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; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
45 as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
46 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
47 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
50 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
51 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
52 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
53 restrictions as section names.
55 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
56 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
57 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
58 the variable is the boolean "true").
59 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
60 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
62 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
63 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
64 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
65 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
66 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
67 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
70 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
71 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
73 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
74 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
75 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
76 escape sequences) are invalid.
82 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
83 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
84 variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
88 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
89 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
90 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
91 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
92 found. See below for examples.
100 ; Don't trust file modes
105 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
110 merge = refs/heads/devel
114 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
115 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
118 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
119 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
120 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory
126 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
127 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
128 as to how to spell them.
132 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
133 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
136 true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
137 or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
140 false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
143 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
144 specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
145 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
148 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
149 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
150 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
153 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
154 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
155 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
157 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
158 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
159 foreground; the second is the background.
161 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
162 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
163 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
166 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
167 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
168 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
169 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
170 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
173 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
174 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
176 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
177 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
178 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
179 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
180 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
181 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
182 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
183 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
186 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
187 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
188 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
189 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
190 specified user's home directory.
196 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
197 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
198 in the appropriate manual page.
200 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
201 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
202 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
203 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
207 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
208 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
209 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
213 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
215 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
216 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
219 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
220 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
222 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
223 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
224 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
225 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
227 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
228 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
230 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
231 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
232 object we do not have.
234 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
235 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
236 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
237 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
239 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
240 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
241 the template shown when writing commit messages in
242 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
243 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
245 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
246 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
249 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
250 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
252 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
253 prevent the operation from being performed.
255 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
256 your information is guessed from the system username and
259 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
260 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
261 a local branch after the fact.
263 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
264 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
266 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
267 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
271 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
274 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
275 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
276 non-executable file with executable bit on.
277 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
278 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
279 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
281 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
282 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
283 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
284 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
285 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
286 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
287 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
288 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
290 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
293 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
294 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
295 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
296 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
299 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
300 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
301 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
302 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
303 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
306 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
307 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
310 core.precomposeUnicode::
311 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
312 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
313 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
314 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
315 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
316 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
317 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
320 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
321 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
322 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
325 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
326 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
328 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
331 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
332 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
333 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
334 crawlers and some backup systems).
335 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
337 core.untrackedCache::
338 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
339 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
340 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
341 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
342 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
343 properly on your system.
344 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
347 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
348 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
349 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
350 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
353 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
354 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
355 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
356 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
357 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
358 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
359 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
360 quote, backslash and control characters are always
361 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
365 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
366 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
367 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
368 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
369 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
373 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
374 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
375 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
376 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
377 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
378 this is not the case for the current setting of
379 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
380 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
381 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
383 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
384 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
385 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
386 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
387 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
388 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
389 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
390 conversion can corrupt data.
392 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
393 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
394 after committing you still have the original file in your work
395 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
396 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
399 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
400 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
401 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
402 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
403 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
404 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
406 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
407 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
408 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
409 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
410 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
411 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
412 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
413 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
414 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
418 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
419 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
420 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
421 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
422 This variable can be set to 'input',
423 in which case no output conversion is performed.
426 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
427 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
428 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
429 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
432 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
433 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
437 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
438 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
439 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
440 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
441 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
442 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
443 the first match wins.
445 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
446 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
449 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
450 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
451 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
452 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
455 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
456 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
457 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
458 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
459 when the environment variable is set.
462 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
463 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
464 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
466 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
467 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
468 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
469 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
471 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
472 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
476 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
477 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
478 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
479 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
480 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
483 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
484 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
485 number of commands that require a working directory will be
486 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
488 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
489 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
490 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
491 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
495 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
496 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
497 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
498 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
499 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
500 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
501 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
502 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
503 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
504 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
505 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
506 of your working tree.
508 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
509 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
510 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
511 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
512 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
513 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
514 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
515 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
516 repository's usual working tree).
518 core.logAllRefUpdates::
519 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
520 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
521 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
522 only when the file exists. If this configuration
523 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
524 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
525 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
526 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
527 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
528 created for any ref under `refs/`.
530 This information can be used to determine what commit
531 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
533 This value is true by default in a repository that has
534 a working directory associated with it, and false by
535 default in a bare repository.
537 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
538 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
541 core.sharedRepository::
542 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
543 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
544 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
545 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
546 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
547 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
548 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
549 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
550 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
551 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
552 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
553 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
554 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
556 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
557 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
558 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
561 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
562 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
563 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
564 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
565 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
567 core.looseCompression::
568 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
569 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
570 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
571 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
572 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
574 core.packedGitWindowSize::
575 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
576 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
577 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
578 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
579 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
580 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
581 a large number of large pack files.
583 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
584 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
585 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
586 not need to adjust this value.
588 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
590 core.packedGitLimit::
591 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
592 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
593 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
594 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
596 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
597 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
598 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
600 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
602 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
603 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
604 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
605 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
606 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
607 objects multiple times.
609 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
610 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
611 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
613 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
615 core.bigFileThreshold::
616 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
617 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
618 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
619 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
620 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
622 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
623 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
624 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
626 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
629 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
630 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
631 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
632 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
633 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
634 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
637 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
638 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
639 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
640 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
641 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
642 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
643 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
645 core.attributesFile::
646 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
647 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
648 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
649 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
650 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
651 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
654 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
655 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
656 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
657 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
658 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
660 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
661 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
662 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
664 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
665 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
666 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
667 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
671 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
672 messages by launching an editor use the value of this
673 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
674 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
677 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
678 messages consider a line that begins with this character
679 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
682 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
683 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
685 core.packedRefsTimeout::
686 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
687 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
688 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
692 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
693 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
694 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
695 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
698 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
699 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
700 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
701 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
702 compile time (usually 'less').
704 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
705 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
706 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
707 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
708 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
709 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
710 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
711 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
712 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
713 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
714 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
715 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
716 line truncation only for `git blame`.
718 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
719 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
720 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
723 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
724 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
725 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
726 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
727 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
729 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
730 as an error (enabled by default).
731 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
732 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
733 error (enabled by default).
734 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
735 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
737 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
738 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
739 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
740 (enabled by default).
741 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
743 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
744 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
745 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
746 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
747 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
748 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
749 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
751 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
752 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
754 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
755 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
756 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
757 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
760 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
762 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
763 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
764 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
765 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
766 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
769 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
770 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
771 will not overwrite existing objects.
773 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
774 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
775 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
778 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
779 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
780 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
781 notes should be printed.
783 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
784 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
786 core.sparseCheckout::
787 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
788 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
791 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
792 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is
793 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects
794 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for
795 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
798 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
799 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
800 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
801 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
802 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
806 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
807 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
808 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
809 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
810 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
811 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
812 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
814 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
815 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
816 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
817 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
818 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
819 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
820 not necessarily be the current directory.
821 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
822 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
825 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
826 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
827 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
828 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
829 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
832 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
833 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
834 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
835 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
836 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
837 See linkgit:git-am[1].
839 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
840 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
841 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
843 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
844 respect all whitespace differences.
845 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
848 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
849 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
851 branch.autoSetupMerge::
852 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
853 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
854 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
855 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
856 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
857 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
858 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
859 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
860 local branch or remote-tracking
861 branch. This option defaults to true.
863 branch.autoSetupRebase::
864 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
865 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
866 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
867 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
868 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
869 other local branches.
870 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
871 remote-tracking branches.
872 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
874 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
875 branch to track another branch.
876 This option defaults to never.
878 branch.<name>.remote::
879 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
880 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
881 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
882 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
883 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
884 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
885 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
886 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
887 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
889 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
890 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
891 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
892 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
893 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
894 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
895 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
896 option to override it for a specific branch.
898 branch.<name>.merge::
899 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
900 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
901 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
902 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
903 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
904 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
905 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
906 "branch.<name>.remote".
907 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
908 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
909 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
910 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
911 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
912 another branch in the local repository, you can point
913 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
914 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
916 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
917 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
918 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
919 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
922 branch.<name>.rebase::
923 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
924 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
925 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
926 branch-specific manner.
928 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
929 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
930 by running 'git pull'.
932 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
934 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
935 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
938 branch.<name>.description::
939 Branch description, can be edited with
940 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
941 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
942 request-pull summary.
945 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
946 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
947 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
949 browser.<tool>.path::
950 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
951 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
952 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
955 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
956 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
959 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
960 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
961 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
962 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
963 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
965 color.branch.<slot>::
966 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
967 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
968 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
969 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
973 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
974 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
975 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
976 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
977 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
978 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
981 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
982 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
983 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
986 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
987 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
988 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
989 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
990 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
991 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
992 (highlighting whitespace errors).
994 color.decorate.<slot>::
995 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
996 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
997 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
1000 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
1001 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
1002 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
1003 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1006 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
1007 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
1011 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
1013 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
1015 function name lines (when using `-p`)
1017 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
1019 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1021 matching text in context lines
1023 matching text in selected lines
1025 non-matching text in selected lines
1027 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1028 and between hunks (`--`)
1032 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1033 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1034 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1035 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1036 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
1037 used (`auto` by default).
1039 color.interactive.<slot>::
1040 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1041 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1042 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1043 interactive commands.
1046 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1047 use (default is true).
1050 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1051 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1052 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1053 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1054 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1057 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1058 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1059 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1060 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1061 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1063 color.status.<slot>::
1064 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1065 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1066 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1067 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1068 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1069 `branch` (the current branch),
1070 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1072 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1075 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1076 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1077 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1078 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1079 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1080 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1081 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1082 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1083 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1084 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1087 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1088 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1091 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1092 (defaults to 'never'):
1096 always show in columns
1098 never show in columns
1100 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1103 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1104 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1109 fill columns before rows
1111 fill rows before columns
1116 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1121 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1123 make equal size columns
1127 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1128 See `column.ui` for details.
1131 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1132 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1135 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1136 See `column.ui` for details.
1139 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1140 See `column.ui` for details.
1143 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1144 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1145 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1146 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1147 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1148 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1149 template yourself, if you do this).
1153 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1154 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1155 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1156 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1160 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1161 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1162 message. Defaults to true.
1165 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1166 new commit messages.
1169 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1170 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1173 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1174 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1175 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1176 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1179 credential.useHttpPath::
1180 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1181 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1182 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1184 credential.username::
1185 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1186 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1187 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1189 credential.<url>.*::
1190 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1191 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1192 would set the default username only for https connections to
1193 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1196 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1197 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1199 include::diff-config.txt[]
1201 difftool.<tool>.path::
1202 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1203 your tool is not in the PATH.
1205 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1206 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1207 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1208 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1209 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1210 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1211 of the diff post-image.
1214 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1216 fastimport.unpackLimit::
1217 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]
1218 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into
1219 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects
1220 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a
1221 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import
1222 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
1223 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1225 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1226 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1227 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1228 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1229 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1230 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1231 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1235 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1236 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1237 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1238 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1242 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1243 transfer is below this
1244 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1245 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1246 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1247 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1248 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1249 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1250 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1253 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1254 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1257 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
1258 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
1259 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
1262 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1263 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1264 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1265 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1266 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1269 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
1270 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
1271 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
1272 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
1273 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
1274 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
1275 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
1276 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
1279 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1280 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1281 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1282 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1283 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1286 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1287 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1291 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1292 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1293 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1295 format.subjectPrefix::
1296 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1297 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1300 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1301 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1302 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1303 signature generation.
1305 format.signatureFile::
1306 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1307 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1310 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1311 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1312 include the dot if you want it).
1315 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1316 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1317 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1320 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1321 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1322 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1323 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1324 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1325 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1326 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1327 value disables threading.
1330 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1331 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1332 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1333 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1334 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1336 format.coverLetter::
1337 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1338 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1339 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1341 format.outputDirectory::
1342 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1343 current working directory.
1345 format.useAutoBase::
1346 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1347 format-patch by default.
1349 filter.<driver>.clean::
1350 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1351 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1354 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1355 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1356 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1357 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1360 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1361 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1363 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1364 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1365 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1367 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1368 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1371 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1372 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1373 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1374 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1375 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1376 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1378 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1379 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1380 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1383 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1384 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1385 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1389 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1390 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1391 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1392 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1393 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1396 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1397 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1398 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1399 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1402 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1403 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1406 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
1407 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
1408 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
1412 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1413 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1414 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1415 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1416 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1417 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1420 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1421 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1422 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1423 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1424 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when
1425 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the
1426 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].
1428 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1429 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1430 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1431 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1432 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1433 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1434 may be used to suppress pruning.
1437 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1438 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1439 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1440 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1441 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1442 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1443 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1445 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1446 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1447 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1448 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1449 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1450 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1451 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1452 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1453 match the <pattern>.
1456 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1457 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1458 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1460 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1461 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1462 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1463 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1465 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1466 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1467 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1470 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1471 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1474 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1475 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1477 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1478 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1479 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1480 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1481 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1482 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1483 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1484 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1485 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1486 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1489 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1490 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1491 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1492 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1493 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1494 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1495 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1496 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1499 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1500 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1501 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1502 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1503 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1504 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1507 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1508 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1509 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1510 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1511 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1512 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1514 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1515 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1516 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1517 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1518 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1520 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1521 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1522 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1523 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1524 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1525 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1527 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1528 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1529 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1530 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1534 gitweb.description::
1537 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1545 gitweb.remote_heads::
1548 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1551 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1554 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1555 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1556 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1557 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1559 grep.extendedRegexp::
1560 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1561 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1562 other than 'default'.
1565 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1566 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1568 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1569 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1570 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1573 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1574 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1575 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1576 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1577 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1578 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1579 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1580 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1583 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1584 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1585 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1588 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1589 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1591 gui.displayUntracked::
1592 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1593 in the file list. The default is "true".
1596 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1597 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1598 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1599 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1600 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1603 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1604 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1605 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1606 not. Default: "false".
1608 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1609 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1612 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1613 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1614 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1617 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1618 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1620 gui.spellingDictionary::
1621 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1622 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1626 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1627 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1628 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1630 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1631 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1632 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1633 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1635 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1636 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1637 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1638 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1639 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1641 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1642 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1643 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1644 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1645 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1646 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1647 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1648 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1650 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1651 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1652 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1654 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1655 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1658 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1659 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1662 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1663 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1665 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1666 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1667 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1668 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1669 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1670 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1671 value of the variable is used.
1673 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1674 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1675 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1676 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1678 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1679 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1680 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1681 for things like checkout or reset.
1683 guitool.<name>.title::
1684 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1687 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1688 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1689 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1690 The default value includes the actual command.
1693 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1694 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1697 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1698 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1699 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1702 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1703 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1704 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1705 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1706 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1707 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1708 This is the default.
1711 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1712 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1713 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1714 path of your Git installation.
1717 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1718 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1719 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1720 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1721 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1722 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1723 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1724 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1726 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1727 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1728 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1729 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1730 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1731 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1732 variable. Possible values are:
1735 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1736 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1737 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1738 authentication methods. This is the default.
1739 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1740 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1741 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1742 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1744 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1748 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1749 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1750 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1754 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
1755 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
1756 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
1757 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
1760 * `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
1761 * `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
1762 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
1763 * `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
1768 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1769 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1770 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1771 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1774 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1775 which should be used
1776 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1777 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1778 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1779 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1780 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1783 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1784 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1787 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1788 want to force the default. The available and default version
1789 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1790 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1791 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1792 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1793 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1804 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
1805 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1806 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
1809 http.sslCipherList::
1810 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1811 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1812 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1813 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1814 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1817 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
1818 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1819 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
1823 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1824 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment
1828 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1829 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
1833 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1834 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
1837 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1838 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1839 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1840 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1841 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
1844 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1845 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1846 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
1849 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1850 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1851 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
1854 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
1855 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
1856 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
1857 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
1858 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
1862 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1863 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1864 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1865 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1866 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1867 errors on misconfigured servers.
1870 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1871 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
1874 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1875 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1876 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1877 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1880 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1881 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1882 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1883 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1884 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1885 sufficient for most requests.
1887 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1888 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1889 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1890 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
1891 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
1894 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1895 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1896 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
1897 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1900 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1901 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1902 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1903 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1904 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1905 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1906 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
1908 http.followRedirects::
1909 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
1910 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
1911 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
1912 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
1913 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
1914 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
1915 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
1916 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
1919 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
1920 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1921 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1924 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1925 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1927 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1928 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1930 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1931 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1932 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1933 default for the scheme before matching.
1935 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1936 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1937 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1938 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1939 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1940 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1941 key with just path `foo/`).
1943 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1944 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1945 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1946 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1947 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1950 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1951 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1952 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1953 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1954 `https://user@example.com`.
1956 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1957 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1958 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1959 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
1960 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1961 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1963 i18n.commitEncoding::
1964 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1965 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1966 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1967 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1968 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1970 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1971 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1972 running 'git log' and friends.
1975 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1976 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1979 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1980 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1983 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1984 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1987 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1988 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1991 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1992 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1995 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1996 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1998 instaweb.modulePath::
1999 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
2000 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
2004 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
2005 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2007 interactive.singleKey::
2008 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
2009 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
2010 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
2011 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
2012 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
2013 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
2014 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
2016 interactive.diffFilter::
2017 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
2018 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
2019 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
2020 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
2021 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
2022 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
2025 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2026 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
2027 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
2030 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
2031 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
2032 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
2035 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
2036 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
2037 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
2038 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
2039 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
2040 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
2041 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
2045 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
2046 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
2047 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
2048 on non-linear history.
2051 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
2052 history lines in `git log --graph`.
2055 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
2056 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
2057 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
2058 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
2061 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2062 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
2065 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
2066 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
2067 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
2068 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
2069 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
2072 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
2073 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
2074 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
2075 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2076 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2077 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2080 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2081 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2082 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2083 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2084 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2088 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2089 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2092 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2093 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2094 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2097 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2098 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2100 include::merge-config.txt[]
2102 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2103 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2104 your tool is not in the PATH.
2106 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2107 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2108 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2109 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2110 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2111 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2112 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2113 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2114 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2115 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2117 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2118 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2119 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2120 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2121 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2122 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2123 indicate the success of the merge.
2125 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2126 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2127 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2128 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2129 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2130 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2131 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2132 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2134 mergetool.keepBackup::
2135 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2136 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2137 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2138 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2140 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2141 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2142 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2143 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2144 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2145 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2147 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2148 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2149 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2150 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2151 Defaults to `false`.
2154 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2156 notes.mergeStrategy::
2157 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2158 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2159 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2160 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2162 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2163 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2164 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2165 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2166 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2169 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2170 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2171 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2172 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2173 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2174 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2177 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2178 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2181 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2182 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2185 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2186 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2187 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2188 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2189 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2190 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2193 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2194 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2195 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2196 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2197 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2199 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2200 environment variable.
2203 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2204 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2205 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2206 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2208 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2209 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2210 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2212 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2213 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2217 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2218 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2221 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2222 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2225 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2226 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2227 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2228 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2229 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2232 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2233 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2234 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2235 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2236 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2237 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2240 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2241 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2242 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2244 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2245 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2246 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2247 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2248 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2249 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2250 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2251 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2252 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2253 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2255 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2256 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2257 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2258 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2259 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2262 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2263 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2264 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2265 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2266 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2267 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2268 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2269 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2272 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2273 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2274 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2275 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2276 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2277 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2280 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2281 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2282 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2283 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2284 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2285 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2288 pack.packSizeLimit::
2289 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2290 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2291 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2292 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2293 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2294 bitmaps from being created.
2295 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2296 The default is unlimited.
2297 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2301 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2302 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2303 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2304 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2306 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2307 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2309 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2310 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2311 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2312 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2313 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2314 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2315 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2316 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2317 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2318 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2321 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2322 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2323 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2324 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2325 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2326 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2327 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2330 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2331 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2332 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2333 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2334 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2335 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2336 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2337 will be silently ignored.
2340 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
2341 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
2342 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
2343 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
2344 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
2345 policy of `user`. Supported policies:
2349 * `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
2351 * `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
2353 * `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
2354 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
2355 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
2356 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
2357 submodule initialization.
2361 protocol.<name>.allow::
2362 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
2363 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
2365 The protocol names currently used by git are:
2368 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
2371 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
2372 connection (or proxy, if configured)
2374 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
2377 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
2378 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
2379 both, you must do so individually.
2381 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
2382 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
2386 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2387 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2388 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2389 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2390 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2391 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2392 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2393 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2396 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2397 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2398 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2401 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2402 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2403 by running 'git pull'.
2405 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2407 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2408 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2412 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2416 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2419 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2420 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2421 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2422 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2423 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2427 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2428 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2429 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2431 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2432 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2435 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2436 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2437 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2438 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2439 (i.e. central workflow).
2441 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
2443 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2444 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2445 different from the local one.
2447 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2448 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2451 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2453 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2454 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2455 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2456 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2457 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2458 'master' will be pushed there).
2460 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2461 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2462 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2463 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2464 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2465 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2466 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2467 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2468 branches outside your control.
2470 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2476 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2477 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2481 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2482 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2483 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2484 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2485 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2486 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2487 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2489 push.recurseSubmodules::
2490 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2491 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2492 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2493 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2494 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2495 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2496 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2497 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2498 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2499 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2500 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2501 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2504 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2505 rebase. False by default.
2508 If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default.
2511 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2512 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2513 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2514 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2515 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2518 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2519 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2520 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2521 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2522 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2523 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2524 "ignore", no checking is done.
2525 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2526 command in the todo-list.
2527 Defaults to "ignore".
2529 rebase.instructionFormat::
2530 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2531 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2532 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2534 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2535 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2536 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2537 capability, set this variable to false.
2539 receive.advertisePushOptions::
2540 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
2541 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2542 capability, set this variable to false.
2545 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2546 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2547 it by setting this variable to false.
2549 receive.certNonceSeed::
2550 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2551 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2552 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2555 receive.certNonceSlop::
2556 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2557 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2558 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2559 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2560 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2561 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2562 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2563 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2564 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2565 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2566 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2568 receive.fsckObjects::
2569 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2570 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2571 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2572 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2575 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2576 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2577 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2578 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2579 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2580 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2581 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2582 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2584 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2585 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2586 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2589 receive.fsck.skipList::
2590 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2591 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2592 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2593 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2594 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2595 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2598 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
2599 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
2600 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
2601 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
2602 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
2603 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
2604 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
2606 receive.unpackLimit::
2607 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2608 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2609 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2610 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2611 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2612 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2613 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2614 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2616 receive.maxInputSize::
2617 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
2618 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
2619 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
2622 receive.denyDeletes::
2623 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2624 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2626 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2627 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2628 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2630 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2631 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2632 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2633 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2634 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2635 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2636 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2637 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2639 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2640 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2641 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2642 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2643 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2644 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2646 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2647 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2648 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2650 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2651 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2652 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2653 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2654 set when initializing a shared repository.
2657 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2658 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2659 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2662 receive.updateServerInfo::
2663 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2664 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2666 receive.shallowUpdate::
2667 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2668 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2670 remote.pushDefault::
2671 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2672 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2673 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2676 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2677 linkgit:git-push[1].
2679 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2680 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2682 remote.<name>.proxy::
2683 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2684 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2685 disable proxying for that remote.
2687 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2688 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2689 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2690 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2692 remote.<name>.fetch::
2693 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2694 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2696 remote.<name>.push::
2697 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2698 linkgit:git-push[1].
2700 remote.<name>.mirror::
2701 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2702 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2704 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2705 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2706 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2707 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2709 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2710 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2711 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2712 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2714 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2715 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2716 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2718 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2719 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2720 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2722 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2723 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2724 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2725 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2726 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2727 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2728 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2731 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2732 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2734 remote.<name>.prune::
2735 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2736 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2737 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2738 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2741 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2742 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2744 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2745 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2746 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2747 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2748 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2749 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2750 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2752 repack.packKeptObjects::
2753 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2754 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2755 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2756 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2757 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2759 repack.writeBitmaps::
2760 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2761 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2762 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2763 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2764 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
2765 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
2769 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2770 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2771 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2774 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2775 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2776 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2777 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2778 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2781 sendemail.identity::
2782 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2783 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2784 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2785 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
2787 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
2788 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2789 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2791 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
2792 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
2794 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2795 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2796 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2798 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2799 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2800 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2801 identity is selected, through command-line or
2802 `sendemail.identity`.
2804 sendemail.aliasesFile::
2805 sendemail.aliasFileType::
2806 sendemail.annotate::
2810 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
2812 sendemail.envelopeSender::
2814 sendemail.multiEdit::
2815 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2816 sendemail.smtpPass::
2817 sendemail.suppresscc::
2818 sendemail.suppressFrom::
2820 sendemail.smtpDomain::
2821 sendemail.smtpServer::
2822 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
2823 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
2824 sendemail.smtpUser::
2826 sendemail.transferEncoding::
2827 sendemail.validate::
2829 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2831 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
2832 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
2834 showbranch.default::
2835 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2836 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2838 status.relativePaths::
2839 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2840 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2841 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2845 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2846 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2849 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2850 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2852 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2853 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2854 prefix before each output line (starting with
2855 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2856 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2859 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2860 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2861 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2862 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2863 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2864 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2865 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2866 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2869 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2870 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2871 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2874 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2875 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2876 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2878 status.submoduleSummary::
2880 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2881 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2882 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2883 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2884 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2885 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2886 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2887 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2888 submodule changes. To
2889 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2890 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2891 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2892 not honor these settings.
2895 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2896 option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
2897 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2900 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2901 option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
2902 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2904 submodule.<name>.url::
2905 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
2906 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
2907 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
2908 update'. After obtaining the submodule, the presence of this variable
2909 is used as a sign whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
2910 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2912 submodule.<name>.update::
2913 The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
2914 is populated by `git submodule init` from the
2915 linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
2916 command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
2918 submodule.<name>.branch::
2919 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2920 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2921 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2922 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2924 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2925 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2926 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2927 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2928 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2931 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2932 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2933 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2934 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2935 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2936 to the submodules work tree and
2937 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2938 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2939 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2940 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2941 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2942 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2943 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2944 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2945 affected by this setting.
2947 submodule.fetchJobs::
2948 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
2949 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
2950 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
2951 If unset, it defaults to 1.
2953 submodule.alternateLocation::
2954 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
2955 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
2956 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
2957 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
2958 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
2960 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
2961 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
2962 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
2963 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
2965 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
2966 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
2967 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
2968 precedence over this option.
2971 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2972 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2973 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2976 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2977 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2978 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2979 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2980 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2982 transfer.fsckObjects::
2983 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2984 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2988 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
2989 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
2990 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
2991 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
2992 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
2993 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
2994 program-specific versions of this config.
2996 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
2997 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
2998 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
2999 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
3001 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
3002 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
3003 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
3004 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
3005 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
3006 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
3007 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
3008 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
3010 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
3011 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the
3012 linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a
3013 separate repository.
3015 transfer.unpackLimit::
3016 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
3017 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3018 The default value is 100.
3020 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
3021 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
3022 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
3023 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of
3024 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
3027 uploadpack.hideRefs::
3028 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
3029 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
3030 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
3031 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
3033 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
3034 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
3035 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
3036 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
3037 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client
3038 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the
3039 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's
3040 best to keep private data in a separate repository.
3042 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
3043 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
3044 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
3045 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
3046 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able
3047 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"
3048 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to
3049 keep private data in a separate repository.
3051 uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::
3052 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any
3054 Defaults to `false`.
3056 uploadpack.keepAlive::
3057 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
3058 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
3059 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
3060 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
3061 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
3062 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
3063 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
3064 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
3065 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
3067 uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
3068 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run
3069 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will
3070 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and
3071 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`
3072 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin
3073 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself
3074 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
3075 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
3078 Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
3079 repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
3080 untrusted repositories).
3082 url.<base>.insteadOf::
3083 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
3084 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
3085 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3086 access methods, and some users need to use different access
3087 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
3088 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
3089 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
3090 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3091 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
3093 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
3094 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
3095 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
3096 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
3097 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3098 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
3099 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
3100 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
3101 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3102 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
3103 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
3104 setting for that remote.
3107 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3108 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
3109 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3112 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3113 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
3114 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3116 user.useConfigOnly::
3117 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
3118 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
3119 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
3120 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
3121 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
3122 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
3123 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
3124 Defaults to `false`.
3127 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
3128 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
3129 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
3130 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
3131 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
3133 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
3134 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
3135 `versionsort.suffix` is set.
3137 versionsort.suffix::
3138 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
3139 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
3140 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
3141 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
3142 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
3143 with different suffixes.
3145 By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
3146 that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
3147 the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
3148 "1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
3149 suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
3150 with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
3151 configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
3152 "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
3153 with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
3154 among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
3155 "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
3156 are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
3159 If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
3160 be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
3161 the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
3162 that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
3163 longest of those suffixes.
3164 The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
3165 in multiple config files.
3168 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
3169 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]