ prevent the operation from being performed.
+ Default: true.
+ implicitIdentity::
+ Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
+ your information is guessed from the system username and
+ domain name. Default: true.
+--
+
core.fileMode::
If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
- See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
+ See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
+repository is created.
core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
+core.ignorecase::
+ If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
+ git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
+ like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
+ "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume
+ it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
+ "Makefile".
++
+The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
+
core.trustctime::
If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
- `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider
- "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
- decided purely based on the contents.
+ `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
+ "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
+ the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
+ based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
core.safecrlf::
If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
- symbolic links. True by default.
+ symbolic links.
++
+The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
+will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
+is created.
core.gitProxy::
A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
handling).
++
+The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
+specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
+This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
+proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
core.ignoreStat::
If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
= true).
core.worktree::
- Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
- used in combination with repositories found automatically in
- a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+ Set the path to the root of the work tree.
This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
- a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
- --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
- Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+ an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory,
+ either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically
+ discovered.
+ If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
--work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
- the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
- of your working tree.
+ the current working directory is regarded as the root of the
+ work tree.
++
+Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
+file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs
+from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
+core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
+misconfiguration. Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will
+still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
+great confusion to the users.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
- user's umask value, and thus, users with a safe umask (0077) can use
- this option. Examples: '0660' is equivalent to 'group'. '0640' is a
+ user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
+ requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
+ the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
+ others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
- of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
- linkgit:gitignore[5].
+ of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded
+ to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
+ home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
variable when it is set, and the environment variable
- `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
- `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
- `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+ `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
to override git's default settings this way, you need
to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
- to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the
+ to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
shell by git, which will translate the final command to
- "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`".
+ `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
- notice. 'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
- highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
+ notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
+ highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
+
-* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
+* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
as an error (enabled by default).
* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
error (enabled by default).
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
+ (enabled by default).
+* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
+ `blank-at-eof`.
* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
overlapping IO's.
+core.createObject::
+ You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
+ a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
+ will not overwrite existing objects.
++
+On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
+Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
+check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
+
+core.notesRef::
+ When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
+ the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
+ after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
++
+If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
+appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
+given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
+notes should be printed.
++
+This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
+the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+
+core.sparseCheckout::
+ Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
+ linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+
+add.ignore-errors::
+ Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
+ added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
+ option of linkgit:git-add[1].
+
alias.*::
Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
-"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
+"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
+executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
+not necessarily be the current directory.
+
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+ When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
+ whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+ option.
+ When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
+ respect all whitespace differences.
+ See linkgit:git-apply[1].
apply.whitespace::
- Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
+ Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
branch.autosetupmerge::
- Tells 'git-branch' and 'git-checkout' to setup new branches
+ Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
branch. This option defaults to true.
branch.autosetuprebase::
- When a new branch is created with 'git-branch' or 'git-checkout'
+ When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
This option defaults to never.
branch.<name>.remote::
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' which remote to fetch.
- If this option is not given, 'git-fetch' defaults to remote "origin".
+ When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
+ remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
+ configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
branch.<name>.merge::
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default
+ Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
+ for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
+ branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
+ When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
ref which is fetched from the remote given by
"branch.<name>.remote".
- The merge information is used by 'git-pull' (which at first calls
- 'git-fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
- this option, 'git-pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+ The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
+ 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+ this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
- If you wish to setup 'git-pull' so that it merges into <name> from
+ If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
another branch in the local repository, you can point
branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
- supported options are equal to that of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
+ supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
supported.
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
- (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
- `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
- whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
- in color.branch.<slot>.
+ (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
+ `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
+ (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
+ specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
+
+color.grep::
+ When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
+ `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
+ when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
+
+color.grep.match::
+ Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
+ may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
+ the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
+ calling an external 'grep'.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
color.interactive.<slot>::
- Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
- output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, or `help`, for
- three distinct types of normal output from interactive
- programs. The values of these variables may be specified as
+ Use customized color for 'git add --interactive'
+ output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
+ four distinct types of normal output from interactive
+ commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
in color.branch.<slot>.
color.pager::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
use (default is true).
+color.showbranch::
+ A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
+ linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
+ `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
+ only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+
color.status::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
+commit.status
+ A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
+ commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
+ message. Defaults to true.
+
commit.template::
Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+ "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
+ specified user's home directory.
diff.autorefreshindex::
- When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree
+ When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
update the cached stat information for paths whose
contents in the work tree match the contents in the
index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
- affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
- 'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'.
+ affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
+ 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
diff.mnemonicprefix::
- If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
+ If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
the order of the prefixes:
-'git-diff';;
+`git diff`;;
compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
-'git-diff HEAD';;
+`git diff HEAD`;;
compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
-'git diff --cached';;
+`git diff --cached`;;
compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
-'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';;
+`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
-'git diff --no-index a b';;
+`git diff --no-index a b`;;
compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'.
+ detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff.renames::
Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
+diff.tool::
+ Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
+ `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
+ the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
+ and plus "kompare".
+
+difftool.<tool>.path::
+ Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
+ your tool is not in the PATH.
+
+difftool.<tool>.cmd::
+ Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
+ The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
+ variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
+ file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
+ is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
+ of the diff post-image.
+
+difftool.prompt::
+ Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+
+diff.wordRegex::
+ A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
+ when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
+ sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
+ characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
+
fetch.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects fetched over the git native
transfer is below this
especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
`transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
+format.attach::
+ Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
+ 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
+ which will enable attachments as the default and set the
+ value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
format.numbered::
A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+format.cc::
+ Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
+format.subjectprefix::
+ The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
+ subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+
format.suffix::
The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
`.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
+format.thread::
+ The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
+ a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
+ makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
+ where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
+ `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
+ `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
+ A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
+ value disables threading.
+
+format.signoff::
+ A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
+ format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
+ patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
+ the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
+ Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
+
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
- algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
+ algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
to 10.
gc.auto::
default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
gc.packrefs::
- 'git-gc' does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
- default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
- from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets 'git-gc'
- to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
- 'git-gc' never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
- `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
- support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
- at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
- prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from 'git-gc'.
+ Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
+ unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
+ transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
+ 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
+ to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
+ boolean value. The default is `true`.
gc.pruneexpire::
- When 'git-gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
+ When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
"now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
unreachable objects immediately.
gc.reflogexpire::
- 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
+ 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days.
gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
- 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
+ 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
defaults to 30 days.
gc.rerereresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
- kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
+ kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
gc.rerereunresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
- kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
+ kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
+gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
+ Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
+ to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
+
gitcvs.enabled::
Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
off.
gui.fastcopyblame::
- If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original
+ If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
variable.
+http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
+ Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
+ OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
+ certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
+ 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
+
http.sslCAInfo::
File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
+http.minSessions::
+ The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
+ requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
+ http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
+ value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
+
+http.postBuffer::
+ Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
+ transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
+ For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
+ Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
+ massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
+ sufficient for most requests.
+
http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
i18n.logOutputEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
- running 'git-log' and friends.
+ running 'git log' and friends.
imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+interactive.singlekey::
+ In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
+ input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
+ Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
+ linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
+ ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
+
log.date::
Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using 'git-log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
+ value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+mailmap.file::
+ The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
+ mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
+ first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
+ The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
+ subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
+ See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
+
man.viewer::
Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
`true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
+mergetool.keepTemporaries::
+ When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
+ files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
+ variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
+ preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
+ exited. Defaults to `false`.
+
+mergetool.prompt::
+ Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
pack.deltaCacheSize::
The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
- A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
+ This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
+ having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
+ for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
+ which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
+ especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
+ A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
+ used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
pack.deltaCacheLimit::
The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
+ linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
+ writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
+ result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
pack.threads::
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
`\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
- all commands, set `core.pager` or 'GIT_PAGER' to "`cat`".
+ all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
pull.twohead::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
+push.default::
+ Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
+ on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
+ no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
+ line. Possible values are:
++
+* `nothing` do not push anything.
+* `matching` push all matching branches.
+ All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
+ matching. This is the default.
+* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+
+rebase.stat::
+ Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
+ rebase. False by default.
+
+receive.autogc::
+ By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
+ receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
+ it by setting this variable to false.
+
receive.fsckObjects::
If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
receive.denyNonFastForwards::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
- not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+ not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
set when initializing a shared repository.
+receive.updateserverinfo::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
+ after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
+
remote.<name>.url::
The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
linkgit:git-push[1].
+remote.<name>.pushurl::
+ The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
+
remote.<name>.proxy::
For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
- using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
+ using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+ linkgit:git-remote[1].
+
+remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
+ If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
+ using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
+ linkgit:git-remote[1].
remote.<name>.receivepack::
The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
fetching from remote <name>
+remote.<name>.vcs::
+ Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
+ the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
+
remotes.<group>::
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
<group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
`$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+sendemail.identity::
+ A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
+ 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
+ values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
+ the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
+
+sendemail.smtpencryption::
+ See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
+ setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
+
+sendemail.smtpssl::
+ Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
+
+sendemail.<identity>.*::
+ Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
+ found below, taking precedence over those when the this
+ identity is selected, through command-line or
+ 'sendemail.identity'.
+
+sendemail.aliasesfile::
+sendemail.aliasfiletype::
+sendemail.bcc::
+sendemail.cc::
+sendemail.cccmd::
+sendemail.chainreplyto::
+sendemail.confirm::
+sendemail.envelopesender::
+sendemail.from::
+sendemail.multiedit::
+sendemail.signedoffbycc::
+sendemail.smtppass::
+sendemail.suppresscc::
+sendemail.suppressfrom::
+sendemail.to::
+sendemail.smtpserver::
+sendemail.smtpserverport::
+sendemail.smtpuser::
+sendemail.thread::
+sendemail.validate::
+ See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
+
+sendemail.signedoffcc::
+ Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
+
showbranch.default::
The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
+url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
+ Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
+ instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
+ resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
+ a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
+ access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
+ allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
+ automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
+ never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
+ pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
+ used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
+ setting for that remote.
+
user.email::
Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
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