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). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
82 char sequences are valid.
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. You will find a description of non-core
135 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
138 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
139 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
140 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
144 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
146 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
147 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
150 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
151 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
153 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
154 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
155 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
156 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
158 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
159 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
161 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
162 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
163 object we do not have.
165 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
166 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
167 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
168 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
170 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
171 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
172 the template shown when writing commit messages in
173 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
174 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
176 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
177 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
180 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
181 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
183 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
184 prevent the operation from being performed.
186 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
187 your information is guessed from the system username and
190 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
191 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
192 a local branch after the fact.
194 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
195 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
197 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
198 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
202 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
203 the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
204 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
206 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
207 will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
208 repository is created.
211 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
212 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
213 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
214 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
215 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
218 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
219 will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
222 core.precomposeunicode::
223 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
224 When core.precomposeunicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
225 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
226 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
227 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
228 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
229 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
232 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
233 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
234 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
235 crawlers and some backup systems).
236 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
239 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
240 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
241 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
242 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
245 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
246 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
247 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
248 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
249 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
250 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
251 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
252 quote, backslash and control characters are always
253 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
257 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
258 files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are
259 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native
260 line ending. The default value is `native`. See
261 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
265 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
266 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
267 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
268 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
269 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
270 this is not the case for the current setting of
271 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
272 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
273 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
275 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
276 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
277 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
278 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
279 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
280 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
281 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
282 conversion can corrupt data.
284 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
285 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
286 after committing you still have the original file in your work
287 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
288 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
291 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
292 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
293 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
294 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
295 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
296 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
298 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
299 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
300 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
301 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
302 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
303 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
304 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
305 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
306 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
310 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
311 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
312 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
313 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
314 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
315 working directory even though the repository does not have
316 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
317 in which case no output conversion is performed.
320 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
321 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
322 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
323 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
326 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
327 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
331 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
332 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
333 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
334 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
335 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
336 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
337 the first match wins.
339 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
340 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
343 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
344 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
345 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
346 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
349 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
350 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
351 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
352 working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
353 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
354 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
355 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
358 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
359 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
360 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
361 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
362 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
365 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
366 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
367 number of commands that require a working directory will be
368 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
370 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
371 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
372 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
373 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
377 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
378 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
379 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
380 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
381 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
382 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
383 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
384 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
385 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
386 of your working tree.
388 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
389 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
390 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
391 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
392 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
393 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
394 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
395 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
396 repository's usual working tree).
398 core.logAllRefUpdates::
399 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
400 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
401 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
402 only when the file exists. If this configuration
403 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
404 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
405 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
406 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
408 This information can be used to determine what commit
409 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
411 This value is true by default in a repository that has
412 a working directory associated with it, and false by
413 default in a bare repository.
415 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
416 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
419 core.sharedRepository::
420 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
421 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
422 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
423 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
424 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
425 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
426 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
427 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
428 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
429 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
430 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
431 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
432 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
434 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
435 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
436 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
439 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
440 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
441 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
442 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
443 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
445 core.loosecompression::
446 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
447 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
448 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
449 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
450 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
452 core.packedGitWindowSize::
453 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
454 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
455 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
456 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
457 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
458 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
459 a large number of large pack files.
461 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
462 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
463 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
464 not need to adjust this value.
466 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
468 core.packedGitLimit::
469 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
470 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
471 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
472 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
474 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
475 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
476 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
478 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
480 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
481 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
482 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
483 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
484 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
485 objects multiple times.
487 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
488 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
489 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
491 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
493 core.bigFileThreshold::
494 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
495 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
496 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
497 slight expense of increased disk usage.
499 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
500 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
501 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
503 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
506 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
507 '.git/info/exclude', Git looks into this file for patterns
508 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded
509 to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's
510 home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
511 If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore
512 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
515 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
516 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
517 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
518 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
519 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
520 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
521 command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
523 core.attributesfile::
524 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
525 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
526 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
527 way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is
528 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
529 set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
532 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
533 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
534 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
535 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
538 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
539 messages consider a line that begins with this character
540 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
544 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
545 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
546 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
547 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
550 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
551 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
552 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
553 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
554 compile time (usually 'less').
556 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRSX`
557 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
558 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
559 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -+S`. This will
560 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
561 command to `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. The environment tells the command
562 to set the `S` option to chop long lines but the command line
563 resets it to the default to fold long lines.
565 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
566 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
567 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
570 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
571 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
572 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
573 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
574 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
576 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
577 as an error (enabled by default).
578 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
579 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
580 error (enabled by default).
581 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
582 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
584 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
585 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
586 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
587 (enabled by default).
588 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
590 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
591 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
592 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
593 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
594 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
595 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
596 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
598 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
599 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
601 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
602 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
603 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
604 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
607 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
609 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
610 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
611 relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', Git will do the
612 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
616 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
617 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
618 will not overwrite existing objects.
620 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
621 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
622 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
625 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
626 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
627 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
628 notes should be printed.
630 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
631 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
633 core.sparseCheckout::
634 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
635 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
638 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
639 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
640 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
645 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
646 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
647 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of Git accept only
648 `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
649 convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of Git
650 honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
653 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
654 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
655 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
656 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
657 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
658 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
659 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
661 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
662 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
663 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
664 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
665 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
666 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
667 not necessarily be the current directory.
668 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
669 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
672 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
673 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
674 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
675 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
676 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
678 apply.ignorewhitespace::
679 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
680 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
682 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
683 respect all whitespace differences.
684 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
687 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
688 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
690 branch.autosetupmerge::
691 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
692 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
693 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
694 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
695 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
696 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
697 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
698 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
699 local branch or remote-tracking
700 branch. This option defaults to true.
702 branch.autosetuprebase::
703 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
704 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
705 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
706 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
707 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
708 other local branches.
709 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
710 remote-tracking branches.
711 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
713 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
714 branch to track another branch.
715 This option defaults to never.
717 branch.<name>.remote::
718 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
719 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
720 may be overridden with `remote.pushdefault` (for all branches).
721 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
722 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is
723 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
724 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing.
725 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
726 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
728 branch.<name>.pushremote::
729 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
730 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushdefault` for pushing
731 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
732 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
733 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushdefault` to
734 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
735 option to override it for a specific branch.
737 branch.<name>.merge::
738 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
739 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
740 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
741 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
742 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
743 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
744 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
745 "branch.<name>.remote".
746 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
747 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
748 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
749 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
750 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
751 another branch in the local repository, you can point
752 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
753 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
755 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
756 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
757 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
758 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
761 branch.<name>.rebase::
762 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
763 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
764 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
765 branch-specific manner.
767 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
768 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
769 by running 'git pull'.
771 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
772 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
775 branch.<name>.description::
776 Branch description, can be edited with
777 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
778 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
779 request-pull summary.
782 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
783 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
784 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
786 browser.<tool>.path::
787 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
788 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
789 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
792 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
793 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
796 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
797 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
798 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
799 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
801 color.branch.<slot>::
802 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
803 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
804 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
805 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
808 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
809 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
810 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
811 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
812 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
813 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
817 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
818 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
819 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
820 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
821 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
824 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
825 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
826 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
829 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
830 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
831 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
832 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
833 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
834 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
835 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
837 color.decorate.<slot>::
838 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
839 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
840 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
843 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
844 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
845 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
848 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
849 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
853 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
855 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
857 function name lines (when using `-p`)
859 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
863 non-matching text in selected lines
865 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
866 and between hunks (`--`)
869 The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
872 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
873 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
874 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
875 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
876 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
878 color.interactive.<slot>::
879 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
880 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
881 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
882 interactive commands. The values of these variables may be
883 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
886 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
887 use (default is true).
890 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
891 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
892 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
893 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
896 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
897 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
898 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
899 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
901 color.status.<slot>::
902 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
903 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
904 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
905 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
906 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
907 `branch` (the current branch), or
908 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
909 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
913 This variable determines the default value for variables such
914 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
915 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
916 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
917 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
918 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
919 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
920 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
921 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
922 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
925 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
926 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
929 These options control when the feature should be enabled
930 (defaults to 'never'):
934 always show in columns
936 never show in columns
938 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
941 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
942 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
947 fill columns before rows
949 fill rows before columns
954 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
959 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
961 make equal size columns
965 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
966 See `column.ui` for details.
969 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
970 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
973 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
974 See `column.ui` for details.
977 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
978 See `column.ui` for details.
981 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
982 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
983 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
984 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
985 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
986 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
987 template yourself, if you do this).
991 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
992 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
993 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
994 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
998 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
999 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1000 message. Defaults to true.
1003 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
1004 "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the
1005 specified user's home directory.
1008 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1009 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1010 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
1011 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
1013 credential.useHttpPath::
1014 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1015 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1016 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1018 credential.username::
1019 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1020 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1021 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1023 credential.<url>.*::
1024 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1025 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1026 would set the default username only for https connections to
1027 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1030 include::diff-config.txt[]
1032 difftool.<tool>.path::
1033 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1034 your tool is not in the PATH.
1036 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1037 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1038 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1039 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1040 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1041 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1042 of the diff post-image.
1045 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1047 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1048 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1049 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1050 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1051 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1052 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1053 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1057 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1058 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1059 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1060 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1064 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1065 transfer is below this
1066 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1067 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1068 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1069 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1070 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1071 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1072 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1075 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1076 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1079 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1080 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1081 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1082 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1083 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1086 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1087 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1088 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1089 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1090 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1093 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1094 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1098 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1099 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1100 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1102 format.subjectprefix::
1103 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1104 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1107 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1108 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1109 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1110 signature generation.
1113 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1114 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1115 include the dot if you want it).
1118 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1119 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1120 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1123 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1124 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1125 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1126 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1127 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1128 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1129 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1130 value disables threading.
1133 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1134 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1135 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1136 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1137 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1139 format.coverLetter::
1140 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1141 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1142 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1144 filter.<driver>.clean::
1145 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1146 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1149 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1150 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1151 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1152 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1154 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1155 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1156 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1159 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1160 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1161 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1165 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1166 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1167 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1168 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1169 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1172 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1173 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1174 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1175 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1178 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately andrun in background
1179 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1182 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1183 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1184 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1185 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1186 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1187 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1190 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1191 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1192 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1193 unreachable objects immediately.
1196 gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire::
1197 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1198 this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1199 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1200 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1202 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
1203 gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable::
1204 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1205 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1206 defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1207 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1208 match the <pattern>.
1211 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1212 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1213 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1215 gc.rerereunresolved::
1216 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1217 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1218 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1220 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
1221 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1222 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1225 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1226 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1229 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1230 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1232 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1233 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1234 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1235 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1236 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1237 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1238 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1239 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1240 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is
1241 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1244 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1245 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1246 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1247 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1248 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1249 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1250 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1251 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1254 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1255 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1256 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1257 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1258 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1259 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1262 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1263 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1264 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1265 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1266 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1267 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1269 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
1270 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
1271 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1272 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
1273 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1275 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1276 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1277 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1278 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1279 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1280 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1282 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1283 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
1284 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1285 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1289 gitweb.description::
1292 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1300 gitweb.remote_heads::
1303 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1306 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1309 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1310 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
1311 '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
1312 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1314 grep.extendedRegexp::
1315 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
1316 option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
1317 other than 'default'.
1320 Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
1321 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1322 same command line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1323 signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the
1324 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1325 code 0, and to generate an ascii-armored detached signature, the
1326 standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be
1327 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1330 gui.commitmsgwidth::
1331 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1332 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1335 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1336 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1339 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1340 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1341 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1342 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1343 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1346 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
1347 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1348 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1349 not. Default: "false".
1351 gui.newbranchtemplate::
1352 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1355 gui.pruneduringfetch::
1356 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1357 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1360 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1361 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1363 gui.spellingdictionary::
1364 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1365 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1369 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1370 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1371 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1373 gui.copyblamethreshold::
1374 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1375 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1376 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1378 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1379 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1380 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1381 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1382 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1384 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1385 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1386 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1387 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1388 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1389 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1390 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1391 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1393 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1394 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1395 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1397 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1398 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1401 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1402 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1405 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1406 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1408 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1409 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1410 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1411 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1412 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1413 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1414 value of the variable is used.
1416 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1417 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1418 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1419 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1421 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1422 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1423 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1424 for things like checkout or reset.
1426 guitool.<name>.title::
1427 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1430 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1431 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1432 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1433 The default value includes the actual command.
1436 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1437 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1440 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1441 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1442 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1445 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1446 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1447 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1448 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1449 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1450 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1451 This is the default.
1454 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1455 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1456 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1457 path of your Git installation.
1460 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1461 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
1462 `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
1466 File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
1467 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1468 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1469 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
1470 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookiefile is only used as
1471 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1474 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1475 http.cookiefile. Has no effect if http.cookiefile is unset.
1478 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1479 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1483 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1484 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1488 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1489 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1492 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1493 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1494 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1495 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1496 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1499 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1500 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1501 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1504 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1505 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1506 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1509 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1510 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1511 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1512 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1513 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1514 errors on misconfigured servers.
1517 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1518 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1521 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1522 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1523 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1524 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1527 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1528 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1529 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1530 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1531 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1532 sufficient for most requests.
1534 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1535 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1536 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1537 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1538 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1541 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1542 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1543 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1544 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1547 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1548 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1549 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1550 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1551 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1552 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1553 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1556 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some urls.
1557 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1558 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1561 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1562 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1564 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1565 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1567 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1568 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1569 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1570 default for the scheme before matching.
1572 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1573 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1574 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1575 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1576 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1577 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1578 key with just path `foo/`).
1580 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1581 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1582 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1583 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1584 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1587 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1588 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1589 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1590 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1591 `https://user@example.com`.
1593 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1594 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1595 equivalent urls that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1596 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The urls that are
1597 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1598 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1600 i18n.commitEncoding::
1601 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1602 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1603 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1604 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1605 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1607 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1608 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1609 running 'git log' and friends.
1612 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1613 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1616 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1617 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1620 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1621 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1624 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1625 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1628 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1629 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1632 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1633 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1635 instaweb.modulepath::
1636 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1637 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1641 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1642 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1644 interactive.singlekey::
1645 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1646 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1647 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1648 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1649 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1650 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1651 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1654 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1655 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1656 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1659 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1660 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1661 `--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
1662 `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
1666 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1667 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1668 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1669 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1670 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1673 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1674 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1675 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1676 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1679 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1680 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1683 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1684 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1685 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1686 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1687 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1688 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1691 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
1692 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
1693 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
1694 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
1695 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
1699 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1700 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1703 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1704 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1705 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1708 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1709 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1711 include::merge-config.txt[]
1713 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1714 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1715 your tool is not in the PATH.
1717 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1718 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1719 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1720 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1721 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1722 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1723 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1724 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1725 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1726 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1728 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1729 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1730 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1731 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1732 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1733 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1734 indicate the success of the merge.
1736 mergetool.keepBackup::
1737 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1738 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1739 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1740 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1742 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1743 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
1744 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1745 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1746 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1747 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1750 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1753 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
1754 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
1755 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
1756 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
1757 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
1758 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
1761 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
1762 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1765 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
1766 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
1769 notes.rewrite.<command>::
1770 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
1771 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
1772 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
1773 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
1774 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
1777 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
1778 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
1779 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
1780 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
1783 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
1784 environment variable.
1787 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
1788 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
1789 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
1790 You may also specify this configuration several times.
1792 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
1793 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
1794 rewriting for the default commit notes.
1796 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
1797 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1801 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1802 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1805 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1806 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1809 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1810 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1811 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1815 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1816 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1817 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1818 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1819 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1820 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1823 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
1824 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
1825 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
1827 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1828 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1829 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1830 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1831 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1832 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1833 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1834 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1835 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1836 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1838 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1839 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1840 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1841 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1842 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1845 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1846 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1847 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1848 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1849 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1850 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1851 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1852 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1855 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1856 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1857 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1858 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1859 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1860 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1863 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
1864 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1865 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
1866 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1867 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1868 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1871 pack.packSizeLimit::
1872 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1873 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
1874 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
1875 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
1876 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
1877 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
1881 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
1882 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
1883 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
1884 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
1887 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
1888 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
1889 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
1890 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
1891 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to
1894 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
1895 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
1896 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
1897 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
1898 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
1899 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
1900 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
1901 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
1902 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
1903 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
1906 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
1907 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
1908 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
1909 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
1910 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
1911 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
1912 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1915 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
1916 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
1917 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
1918 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
1919 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
1920 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
1921 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
1922 will be silently ignored.
1925 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
1926 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
1927 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
1928 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
1929 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
1930 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
1931 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
1935 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
1936 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
1937 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
1940 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1941 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1942 by running 'git pull'.
1944 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1945 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1949 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1953 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1956 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
1957 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
1958 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
1959 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
1960 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
1964 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
1965 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
1966 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
1968 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
1969 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
1972 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
1973 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
1974 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
1975 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
1976 (i.e. central workflow).
1978 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
1979 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
1980 different from the local one.
1982 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
1983 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
1986 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
1988 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
1989 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
1990 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
1991 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
1992 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
1993 'master' will be pushed there).
1995 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
1996 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
1997 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
1998 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
1999 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2000 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2001 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2002 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2003 branches outside your control.
2005 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2011 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2012 rebase. False by default.
2015 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
2018 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2019 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2020 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2021 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2022 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2026 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2027 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2028 it by setting this variable to false.
2030 receive.fsckObjects::
2031 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2032 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2033 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2034 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2037 receive.unpackLimit::
2038 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2039 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2040 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2041 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2042 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2043 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2044 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2045 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2047 receive.denyDeletes::
2048 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2049 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2051 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2052 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2053 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2055 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2056 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2057 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2058 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2059 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2060 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2061 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2062 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2064 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2065 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2066 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2067 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2068 set when initializing a shared repository.
2071 String(s) `receive-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
2072 from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
2073 definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
2074 are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
2075 variable is excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git
2076 push`, and an attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by
2077 `git push` is rejected.
2079 receive.updateserverinfo::
2080 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2081 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2083 receive.shallowupdate::
2084 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2085 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2087 remote.pushdefault::
2088 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2089 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2090 `branch.<name>.pushremote` for specific branches.
2093 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2094 linkgit:git-push[1].
2096 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2097 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2099 remote.<name>.proxy::
2100 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2101 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2102 disable proxying for that remote.
2104 remote.<name>.fetch::
2105 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2106 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2108 remote.<name>.push::
2109 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2110 linkgit:git-push[1].
2112 remote.<name>.mirror::
2113 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2114 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2116 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2117 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2118 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2119 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2121 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2122 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2123 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2124 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2126 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2127 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2128 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2130 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2131 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2132 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2134 remote.<name>.tagopt::
2135 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2136 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
2137 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2138 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2139 override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
2140 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2143 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2144 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2146 remote.<name>.prune::
2147 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2148 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2149 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2150 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2153 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2154 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2156 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
2157 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2158 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2159 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2160 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2161 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2162 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2165 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2166 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2167 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2170 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2171 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2172 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2173 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2174 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2177 sendemail.identity::
2178 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2179 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2180 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2181 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
2183 sendemail.smtpencryption::
2184 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2185 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2188 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
2190 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2191 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2192 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2194 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2195 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2196 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2197 identity is selected, through command-line or
2198 'sendemail.identity'.
2200 sendemail.aliasesfile::
2201 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
2202 sendemail.annotate::
2206 sendemail.chainreplyto::
2208 sendemail.envelopesender::
2210 sendemail.multiedit::
2211 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2212 sendemail.smtppass::
2213 sendemail.suppresscc::
2214 sendemail.suppressfrom::
2216 sendemail.smtpdomain::
2217 sendemail.smtpserver::
2218 sendemail.smtpserverport::
2219 sendemail.smtpserveroption::
2220 sendemail.smtpuser::
2222 sendemail.validate::
2223 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2225 sendemail.signedoffcc::
2226 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
2228 showbranch.default::
2229 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2230 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2232 status.relativePaths::
2233 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2234 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2235 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2239 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2240 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2243 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2244 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2246 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2247 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2248 prefix before each output line (starting with
2249 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2250 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2253 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2254 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2255 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2256 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2257 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2258 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2259 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2260 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2263 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2264 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2265 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2268 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2269 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2270 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2272 status.submodulesummary::
2274 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2275 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2276 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2277 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2278 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2279 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2280 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. To
2281 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2282 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command line option or the 'git
2283 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2284 not honor these settings.
2286 submodule.<name>.path::
2287 submodule.<name>.url::
2288 submodule.<name>.update::
2289 The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy
2290 for a submodule. These variables are initially populated
2291 by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the
2292 URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file. See
2293 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2295 submodule.<name>.branch::
2296 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2297 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2298 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2299 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2301 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2302 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2303 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2304 command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2305 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2308 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2309 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2310 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2311 modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work tree and
2312 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2313 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2314 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2315 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2316 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2317 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2318 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2319 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2320 affected by this setting.
2323 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2324 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2325 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2326 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2327 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2329 transfer.fsckObjects::
2330 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2331 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2335 This variable can be used to set both `receive.hiderefs`
2336 and `uploadpack.hiderefs` at the same time to the same
2337 values. See entries for these other variables.
2339 transfer.unpackLimit::
2340 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2341 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2342 The default value is 100.
2344 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2345 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2346 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2347 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2348 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2351 uploadpack.hiderefs::
2352 String(s) `upload-pack` uses to decide which refs to omit
2353 from its initial advertisement. Use more than one
2354 definitions to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that
2355 are under the hierarchies listed on the value of this
2356 variable is excluded, and is hidden from `git ls-remote`,
2357 `git fetch`, etc. An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git
2358 fetch` will fail. See also `uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant`.
2360 uploadpack.allowtipsha1inwant::
2361 When `uploadpack.hiderefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2362 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2363 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2364 see also `uploadpack.hiderefs`.
2366 uploadpack.keepalive::
2367 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2368 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2369 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2370 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2371 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2372 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2373 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2374 `uploadpack.keepalive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2375 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2377 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2378 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2379 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2380 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2381 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2382 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2383 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2384 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2385 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2386 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2388 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2389 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2390 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2391 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2392 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2393 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2394 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2395 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2396 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2397 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2398 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2399 setting for that remote.
2402 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2403 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
2404 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2407 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2408 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
2409 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2412 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2413 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2414 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2415 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2416 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2419 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2420 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]