4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' 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, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times.
22 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
23 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
24 blank lines are ignored.
26 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
27 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
28 section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
29 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
30 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
31 header before the first setting of a variable.
33 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
34 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
35 in the section header, like in the example below:
38 [section "subsection"]
42 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
43 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
44 respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
45 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
46 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
49 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
50 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
51 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
52 restrictions as section names.
54 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
55 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
56 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
57 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
58 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
59 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more
60 than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is
63 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
64 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
66 The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
67 a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
68 1/0, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
69 converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
70 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
72 String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
73 You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
74 preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains
75 comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';').
76 Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must
77 be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
79 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
80 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
81 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
82 escape sequences) are invalid.
84 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
85 customary UNIX fashion.
87 Some variables may require a special value format.
92 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
93 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
94 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
95 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
96 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
97 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
98 found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `~/`
99 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified
100 user's home directory. See below for examples.
107 ; Don't trust file modes
112 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
117 merge = refs/heads/devel
121 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
122 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
125 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
126 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
127 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory
132 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
133 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
134 in the appropriate manual page.
136 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
137 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
138 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
139 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
143 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
144 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
145 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
149 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
151 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
152 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
155 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
156 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
158 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
159 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
160 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
161 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
163 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
164 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
166 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
167 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
168 object we do not have.
170 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
171 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
172 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
173 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
175 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
176 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
177 the template shown when writing commit messages in
178 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
179 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
181 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
182 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
185 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
186 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
188 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
189 prevent the operation from being performed.
191 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
192 your information is guessed from the system username and
195 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
196 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
197 a local branch after the fact.
199 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
200 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
202 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
203 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
205 In multiple checkout setup, attempting to checkout a
206 branch already checked out elsewhere will fail. Show
207 some useful options to proceed.
211 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
212 the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
213 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
215 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
216 will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
217 repository is created.
220 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
221 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
222 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
223 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
224 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
227 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
228 will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
231 core.precomposeunicode::
232 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
233 When core.precomposeunicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
234 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
235 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
236 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
237 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
238 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
241 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
242 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
243 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
244 crawlers and some backup systems).
245 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
248 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
249 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
250 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
251 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
254 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
255 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
256 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
257 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
258 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
259 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
260 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
261 quote, backslash and control characters are always
262 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
266 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
267 files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are
268 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native
269 line ending. The default value is `native`. See
270 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
274 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
275 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
276 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
277 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
278 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
279 this is not the case for the current setting of
280 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
281 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
282 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
284 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
285 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
286 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
287 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
288 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
289 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
290 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
291 conversion can corrupt data.
293 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
294 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
295 after committing you still have the original file in your work
296 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
297 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
300 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
301 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
302 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
303 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
304 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
305 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
307 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
308 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
309 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
310 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
311 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
312 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
313 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
314 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
315 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
319 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
320 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
321 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
322 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
323 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
324 working directory even though the repository does not have
325 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
326 in which case no output conversion is performed.
329 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
330 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
331 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
332 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
335 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
336 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
340 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
341 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
342 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
343 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
344 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
345 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
346 the first match wins.
348 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
349 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
352 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
353 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
354 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
355 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
358 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
359 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
360 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
361 working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
362 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
363 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
364 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
367 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
368 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
369 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
370 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
371 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
374 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
375 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
376 number of commands that require a working directory will be
377 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
379 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
380 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
381 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
382 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
386 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
387 If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree
388 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
389 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
390 variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option.
391 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
392 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
393 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
394 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
395 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
396 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
397 of your working tree.
399 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
400 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
401 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
402 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
403 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
404 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
405 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
406 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
407 repository's usual working tree).
409 core.logAllRefUpdates::
410 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
411 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
412 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
413 only when the file exists. If this configuration
414 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
415 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
416 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
417 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
419 This information can be used to determine what commit
420 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
422 This value is true by default in a repository that has
423 a working directory associated with it, and false by
424 default in a bare repository.
426 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
427 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
430 core.sharedRepository::
431 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
432 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
433 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
434 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
435 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
436 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
437 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
438 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
439 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
440 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
441 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
442 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
443 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
445 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
446 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
447 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
450 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
451 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
452 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
453 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
454 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
456 core.loosecompression::
457 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
458 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
459 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
460 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
461 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
463 core.packedGitWindowSize::
464 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
465 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
466 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
467 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
468 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
469 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
470 a large number of large pack files.
472 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
473 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
474 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
475 not need to adjust this value.
477 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
479 core.packedGitLimit::
480 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
481 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
482 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
483 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
485 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
486 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
487 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
489 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
491 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
492 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
493 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
494 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
495 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
496 objects multiple times.
498 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
499 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
500 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
502 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
504 core.bigFileThreshold::
505 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
506 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
507 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
508 slight expense of increased disk usage.
510 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
511 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
512 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
514 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
517 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
518 '.git/info/exclude', Git looks into this file for patterns
519 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded
520 to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's
521 home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
522 If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore
523 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
526 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
527 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
528 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
529 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
530 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
531 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
532 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
534 core.attributesfile::
535 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
536 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
537 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
538 way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is
539 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
540 set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
543 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
544 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
545 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
546 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
549 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
550 messages consider a line that begins with this character
551 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
554 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
555 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
558 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
559 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
560 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
561 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
564 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
565 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
566 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
567 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
568 compile time (usually 'less').
570 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
571 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
572 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
573 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
574 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
575 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
576 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
577 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
578 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
579 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
580 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
581 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
582 line truncation only for `git blame`.
584 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
585 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
586 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
589 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
590 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
591 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
592 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
593 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
595 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
596 as an error (enabled by default).
597 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
598 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
599 error (enabled by default).
600 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
601 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
603 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
604 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
605 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
606 (enabled by default).
607 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
609 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
610 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
611 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
612 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
613 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
614 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
615 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
617 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
618 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
620 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
621 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
622 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
623 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
626 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
628 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
629 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
630 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
631 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
632 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
635 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
636 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
637 will not overwrite existing objects.
639 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
640 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
641 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
644 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
645 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
646 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
647 notes should be printed.
649 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
650 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
652 core.sparseCheckout::
653 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
654 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
657 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
658 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
659 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
664 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
665 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
666 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of Git accept only
667 `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
668 convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of Git
669 honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
672 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
673 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
674 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
675 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
676 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
677 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
678 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
680 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
681 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
682 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
683 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
684 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
685 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
686 not necessarily be the current directory.
687 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
688 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
691 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
692 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
693 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
694 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
695 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
697 apply.ignorewhitespace::
698 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
699 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
701 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
702 respect all whitespace differences.
703 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
706 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
707 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
709 branch.autosetupmerge::
710 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
711 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
712 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
713 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
714 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
715 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
716 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
717 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
718 local branch or remote-tracking
719 branch. This option defaults to true.
721 branch.autosetuprebase::
722 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
723 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
724 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
725 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
726 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
727 other local branches.
728 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
729 remote-tracking branches.
730 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
732 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
733 branch to track another branch.
734 This option defaults to never.
736 branch.<name>.remote::
737 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
738 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
739 may be overridden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches).
740 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
741 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is
742 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
743 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
744 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
745 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
747 branch.<name>.pushremote::
748 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
749 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` for pushing
750 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
751 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
752 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to
753 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
754 option to override it for a specific branch.
756 branch.<name>.merge::
757 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
758 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
759 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
760 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
761 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
762 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
763 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
764 "branch.<name>.remote".
765 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
766 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
767 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
768 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
769 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
770 another branch in the local repository, you can point
771 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
772 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
774 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
775 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
776 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
777 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
780 branch.<name>.rebase::
781 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
782 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
783 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
784 branch-specific manner.
786 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
787 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
788 by running 'git pull'.
790 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
791 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
794 branch.<name>.description::
795 Branch description, can be edited with
796 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
797 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
798 request-pull summary.
801 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
802 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
803 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
805 browser.<tool>.path::
806 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
807 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
808 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
811 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
812 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
815 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
816 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
817 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
818 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
820 color.branch.<slot>::
821 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
822 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
823 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
824 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
827 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
828 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
829 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
830 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
831 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
832 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
836 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
837 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
838 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
839 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
840 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
843 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
844 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
845 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
848 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
849 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
850 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
851 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
852 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
853 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
854 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
856 color.decorate.<slot>::
857 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
858 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
859 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
862 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
863 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
864 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
867 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
868 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
872 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
874 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
876 function name lines (when using `-p`)
878 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
882 non-matching text in selected lines
884 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
885 and between hunks (`--`)
888 The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
891 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
892 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
893 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
894 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
895 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
897 color.interactive.<slot>::
898 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
899 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
900 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
901 interactive commands. The values of these variables may be
902 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
905 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
906 use (default is true).
909 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
910 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
911 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
912 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
915 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
916 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
917 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
918 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
920 color.status.<slot>::
921 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
922 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
923 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
924 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
925 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
926 `branch` (the current branch), or
927 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
928 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
932 This variable determines the default value for variables such
933 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
934 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
935 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
936 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
937 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
938 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
939 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
940 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
941 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
944 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
945 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
948 These options control when the feature should be enabled
949 (defaults to 'never'):
953 always show in columns
955 never show in columns
957 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
960 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
961 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
966 fill columns before rows
968 fill rows before columns
973 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
978 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
980 make equal size columns
984 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
985 See `column.ui` for details.
988 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
989 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
992 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
993 See `column.ui` for details.
996 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
997 See `column.ui` for details.
1000 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1001 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1002 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1003 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1004 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1005 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1006 template yourself, if you do this).
1010 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1011 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1012 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1013 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1017 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1018 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1019 message. Defaults to true.
1022 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
1023 "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the
1024 specified user's home directory.
1027 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1028 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1029 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
1030 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
1032 credential.useHttpPath::
1033 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1034 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1035 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1037 credential.username::
1038 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1039 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1040 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1042 credential.<url>.*::
1043 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1044 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1045 would set the default username only for https connections to
1046 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1049 include::diff-config.txt[]
1051 difftool.<tool>.path::
1052 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1053 your tool is not in the PATH.
1055 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1056 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1057 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1058 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1059 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1060 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1061 of the diff post-image.
1064 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1066 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1067 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1068 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1069 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1070 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1071 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1072 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1076 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1077 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1078 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1079 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1083 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1084 transfer is below this
1085 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1086 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1087 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1088 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1089 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1090 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1091 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1094 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1095 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1098 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1099 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1100 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1101 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1102 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1105 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1106 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1107 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1108 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1109 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1112 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1113 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1117 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1118 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1119 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1121 format.subjectprefix::
1122 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1123 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1126 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1127 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1128 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1129 signature generation.
1131 format.signaturefile::
1132 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1133 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1136 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1137 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1138 include the dot if you want it).
1141 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1142 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1143 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1146 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1147 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1148 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1149 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1150 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1151 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1152 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1153 value disables threading.
1156 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1157 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1158 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1159 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1160 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1162 format.coverLetter::
1163 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1164 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1165 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1167 filter.<driver>.clean::
1168 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1169 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1172 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1173 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1174 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1175 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1177 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1178 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1179 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1182 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1183 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1184 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1188 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1189 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1190 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1191 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1192 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1195 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1196 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1197 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1198 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1201 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately andrun in background
1202 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1205 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1206 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1207 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1208 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1209 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1210 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1213 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1214 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1215 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1216 unreachable objects immediately.
1218 gc.prunereposexpire::
1219 When 'git gc' is run, it will call
1220 'prune --repos --expire 3.months.ago'.
1221 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1222 "now" may be used to disable the grace period and prune
1223 $GIT_DIR/repos immediately.
1226 gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire::
1227 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1228 this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1229 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1230 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1232 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
1233 gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable::
1234 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1235 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1236 defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1237 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1238 match the <pattern>.
1241 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1242 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1243 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1245 gc.rerereunresolved::
1246 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1247 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1248 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1250 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
1251 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1252 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1255 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1256 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1259 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1260 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1262 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1263 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1264 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1265 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1266 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1267 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1268 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1269 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1270 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is
1271 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1274 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1275 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1276 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1277 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1278 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1279 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1280 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1281 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1284 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1285 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1286 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1287 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1288 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1289 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1292 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1293 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1294 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1295 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1296 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1297 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1299 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
1300 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
1301 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1302 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
1303 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1305 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1306 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1307 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1308 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1309 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1310 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1312 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1313 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
1314 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1315 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1319 gitweb.description::
1322 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1330 gitweb.remote_heads::
1333 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1336 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1339 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1340 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
1341 '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
1342 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1344 grep.extendedRegexp::
1345 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
1346 option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
1347 other than 'default'.
1350 Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
1351 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1352 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1353 signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the
1354 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1355 code 0, and to generate an ascii-armored detached signature, the
1356 standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be
1357 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1360 gui.commitmsgwidth::
1361 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1362 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1365 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1366 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1368 gui.displayuntracked::
1369 Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1370 in the file list. The default is "true".
1373 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1374 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1375 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1376 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1377 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1380 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
1381 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1382 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1383 not. Default: "false".
1385 gui.newbranchtemplate::
1386 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1389 gui.pruneduringfetch::
1390 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1391 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1394 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1395 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1397 gui.spellingdictionary::
1398 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1399 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1403 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1404 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1405 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1407 gui.copyblamethreshold::
1408 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1409 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1410 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1412 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1413 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1414 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1415 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1416 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1418 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1419 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1420 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1421 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1422 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1423 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1424 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1425 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1427 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1428 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1429 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1431 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1432 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1435 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1436 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1439 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1440 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1442 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1443 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1444 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1445 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1446 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1447 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1448 value of the variable is used.
1450 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1451 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1452 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1453 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1455 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1456 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1457 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1458 for things like checkout or reset.
1460 guitool.<name>.title::
1461 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1464 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1465 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1466 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1467 The default value includes the actual command.
1470 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1471 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1474 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1475 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1476 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1479 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1480 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1481 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1482 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1483 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1484 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1485 This is the default.
1488 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1489 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1490 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1491 path of your Git installation.
1494 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1495 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
1496 `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
1500 File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
1501 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1502 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1503 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
1504 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookiefile is only used as
1505 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1508 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1509 http.cookiefile. Has no effect if http.cookiefile is unset.
1512 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1513 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1517 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1518 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1522 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1523 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1526 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1527 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1528 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1529 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1530 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1533 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1534 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1535 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1538 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1539 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1540 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1543 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1544 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1545 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1546 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1547 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1548 errors on misconfigured servers.
1551 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1552 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1555 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1556 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1557 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1558 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1561 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1562 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1563 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1564 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1565 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1566 sufficient for most requests.
1568 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1569 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1570 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1571 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1572 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1575 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1576 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1577 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1578 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1581 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1582 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1583 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1584 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1585 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1586 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1587 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1590 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some urls.
1591 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1592 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1595 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1596 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1598 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1599 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1601 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1602 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1603 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1604 default for the scheme before matching.
1606 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1607 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1608 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1609 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1610 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1611 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1612 key with just path `foo/`).
1614 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1615 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1616 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1617 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1618 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1621 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1622 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1623 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1624 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1625 `https://user@example.com`.
1627 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1628 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1629 equivalent urls that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1630 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The urls that are
1631 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1632 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1634 i18n.commitEncoding::
1635 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1636 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1637 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1638 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1639 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1641 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1642 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1643 running 'git log' and friends.
1646 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1647 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1650 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1651 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1654 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1655 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1658 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1659 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1662 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1663 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1666 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1667 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1669 instaweb.modulepath::
1670 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1671 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1675 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1676 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1678 interactive.singlekey::
1679 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1680 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1681 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1682 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1683 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1684 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1685 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1688 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1689 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1690 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1693 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1694 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1695 `--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
1696 `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
1700 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1701 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1702 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1703 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1704 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1707 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1708 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1709 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1710 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1713 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1714 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1717 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1718 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1719 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1720 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1721 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1722 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1725 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
1726 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
1727 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
1728 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
1729 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
1733 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1734 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1737 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1738 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1739 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1742 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1743 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1745 include::merge-config.txt[]
1747 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1748 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1749 your tool is not in the PATH.
1751 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1752 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1753 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1754 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1755 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1756 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1757 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1758 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1759 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1760 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1762 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1763 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1764 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1765 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1766 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1767 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1768 indicate the success of the merge.
1770 mergetool.keepBackup::
1771 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1772 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1773 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1774 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1776 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1777 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
1778 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1779 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1780 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1781 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1784 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1787 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
1788 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
1789 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
1790 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
1791 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
1792 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
1795 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
1796 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1799 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
1800 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
1803 notes.rewrite.<command>::
1804 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
1805 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
1806 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
1807 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
1808 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
1811 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
1812 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
1813 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
1814 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
1817 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
1818 environment variable.
1821 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
1822 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
1823 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
1824 You may also specify this configuration several times.
1826 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
1827 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
1828 rewriting for the default commit notes.
1830 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
1831 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1835 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1836 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1839 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1840 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1843 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1844 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1845 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1849 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1850 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1851 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1852 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1853 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1854 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1857 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
1858 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
1859 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
1861 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1862 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1863 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1864 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1865 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1866 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1867 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1868 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1869 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1870 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1872 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1873 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1874 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1875 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1876 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1879 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1880 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1881 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1882 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1883 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1884 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1885 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1886 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1889 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1890 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1891 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1892 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1893 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1894 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1897 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
1898 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1899 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
1900 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1901 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1902 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1905 pack.packSizeLimit::
1906 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1907 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
1908 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
1909 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
1910 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
1911 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
1915 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
1916 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
1917 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
1918 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
1921 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
1923 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
1924 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
1925 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
1926 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
1927 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
1928 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
1929 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
1930 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
1931 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
1932 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
1935 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
1936 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
1937 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
1938 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
1939 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
1940 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
1941 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1944 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
1945 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
1946 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
1947 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
1948 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
1949 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
1950 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
1951 will be silently ignored.
1954 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
1955 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
1956 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
1957 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
1958 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
1959 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
1960 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
1964 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
1965 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
1966 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
1969 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1970 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1971 by running 'git pull'.
1973 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1974 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1978 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1982 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1985 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
1986 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
1987 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
1988 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
1989 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
1993 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
1994 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
1995 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
1997 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
1998 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2001 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2002 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2003 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2004 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2005 (i.e. central workflow).
2007 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2008 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2009 different from the local one.
2011 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2012 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2015 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2017 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2018 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2019 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2020 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2021 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2022 'master' will be pushed there).
2024 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2025 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2026 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2027 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2028 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2029 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2030 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2031 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2032 branches outside your control.
2034 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2040 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2041 rebase. False by default.
2044 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
2047 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2048 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2049 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2050 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2051 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2055 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2056 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2057 it by setting this variable to false.
2059 receive.fsckObjects::
2060 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2061 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2062 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2063 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2066 receive.unpackLimit::
2067 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2068 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2069 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2070 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2071 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2072 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2073 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2074 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2076 receive.denyDeletes::
2077 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2078 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2080 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2081 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2082 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2084 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2085 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2086 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2087 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2088 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2089 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2090 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2091 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2093 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2094 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2095 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2096 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2097 set when initializing a shared repository.
2100 String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
2101 from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
2102 definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
2103 are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
2104 variable is excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git
2105 push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by
2106 `git push` is rejected.
2108 receive.updateserverinfo::
2109 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2110 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2112 receive.shallowupdate::
2113 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2114 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2116 remote.pushdefault::
2117 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2118 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2119 `branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches.
2122 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2123 linkgit:git-push[1].
2125 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2126 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2128 remote.<name>.proxy::
2129 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2130 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2131 disable proxying for that remote.
2133 remote.<name>.fetch::
2134 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2135 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2137 remote.<name>.push::
2138 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2139 linkgit:git-push[1].
2141 remote.<name>.mirror::
2142 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2143 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2145 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2146 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2147 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2148 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2150 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2151 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2152 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2153 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2155 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2156 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2157 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2159 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2160 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2161 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2163 remote.<name>.tagopt::
2164 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2165 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
2166 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2167 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2168 override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
2169 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2172 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2173 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2175 remote.<name>.prune::
2176 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2177 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2178 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2179 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2182 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2183 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2185 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
2186 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2187 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2188 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2189 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2190 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2191 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2193 repack.packKeptObjects::
2194 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2195 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2196 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2197 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2198 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2200 repack.writeBitmaps::
2201 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2202 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2203 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2204 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2205 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to
2209 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2210 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2211 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2214 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2215 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2216 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2217 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2218 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2221 sendemail.identity::
2222 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2223 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2224 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2225 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
2227 sendemail.smtpencryption::
2228 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2229 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2232 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
2234 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2235 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2236 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2238 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2239 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2240 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2241 identity is selected, through command-line or
2242 'sendemail.identity'.
2244 sendemail.aliasesfile::
2245 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
2246 sendemail.annotate::
2250 sendemail.chainreplyto::
2252 sendemail.envelopesender::
2254 sendemail.multiedit::
2255 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2256 sendemail.smtppass::
2257 sendemail.suppresscc::
2258 sendemail.suppressfrom::
2260 sendemail.smtpdomain::
2261 sendemail.smtpserver::
2262 sendemail.smtpserverport::
2263 sendemail.smtpserveroption::
2264 sendemail.smtpuser::
2266 sendemail.validate::
2267 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2269 sendemail.signedoffcc::
2270 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
2272 showbranch.default::
2273 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2274 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2276 status.relativePaths::
2277 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2278 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2279 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2283 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2284 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2287 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2288 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2290 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2291 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2292 prefix before each output line (starting with
2293 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2294 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2297 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2298 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2299 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2300 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2301 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2302 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2303 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2304 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2307 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2308 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2309 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2312 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2313 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2314 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2316 status.submodulesummary::
2318 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2319 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2320 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2321 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2322 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2323 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2324 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2325 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2326 submodule changes. To
2327 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2328 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2329 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2330 not honor these settings.
2332 submodule.<name>.path::
2333 submodule.<name>.url::
2334 submodule.<name>.update::
2335 The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy
2336 for a submodule. These variables are initially populated
2337 by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the
2338 URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file. See
2339 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2341 submodule.<name>.branch::
2342 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2343 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2344 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2345 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2347 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2348 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2349 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2350 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2351 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2354 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2355 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2356 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2357 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2358 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2359 to the submodules work tree and
2360 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2361 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2362 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2363 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2364 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2365 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2366 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2367 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2368 affected by this setting.
2371 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2372 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2373 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2376 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2377 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2378 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2379 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2380 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2382 transfer.fsckObjects::
2383 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2384 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2388 This variable can be used to set both `receive.hiderefs`
2389 and `uploadpack.hiderefs` at the same time to the same
2390 values. See entries for these other variables.
2392 transfer.unpackLimit::
2393 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2394 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2395 The default value is 100.
2397 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2398 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2399 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2400 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2401 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2404 uploadpack.hiderefs::
2405 String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
2406 from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
2407 definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
2408 are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
2409 variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`,
2410 `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git
2411 fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant`.
2413 uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant::
2414 When `uploadpack.hiderefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2415 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2416 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2417 see also `uploadpack.hiderefs`.
2419 uploadpack.keepalive::
2420 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2421 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2422 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2423 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2424 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2425 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2426 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2427 `uploadpack.keepalive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2428 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2430 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2431 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2432 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2433 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2434 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2435 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2436 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2437 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2438 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2439 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2441 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2442 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2443 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2444 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2445 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2446 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2447 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2448 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2449 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2450 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2451 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2452 setting for that remote.
2455 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2456 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
2457 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2460 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2461 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
2462 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2465 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2466 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2467 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2468 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2469 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2472 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2473 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]