4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The files `.git/config` and optionally
6 `config.worktree` (see `extensions.worktreeConfig` below) in each
7 repository are used to store the configuration for that repository, and
8 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
9 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
10 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
12 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
13 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
14 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
15 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
16 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
17 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
18 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
24 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
25 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
26 blank lines are ignored.
28 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
29 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
30 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
31 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
32 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
33 header before the first setting of a variable.
35 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
36 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
37 in the section header, like in the example below:
40 [section "subsection"]
44 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
45 newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
46 by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
47 other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
48 `t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
49 Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
50 can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
53 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
54 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
55 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
56 restrictions as section names.
58 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
59 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
60 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
61 the variable is the boolean "true").
62 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
63 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
65 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
66 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
67 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
68 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
69 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
70 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
73 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
74 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
76 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
77 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
78 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
79 escape sequences) are invalid.
85 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
86 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
87 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
88 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
91 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
92 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
93 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
94 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
96 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
97 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
98 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
99 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
100 was found. See below for examples.
105 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
106 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
109 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
110 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
115 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
116 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
117 pattern, the include condition is met.
119 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
120 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
121 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
122 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
125 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
126 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
127 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
129 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
130 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
132 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
133 containing the current config file.
135 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
136 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
137 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
139 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
140 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
141 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
144 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
145 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems)
148 The data that follows the keyword `onbranch:` is taken to be a
149 pattern with standard globbing wildcards and two additional
150 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components.
151 If we are in a worktree where the name of the branch that is
152 currently checked out matches the pattern, the include condition
155 If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
156 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it matches
157 all branches that begin with `foo/`. This is useful if your branches are
158 organized hierarchically and you would like to apply a configuration to
159 all the branches in that hierarchy.
161 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
163 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
165 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
166 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
167 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
170 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
171 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
172 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
173 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
175 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
176 unlikely what you want.
183 ; Don't trust file modes
188 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
193 merge = refs/heads/devel
197 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
198 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
201 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
202 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
203 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
205 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
206 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
207 path = /path/to/foo.inc
209 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
210 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
211 path = /path/to/foo.inc
213 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
214 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
215 path = /path/to/foo.inc
217 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
218 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
219 ; affected by the condition
220 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
223 ; include only if we are in a worktree where foo-branch is
224 ; currently checked out
225 [includeIf "onbranch:foo-branch"]
231 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
232 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
233 as to how to spell them.
237 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
238 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
241 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
242 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
245 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
246 `0` and the empty string.
248 When converting a value to its canonical form using the `--type=bool` type
249 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
250 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
253 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
254 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
255 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
258 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
259 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
260 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
262 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
263 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
264 foreground; the second is the background.
266 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
267 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
268 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
271 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
272 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
273 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
274 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
275 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
278 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
279 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
281 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
282 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
283 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
284 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
285 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
286 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
287 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
288 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
291 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
292 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
293 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
294 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
295 specified user's home directory.
301 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
302 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
303 in the appropriate manual page.
305 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
306 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
307 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
308 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
310 include::config/advice.txt[]
312 include::config/core.txt[]
314 include::config/add.txt[]
316 include::config/alias.txt[]
318 include::config/am.txt[]
320 include::config/apply.txt[]
322 include::config/blame.txt[]
324 include::config/branch.txt[]
326 include::config/browser.txt[]
328 include::config/checkout.txt[]
330 include::config/clean.txt[]
332 include::config/color.txt[]
334 include::config/column.txt[]
336 include::config/commit.txt[]
338 include::config/credential.txt[]
340 include::config/completion.txt[]
342 include::config/diff.txt[]
344 include::config/difftool.txt[]
346 include::config/fastimport.txt[]
348 include::config/fetch.txt[]
350 include::config/format.txt[]
352 include::config/filter.txt[]
354 include::config/fsck.txt[]
356 include::config/gc.txt[]
358 include::config/gitcvs.txt[]
360 include::config/gitweb.txt[]
362 include::config/grep.txt[]
364 include::config/gpg.txt[]
366 include::config/gui.txt[]
368 include::config/guitool.txt[]
370 include::config/help.txt[]
372 include::config/http.txt[]
374 include::config/i18n.txt[]
376 include::config/imap.txt[]
378 include::config/index.txt[]
380 include::config/init.txt[]
382 include::config/instaweb.txt[]
384 include::config/interactive.txt[]
386 include::config/log.txt[]
388 include::config/mailinfo.txt[]
390 include::config/mailmap.txt[]
392 include::config/man.txt[]
394 include::config/merge.txt[]
396 include::config/mergetool.txt[]
398 include::config/notes.txt[]
400 include::config/pack.txt[]
402 include::config/pager.txt[]
404 include::config/pretty.txt[]
406 include::config/protocol.txt[]
408 include::config/pull.txt[]
410 include::config/push.txt[]
412 include::config/rebase.txt[]
414 include::config/receive.txt[]
416 include::config/remote.txt[]
418 include::config/remotes.txt[]
420 include::config/repack.txt[]
422 include::config/rerere.txt[]
424 include::config/reset.txt[]
426 include::config/sendemail.txt[]
428 include::config/sequencer.txt[]
430 include::config/showbranch.txt[]
432 include::config/splitindex.txt[]
434 include::config/ssh.txt[]
436 include::config/status.txt[]
438 include::config/stash.txt[]
440 include::config/submodule.txt[]
442 include::config/tag.txt[]
444 include::config/trace2.txt[]
446 include::config/transfer.txt[]
448 include::config/uploadarchive.txt[]
450 include::config/uploadpack.txt[]
452 include::config/url.txt[]
454 include::config/user.txt[]
456 include::config/versionsort.txt[]
458 include::config/web.txt[]
460 include::config/worktree.txt[]