6 git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config
12 'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
13 'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
14 'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
15 'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
16 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
17 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
18 'git-repo-config' -l | --list
22 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
23 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
26 If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
27 lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
28 existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
29 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
30 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
32 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
33 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
34 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
35 a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
36 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
38 This command will fail if:
40 . The .git/config file is invalid,
41 . Can not write to .git/config,
42 . no section was provided,
43 . the section or key is invalid,
44 . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
45 . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match.
52 Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
53 all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
56 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
57 matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
58 found and error code 2 if multiple key values were found.
61 Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
65 Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
68 Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
71 Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
74 List all variables set in .git/config.
81 Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
84 Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global
85 configuration files, this will cause it to take the configuration
86 from the global configuration file in addition to the given file.
92 Given a .git/config like this:
95 # This is the config file, and
96 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
102 ; Don't trust file modes
107 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
112 gitproxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
113 gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
114 gitproxy="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
115 gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
117 you can set the filemode to true with
120 % git repo-config core.filemode true
123 The hypothetical proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
124 what URL they apply to. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
128 % git repo-config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
131 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
133 To delete the entry for renames, do
136 % git repo-config --unset diff.renames
139 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above),
140 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
142 To query the value for a given key, do
145 % git repo-config --get core.filemode
151 % git repo-config core.filemode
154 or, to query a multivar:
157 % git repo-config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$"
160 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
163 % git repo-config --get-all core.gitproxy
166 If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
170 % git repo-config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh
173 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
174 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
177 % git repo-config core.gitproxy ssh '! for '
180 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
183 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
187 include::config.txt[]
192 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
196 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
200 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite