4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
6 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
7 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
8 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
9 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
10 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
12 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
13 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
14 blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
15 brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
16 as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
17 sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
18 is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
19 enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
26 ; Don't trust file modes
31 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
37 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
38 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
39 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
40 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
43 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
44 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
45 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
48 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
49 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
50 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
51 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
52 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
53 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
56 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
57 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
61 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
62 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
63 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
64 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
67 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
68 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
69 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
70 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
71 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
73 core.logAllRefUpdates::
74 If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to
75 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time
76 of the update. If the file does not exist it will be
77 created automatically. This information can be used to
78 determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
79 This value is false by default (no logging).
81 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
82 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
85 core.sharedRepository::
86 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
87 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
88 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
89 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
90 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
91 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
93 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
94 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
95 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
98 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
99 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
100 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
104 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
105 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
106 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
107 count as direct access).
110 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
111 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
112 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
113 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
114 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
115 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
116 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
119 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
120 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
123 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
124 use (default is true).
127 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
128 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
129 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
132 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
133 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
134 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
135 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
136 lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
137 configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
138 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
139 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
143 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
144 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
147 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
148 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
149 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
152 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
153 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
156 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
157 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
160 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
161 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
164 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
165 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
169 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
170 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
174 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
175 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
179 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
180 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
181 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
184 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
185 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
186 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
189 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
190 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
192 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
193 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
194 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
195 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
196 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
198 i18n.commitEncoding::
199 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
200 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
201 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
202 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
203 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
206 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
207 merge commit messages. False by default.
210 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
211 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
214 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
218 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
221 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
222 for gitlink:git-show[1].
225 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
226 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
229 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
230 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
231 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
232 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
234 status.color.<slot>::
235 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
236 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
237 `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
238 `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
239 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
240 these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
243 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
244 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
245 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
246 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
247 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
248 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
249 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
250 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
251 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
254 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
255 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
256 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
259 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
260 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
261 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
263 whatchanged.difftree::
264 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
265 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
268 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
269 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].