4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
16 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
21 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
22 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
23 blank lines are ignored.
25 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
26 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
27 section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
28 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
29 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
30 header before the first setting of a variable.
32 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
33 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
34 in the section header, like in the example below:
37 [section "subsection"]
41 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
42 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
43 respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
44 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
45 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
48 There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
49 In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
52 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
53 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
54 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
55 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
56 The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
57 characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
58 for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
60 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
61 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
63 The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
64 a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
65 0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
66 converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
67 'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
69 String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
70 You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
71 preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains
72 comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';').
73 Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must
74 be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
76 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
77 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
78 and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
79 char sequences are valid.
81 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
82 customary UNIX fashion.
84 Some variables may require a special value format.
91 ; Don't trust file modes
96 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
101 merge = refs/heads/devel
105 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
106 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
111 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
112 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
113 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
114 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
117 When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
118 When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
123 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
124 non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
126 Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
127 output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
128 when writing commit messages. Default: true.
132 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
133 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
134 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
136 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
137 This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
138 the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful
139 if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in
140 one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API
141 whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to
142 handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than
143 normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default, unless core.filemode
144 is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
145 POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
148 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
149 working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time
150 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
151 crawlers and some backup systems).
152 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
155 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
156 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
157 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
158 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
159 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
160 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
161 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
162 quote, backslash and control characters are always
163 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
167 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
168 `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
169 writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
170 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
171 reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
172 `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider
173 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
174 decided purely based on the contents.
177 If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
178 `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command
179 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
180 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
181 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
182 this is not the case for the current setting of
183 `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can
184 be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an
185 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
187 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
188 autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
189 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
190 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
191 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
192 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
193 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
194 conversion can corrupt data.
196 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
197 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
198 after committing you still have the original file in your work
199 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
200 git that this file is binary and git will handle the file
203 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
204 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
205 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
206 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
207 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
208 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
210 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
211 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
212 `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text
213 file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could
214 later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the
215 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
216 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
217 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
218 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
222 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
223 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
224 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
225 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
226 symbolic links. True by default.
229 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
230 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
231 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
232 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
233 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
234 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
235 the first match wins.
237 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
238 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
241 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
242 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
243 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
244 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
247 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
248 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
249 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
250 working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
251 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
252 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
253 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
256 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
257 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
258 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
259 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
260 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
263 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
264 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
265 number of commands that require a working directory will be
266 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
268 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
269 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
270 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
271 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
275 Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
276 used in combination with repositories found automatically in
277 a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
278 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
279 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
280 a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
281 --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
282 Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
283 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
284 the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
285 of your working tree.
287 core.logAllRefUpdates::
288 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
289 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
290 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
291 only when the file exists. If this configuration
292 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
293 file is automatically created for branch heads.
295 This information can be used to determine what commit
296 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
298 This value is true by default in a repository that has
299 a working directory associated with it, and false by
300 default in a bare repository.
302 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
303 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
306 core.sharedRepository::
307 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
308 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
309 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
310 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
311 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
312 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
313 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
314 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
315 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
316 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
317 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
318 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
319 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
321 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
322 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
323 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
326 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
327 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
328 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
329 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
330 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
332 core.loosecompression::
333 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
334 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
335 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
336 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
337 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
339 core.packedGitWindowSize::
340 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
341 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
342 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
343 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
344 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
345 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
346 a large number of large pack files.
348 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
349 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
350 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
351 not need to adjust this value.
353 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
355 core.packedGitLimit::
356 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
357 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
358 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
359 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
361 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
362 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
363 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
365 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
367 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
368 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
369 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
370 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
371 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
372 objects multiple times.
374 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
375 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
376 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
378 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
381 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
382 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
383 of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
384 linkgit:gitignore[5].
387 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
388 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
389 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
390 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
391 `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
392 `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
395 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
396 be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
397 variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
398 variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
399 pager. One can change these settings by setting the
400 `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
401 these settings can be overridden on a project or
402 global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
403 Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
404 environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
405 to override git's default settings this way, you need
406 to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
407 in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
408 to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
409 shell by git, which will translate the final command to
410 `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
413 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
414 notice. 'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
415 highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
416 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
417 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
419 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
420 as an error (enabled by default).
421 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
422 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
423 error (enabled by default).
424 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
425 space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
426 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
427 (enabled by default).
428 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
430 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
431 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
432 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
433 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
435 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
436 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
438 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
439 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
440 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
441 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
444 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
446 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
447 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
448 relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the
449 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
453 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
454 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
455 will not overwrite existing objects.
457 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
458 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
459 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
462 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
463 the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
464 after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
466 If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
467 appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
468 given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
469 notes should be printed.
471 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
472 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
475 Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
476 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
477 option of linkgit:git-add[1].
480 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
481 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
482 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
483 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
484 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
485 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
486 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
488 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
489 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
490 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
491 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
492 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
493 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
494 not necessarily be the current directory.
496 apply.ignorewhitespace::
497 When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
498 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
500 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
501 respect all whitespace differences.
502 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
505 Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
506 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
508 branch.autosetupmerge::
509 Tells 'git-branch' and 'git-checkout' to setup new branches
510 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
511 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
512 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
513 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
514 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
515 starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is
516 done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote
517 branch. This option defaults to true.
519 branch.autosetuprebase::
520 When a new branch is created with 'git-branch' or 'git-checkout'
521 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
522 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
523 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
524 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
525 other local branches.
526 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
528 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
530 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
531 branch to track another branch.
532 This option defaults to never.
534 branch.<name>.remote::
535 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which
536 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
537 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
539 branch.<name>.merge::
540 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
541 for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which
542 branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default).
543 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default
544 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
545 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
546 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
547 "branch.<name>.remote".
548 The merge information is used by 'git-pull' (which at first calls
549 'git-fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
550 this option, 'git-pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
551 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
552 If you wish to setup 'git-pull' so that it merges into <name> from
553 another branch in the local repository, you can point
554 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
555 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
557 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
558 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
559 supported options are equal to that of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
560 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
563 branch.<name>.rebase::
564 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
565 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
567 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
568 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
572 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
573 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
574 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].)
576 browser.<tool>.path::
577 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
578 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
579 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
582 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
583 or -n. Defaults to true.
586 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
587 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
588 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
589 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
591 color.branch.<slot>::
592 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
593 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
594 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
597 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
598 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
599 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
600 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
601 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
602 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
606 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
607 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
608 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
611 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
612 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
613 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
614 (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
615 `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
616 whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
617 in color.branch.<slot>.
620 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
621 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
622 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
624 color.grep.external::
625 The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
626 command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
627 on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
628 turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
629 For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
630 when a pager is used.
633 Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
634 may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
635 the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
636 calling an external 'grep'.
639 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
640 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
641 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
642 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
644 color.interactive.<slot>::
645 Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
646 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
647 four distinct types of normal output from interactive
648 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
649 in color.branch.<slot>.
652 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
653 use (default is true).
656 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
657 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
658 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
659 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
662 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
663 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
664 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
665 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
667 color.status.<slot>::
668 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
669 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
670 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
671 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
672 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or
673 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
674 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
678 When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which
679 are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When
680 set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the
681 terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
682 take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
685 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
687 diff.autorefreshindex::
688 When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree
689 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
690 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
691 update the cached stat information for paths whose
692 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
693 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
694 affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
695 'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'.
698 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
699 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
700 given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'
701 environment variable. The command is called with parameters
702 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if
703 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
704 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
706 diff.mnemonicprefix::
707 If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
708 standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
709 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
710 the order of the prefixes:
712 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
714 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
715 'git diff --cached';;
716 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
717 'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';;
718 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
719 'git diff --no-index a b';;
720 compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
723 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
724 detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'.
727 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
728 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
729 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
731 diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
732 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
733 before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
736 Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides
737 `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has
738 the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge"
741 difftool.<tool>.path::
742 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
743 your tool is not in the PATH.
745 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
746 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
747 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
748 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
749 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
750 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
751 of the diff post-image.
754 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
757 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
758 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
759 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
760 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
763 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
764 transfer is below this
765 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
766 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
767 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
768 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
769 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
770 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
771 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
774 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
775 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
776 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
777 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
778 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
781 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
782 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
783 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
784 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
785 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
788 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
789 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
792 Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
793 by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
795 format.subjectprefix::
796 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
797 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
800 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
801 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
802 include the dot if you want it).
805 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
806 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
807 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
810 The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be
811 either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow`
812 threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
813 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
814 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
815 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
816 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
817 value disables threading.
820 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
821 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
822 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
823 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
824 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
826 gc.aggressiveWindow::
827 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
828 algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
832 When there are approximately more than this many loose
833 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
834 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
835 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
836 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
839 When there are more than this many packs that are not
840 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
841 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
842 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
845 'git-gc' does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
846 default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
847 from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets 'git-gc'
848 to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
849 'git-gc' never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
850 `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
851 support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
852 at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
853 prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from 'git-gc'.
856 When 'git-gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
857 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
858 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
859 unreachable objects immediately.
862 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
863 this time; defaults to 90 days.
865 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
866 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
867 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
871 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
872 kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
873 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
875 gc.rerereunresolved::
876 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
877 kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
878 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
880 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
881 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
882 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
885 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
886 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
889 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
890 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
893 If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
894 files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
895 the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
896 treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
897 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
898 the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified,
899 then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
902 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
903 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
904 unresolved files are sent to the client in
905 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
906 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
907 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
908 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
909 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
912 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
913 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
914 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
915 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
916 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
917 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
920 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
921 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
922 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
923 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
924 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
925 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
927 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
928 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
929 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
930 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
931 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
933 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
934 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
935 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
936 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
937 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
938 characters will be replaced with underscores.
940 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
941 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
942 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
943 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
947 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
948 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
951 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
952 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
955 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
956 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
957 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
958 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
959 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
962 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
963 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
964 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
965 not. Default: "false".
967 gui.newbranchtemplate::
968 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
971 gui.pruneduringfetch::
972 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when
973 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
976 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
977 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
979 gui.spellingdictionary::
980 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
981 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
985 If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original
986 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
987 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
989 gui.copyblamethreshold::
990 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
991 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
992 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
994 gui.blamehistoryctx::
995 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
996 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
997 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
998 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1000 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1001 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1002 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1003 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1004 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1005 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1006 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1007 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1009 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1010 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1011 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1013 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1014 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1017 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1018 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1021 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1022 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1024 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1025 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1026 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1027 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1028 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1029 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1030 value of the variable is used.
1032 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1033 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1034 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1035 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1037 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1038 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1039 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1040 for things like checkout or reset.
1042 guitool.<name>.title::
1043 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1046 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1047 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1048 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1049 The default value includes the actual command.
1052 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1053 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1056 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1057 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1058 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1061 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1062 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1063 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1064 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1065 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1066 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1067 This is the default.
1070 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
1071 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
1072 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1075 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1076 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1080 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1081 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1085 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1086 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1089 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1090 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1091 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1092 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1093 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1096 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1097 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1098 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1101 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1102 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1103 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1106 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1107 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1109 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1110 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1111 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1112 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1113 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1116 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1117 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1118 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1119 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1121 i18n.commitEncoding::
1122 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
1123 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1124 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1125 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1126 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1128 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1129 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1130 running 'git-log' and friends.
1133 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1134 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1137 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1138 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1141 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1142 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1145 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1146 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1148 instaweb.modulepath::
1149 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1152 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1153 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1155 interactive.singlekey::
1156 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1157 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1158 Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of
1159 linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently
1160 ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
1163 Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
1164 value is similar to using 'git-log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
1165 following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
1166 See linkgit:git-log[1].
1169 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1170 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1171 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1172 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1175 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1176 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1177 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1178 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1179 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1180 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1183 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1184 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1187 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1188 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1189 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1192 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1193 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1195 include::merge-config.txt[]
1197 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1198 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1199 your tool is not in the PATH.
1201 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1202 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1203 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1204 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1205 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1206 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1207 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1208 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1209 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1210 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1212 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1213 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1214 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1215 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1216 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1217 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1218 indicate the success of the merge.
1220 mergetool.keepBackup::
1221 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1222 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1223 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1224 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1226 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1227 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
1228 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1229 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1230 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1231 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1234 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1237 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1238 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1241 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1242 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1245 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1246 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1247 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1251 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1252 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1253 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1254 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1255 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1256 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1259 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1260 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1261 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1262 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1263 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1264 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1265 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1266 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1267 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1268 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1270 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1271 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1272 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1273 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1274 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1277 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1278 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1279 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1280 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1281 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1282 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1283 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1284 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1287 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1288 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1289 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1290 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1291 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1292 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1295 If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
1296 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1297 that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
1298 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1299 older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1300 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1301 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
1303 pack.packSizeLimit::
1304 The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1305 packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It
1306 can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
1307 linkgit:git-repack[1].
1310 Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
1311 particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If
1312 `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,
1313 it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
1314 all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1317 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1321 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1324 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
1325 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
1326 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
1327 line. Possible values are:
1329 * `nothing` do not push anything.
1330 * `matching` push all matching branches.
1331 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
1332 matching. This is the default.
1333 * `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
1334 * `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
1337 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
1338 rebase. False by default.
1340 receive.fsckObjects::
1341 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
1342 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1343 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1346 receive.unpackLimit::
1347 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
1348 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1349 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1350 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1351 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1352 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1353 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1354 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1356 receive.denyDeletes::
1357 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
1358 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
1360 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
1361 If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
1362 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1363 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
1364 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
1365 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
1366 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
1367 message. Defaults to "warn".
1369 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
1370 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
1371 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
1372 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
1373 set when initializing a shared repository.
1376 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
1377 linkgit:git-push[1].
1379 remote.<name>.pushurl::
1380 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
1382 remote.<name>.proxy::
1383 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
1384 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
1385 disable proxying for that remote.
1387 remote.<name>.fetch::
1388 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
1389 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1391 remote.<name>.push::
1392 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
1393 linkgit:git-push[1].
1395 remote.<name>.mirror::
1396 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
1397 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
1399 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
1400 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1401 using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
1403 remote.<name>.receivepack::
1404 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
1405 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
1407 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
1408 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
1409 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
1411 remote.<name>.tagopt::
1412 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
1413 fetching from remote <name>
1416 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
1417 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
1419 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
1420 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
1421 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
1422 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
1423 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
1424 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
1425 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
1428 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
1429 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
1430 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
1433 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
1434 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
1435 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
1436 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
1437 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
1439 sendemail.identity::
1440 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
1441 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
1442 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
1443 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
1445 sendemail.smtpencryption::
1446 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
1447 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
1450 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
1452 sendemail.<identity>.*::
1453 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
1454 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
1455 identity is selected, through command-line or
1456 'sendemail.identity'.
1458 sendemail.aliasesfile::
1459 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
1463 sendemail.chainreplyto::
1465 sendemail.envelopesender::
1467 sendemail.multiedit::
1468 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
1469 sendemail.smtppass::
1470 sendemail.suppresscc::
1471 sendemail.suppressfrom::
1473 sendemail.smtpserver::
1474 sendemail.smtpserverport::
1475 sendemail.smtpuser::
1477 sendemail.validate::
1478 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
1480 sendemail.signedoffcc::
1481 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
1483 showbranch.default::
1484 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1485 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1487 status.relativePaths::
1488 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
1489 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
1490 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
1493 status.showUntrackedFiles::
1494 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
1495 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
1496 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
1497 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
1498 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
1499 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
1500 the untracked files. Possible values are:
1503 - 'no' - Show no untracked files
1504 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
1505 - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
1508 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
1509 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
1510 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
1513 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
1514 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
1515 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
1516 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
1517 linkgit:git-archive[1].
1519 transfer.unpackLimit::
1520 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
1521 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1522 The default value is 100.
1524 url.<base>.insteadOf::
1525 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
1526 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
1527 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1528 access methods, and some users need to use different access
1529 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
1530 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
1531 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
1532 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1533 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
1535 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
1536 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
1537 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
1538 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
1539 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1540 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
1541 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
1542 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
1543 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1544 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
1545 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
1546 setting for that remote.
1549 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1550 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
1551 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1554 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1555 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
1556 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1559 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
1560 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
1561 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
1562 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
1563 using any method that gpg supports.
1566 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
1567 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]