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 and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
45 by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
46 other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
47 `t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
48 Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
49 can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
52 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
53 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
54 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
55 restrictions as section names.
57 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
58 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
59 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
60 the variable is the boolean "true").
61 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
62 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
64 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
65 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
66 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
67 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
68 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
69 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
72 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
73 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
75 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
76 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
77 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
78 escape sequences) are invalid.
84 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
85 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
86 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
87 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
90 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
91 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
92 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
93 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
95 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
96 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
97 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
98 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
99 was found. See below for examples.
104 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
105 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
108 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
109 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
114 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
115 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
116 pattern, the include condition is met.
118 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
119 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
120 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
121 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
124 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
125 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
126 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
128 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
129 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
131 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
132 containing the current config file.
134 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
135 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
136 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
138 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
139 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
140 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
143 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
144 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems)
146 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
148 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
150 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
151 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
152 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
155 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
156 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
157 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
158 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
160 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
161 unlikely what you want.
168 ; Don't trust file modes
173 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
178 merge = refs/heads/devel
182 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
183 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
186 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
187 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
188 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
190 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
191 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
192 path = /path/to/foo.inc
194 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
195 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
196 path = /path/to/foo.inc
198 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
199 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
200 path = /path/to/foo.inc
202 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
203 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
204 ; affected by the condition
205 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
211 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
212 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
213 as to how to spell them.
217 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
218 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
221 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
222 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
225 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
226 `0` and the empty string.
228 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
229 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
230 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
233 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
234 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
235 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
238 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
239 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
240 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
242 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
243 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
244 foreground; the second is the background.
246 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
247 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
248 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
251 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
252 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
253 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
254 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
255 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
258 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
259 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
261 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
262 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
263 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
264 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
265 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
266 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
267 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
268 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
271 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
272 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
273 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
274 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
275 specified user's home directory.
281 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
282 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
283 in the appropriate manual page.
285 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
286 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
287 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
288 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
292 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
293 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
294 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
298 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
300 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
301 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
304 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
305 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
307 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
308 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
309 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
310 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
312 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
313 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
315 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
316 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
317 object we do not have.
319 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
320 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
321 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
322 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
324 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
325 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
326 the template shown when writing commit messages in
327 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
328 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
330 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
331 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
334 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
335 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
337 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
338 prevent the operation from being performed.
340 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
341 your information is guessed from the system username and
344 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
345 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
346 a local branch after the fact.
348 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
349 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
351 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
352 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
354 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
355 git repo inside of another.
357 Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not
360 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
361 editor input from the user.
365 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
368 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
369 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
370 non-executable file with executable bit on.
371 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
372 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
373 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
375 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
376 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
377 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
378 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
379 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
380 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
381 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
382 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
384 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
387 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
388 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
389 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
390 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
393 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
394 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
395 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
396 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
397 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
400 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
401 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
404 core.precomposeUnicode::
405 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
406 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
407 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
408 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
409 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
410 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
411 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
414 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
415 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
416 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
419 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
420 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
422 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
425 If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
426 will identify all files that may have changed since the
427 requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
428 avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
429 See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
432 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
433 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
434 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
435 crawlers and some backup systems).
436 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
439 If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used.
440 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default.
442 core.untrackedCache::
443 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
444 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
445 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
446 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
447 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
448 properly on your system.
449 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
452 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
453 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
454 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
455 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
458 Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will
459 quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
460 pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with
461 backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g.
462 `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with
463 values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in
464 UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than
465 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes,
466 backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless
467 of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is
468 not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames
469 completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value
473 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
474 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
475 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
476 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
477 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
481 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
482 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
483 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
484 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
485 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
486 this is not the case for the current setting of
487 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
488 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
489 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
491 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
492 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
493 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
494 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
495 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
496 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
497 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
498 conversion can corrupt data.
500 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
501 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
502 after committing you still have the original file in your work
503 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
504 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
507 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
508 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
509 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
510 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
511 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
512 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
514 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
515 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
516 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
517 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
518 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
519 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
520 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
521 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
522 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
526 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
527 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
528 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
529 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
530 This variable can be set to 'input',
531 in which case no output conversion is performed.
533 core.checkRoundtripEncoding::
534 A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git
535 performs UTF-8 round trip checks on if they are used in an
536 `working-tree-encoding` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
537 The default value is `SHIFT-JIS`.
540 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
541 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
542 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
543 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
546 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
547 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
551 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
552 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
553 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
554 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
555 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
556 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
557 the first match wins.
559 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
560 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
563 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
564 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
565 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
566 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
569 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
570 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
571 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
572 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
573 when the environment variable is set.
576 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
577 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
578 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
580 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
581 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
582 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
583 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
585 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
586 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
590 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
591 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
592 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
593 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
594 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
597 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
598 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
599 number of commands that require a working directory will be
600 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
602 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
603 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
604 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
605 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
609 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
610 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
611 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
612 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
613 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
614 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
615 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
616 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
617 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
618 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
619 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
620 of your working tree.
622 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
623 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
624 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
625 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
626 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
627 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
628 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
629 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
630 repository's usual working tree).
632 core.logAllRefUpdates::
633 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
634 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
635 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
636 only when the file exists. If this configuration
637 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
638 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
639 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
640 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
641 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
642 created for any ref under `refs/`.
644 This information can be used to determine what commit
645 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
647 This value is true by default in a repository that has
648 a working directory associated with it, and false by
649 default in a bare repository.
651 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
652 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
655 core.sharedRepository::
656 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
657 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
658 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
659 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
660 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
661 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
662 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
663 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
664 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
665 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
666 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
667 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
668 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
670 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
671 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
672 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
675 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
676 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
677 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
678 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
679 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
681 core.looseCompression::
682 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
683 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
684 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
685 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
686 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
688 core.packedGitWindowSize::
689 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
690 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
691 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
692 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
693 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
694 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
695 a large number of large pack files.
697 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
698 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
699 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
700 not need to adjust this value.
702 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
704 core.packedGitLimit::
705 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
706 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
707 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
708 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
710 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively
711 unlimited) on 64 bit platforms.
712 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
713 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
715 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
717 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
718 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
719 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
720 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
721 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
722 objects multiple times.
724 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
725 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
726 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
728 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
730 core.bigFileThreshold::
731 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
732 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
733 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
734 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
735 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
737 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
738 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
739 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
741 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
744 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
745 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
746 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
747 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
748 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
749 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
752 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
753 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
754 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
755 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
756 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
757 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
758 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
760 core.attributesFile::
761 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
762 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
763 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
764 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
765 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
766 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
769 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
770 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
771 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
772 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
773 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
775 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
776 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
777 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
779 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
780 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
781 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
782 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
786 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
787 messages by launching an editor use the value of this
788 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
789 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
792 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
793 messages consider a line that begins with this character
794 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
797 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
798 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
800 core.filesRefLockTimeout::
801 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
802 lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
803 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
806 core.packedRefsTimeout::
807 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
808 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
809 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
813 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
814 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
815 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
816 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
819 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
820 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
821 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
822 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
823 compile time (usually 'less').
825 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
826 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
827 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
828 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
829 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
830 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
831 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
832 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
833 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
834 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
835 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
836 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
837 line truncation only for `git blame`.
839 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
840 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
841 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
844 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
845 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
846 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
847 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
848 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
850 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
851 as an error (enabled by default).
852 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
853 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
854 error (enabled by default).
855 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
856 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
858 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
859 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
860 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
861 (enabled by default).
862 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
864 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
865 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
866 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
867 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
868 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
869 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
870 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
872 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
873 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
875 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
876 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
877 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
878 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
881 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
883 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
884 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
885 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
886 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
887 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
890 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
891 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
892 will not overwrite existing objects.
894 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
895 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
896 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
899 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
900 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
901 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
902 notes should be printed.
904 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
905 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
908 Enable git commit graph feature. Allows reading from the
911 core.multiPackIndex::
912 Use the multi-pack-index file to track multiple packfiles using a
913 single index. See link:technical/multi-pack-index.html[the
914 multi-pack-index design document].
916 core.sparseCheckout::
917 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
918 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
921 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
922 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is
923 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects
924 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for
925 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
926 The minimum length is 4.
929 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
930 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
931 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
932 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
933 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
937 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
938 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
939 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
940 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
941 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
942 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
943 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
945 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
946 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
947 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
948 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
949 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
950 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
951 not necessarily be the current directory.
952 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
953 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
956 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
957 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
958 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
959 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
960 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
963 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
964 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
965 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
966 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
967 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
968 See linkgit:git-am[1].
970 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
971 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
972 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
974 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
975 respect all whitespace differences.
976 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
979 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
980 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
983 Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
984 This option defaults to false.
986 blame.blankBoundary::
987 Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in
988 linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.
991 Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].
992 This option defaults to false.
995 Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].
996 If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,
997 see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
999 branch.autoSetupMerge::
1000 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
1001 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
1002 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
1003 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
1004 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
1005 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
1006 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
1007 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
1008 local branch or remote-tracking
1009 branch. This option defaults to true.
1011 branch.autoSetupRebase::
1012 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
1013 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
1014 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
1015 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
1016 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1017 other local branches.
1018 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1019 remote-tracking branches.
1020 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
1022 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
1023 branch to track another branch.
1024 This option defaults to never.
1026 branch.<name>.remote::
1027 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
1028 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
1029 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
1030 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
1031 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
1032 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
1033 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
1034 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
1035 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
1037 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
1038 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
1039 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
1040 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
1041 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
1042 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
1043 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
1044 option to override it for a specific branch.
1046 branch.<name>.merge::
1047 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
1048 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
1049 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
1050 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
1051 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
1052 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
1053 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
1054 "branch.<name>.remote".
1055 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
1056 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
1057 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
1058 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
1059 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
1060 another branch in the local repository, you can point
1061 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
1062 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
1064 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
1065 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
1066 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
1067 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
1070 branch.<name>.rebase::
1071 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
1072 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
1073 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
1074 branch-specific manner.
1076 When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
1077 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
1078 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
1080 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1081 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1082 by running 'git pull'.
1084 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
1086 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1087 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1090 branch.<name>.description::
1091 Branch description, can be edited with
1092 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
1093 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
1094 request-pull summary.
1096 browser.<tool>.cmd::
1097 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
1098 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
1099 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
1101 browser.<tool>.path::
1102 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1103 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
1104 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
1106 clean.requireForce::
1107 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
1108 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
1111 A boolean to enable/disable color in hints (e.g. when a push
1112 failed, see `advice.*` for a list). May be set to `always`,
1113 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors
1114 are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. If
1115 unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1118 Use customized color for hints.
1121 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1122 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1123 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1124 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1125 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1127 color.branch.<slot>::
1128 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
1129 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
1130 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
1131 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
1135 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
1136 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
1137 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
1138 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
1139 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
1140 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
1143 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
1144 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
1145 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
1148 If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
1149 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
1150 see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
1151 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
1152 moved lines are not colored.
1155 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
1156 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
1157 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
1158 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
1159 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
1160 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
1161 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
1162 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
1163 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
1164 and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
1165 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
1167 color.decorate.<slot>::
1168 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
1169 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
1170 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
1173 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
1174 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
1175 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
1176 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1179 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
1180 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
1184 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
1186 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
1188 function name lines (when using `-p`)
1190 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
1192 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1194 matching text in context lines
1196 matching text in selected lines
1198 non-matching text in selected lines
1200 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1201 and between hunks (`--`)
1205 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1206 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1207 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1208 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1209 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
1210 used (`auto` by default).
1212 color.interactive.<slot>::
1213 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1214 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1215 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1216 interactive commands.
1219 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1220 use (default is true).
1223 A boolean to enable/disable color in push errors. May be set to
1224 `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which
1225 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.
1226 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1229 Use customized color for push errors.
1232 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1233 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1234 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1235 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1236 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1239 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1240 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1241 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1242 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1243 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1245 color.status.<slot>::
1246 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1247 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1248 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1249 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1250 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1251 `branch` (the current branch),
1252 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1254 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,
1255 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the
1256 status short-format), or
1257 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1259 color.blame.repeatedLines::
1260 Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that
1261 is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id,
1262 author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan.
1264 color.blame.highlightRecent::
1265 This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending
1268 This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings,
1269 starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest.
1270 The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced
1271 before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
1273 Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g.
1274 2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.
1276 It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors
1277 everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and
1278 one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are
1282 This determines the coloring scheme to be applied to blame
1283 output. It can be 'repeatedLines', 'highlightRecent',
1284 or 'none' which is the default.
1287 A boolean to enable/disable color when pushes are rejected. May be
1288 set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which
1289 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.
1290 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1292 color.transport.rejected::
1293 Use customized color when a push was rejected.
1296 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1297 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1298 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1299 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1300 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1301 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1302 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1303 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1304 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1305 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1308 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1309 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1312 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1313 (defaults to 'never'):
1317 always show in columns
1319 never show in columns
1321 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1324 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1325 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1330 fill columns before rows
1332 fill rows before columns
1337 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1342 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1344 make equal size columns
1348 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1349 See `column.ui` for details.
1352 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1353 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1356 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1357 See `column.ui` for details.
1360 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1361 See `column.ui` for details.
1364 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1365 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1366 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1367 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1368 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1369 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1370 template yourself, if you do this).
1374 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1375 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1376 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1377 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1381 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1382 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1383 message. Defaults to true.
1386 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1387 new commit messages.
1390 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1391 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1394 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1395 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1396 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1397 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1400 credential.useHttpPath::
1401 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1402 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1403 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1405 credential.username::
1406 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1407 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1408 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1410 credential.<url>.*::
1411 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1412 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1413 would set the default username only for https connections to
1414 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1417 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1418 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1420 completion.commands::
1421 This is only used by git-completion.bash to add or remove
1422 commands from the list of completed commands. Normally only
1423 porcelain commands and a few select others are completed. You
1424 can add more commands, separated by space, in this
1425 variable. Prefixing the command with '-' will remove it from
1428 include::diff-config.txt[]
1430 difftool.<tool>.path::
1431 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1432 your tool is not in the PATH.
1434 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1435 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1436 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1437 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1438 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1439 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1440 of the diff post-image.
1443 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1445 fastimport.unpackLimit::
1446 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]
1447 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into
1448 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects
1449 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a
1450 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import
1451 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
1452 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1454 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1455 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1456 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1457 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1458 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1459 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1460 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1464 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1465 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1466 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1467 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1471 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1472 transfer is below this
1473 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1474 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1475 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1476 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1477 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1478 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1479 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1482 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1483 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`
1484 and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1487 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the
1488 `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,
1489 if not set already. This allows for setting both this option
1490 and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream
1491 refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING
1492 section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1495 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
1496 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
1497 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
1500 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1501 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1502 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1503 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1504 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1507 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
1508 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
1509 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
1510 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
1511 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
1512 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
1513 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
1514 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
1517 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1518 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1519 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1520 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1521 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1524 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1525 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1529 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1530 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1531 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1533 format.subjectPrefix::
1534 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1535 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1538 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1539 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1540 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1541 signature generation.
1543 format.signatureFile::
1544 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1545 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1548 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1549 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1550 include the dot if you want it).
1553 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1554 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1555 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1558 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1559 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1560 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1561 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1562 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1563 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1564 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1565 value disables threading.
1568 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1569 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1570 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1571 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1572 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1574 format.coverLetter::
1575 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1576 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1577 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1579 format.outputDirectory::
1580 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1581 current working directory.
1583 format.useAutoBase::
1584 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1585 format-patch by default.
1587 filter.<driver>.clean::
1588 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1589 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1592 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1593 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1594 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1595 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1598 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1599 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1601 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1602 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1603 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1605 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1606 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1609 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1610 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1611 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1612 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1613 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1614 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1616 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1617 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1618 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1621 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1622 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1623 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1627 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1628 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1629 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1630 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1631 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1634 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1635 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1636 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1637 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1640 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1641 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1643 gc.bigPackThreshold::
1644 If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when
1645 `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack`
1646 except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not
1647 just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of
1648 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
1650 Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,
1651 this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack
1652 will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below
1653 gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.
1656 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
1657 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
1658 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
1662 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1663 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1664 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1665 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1666 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1667 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1670 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1671 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1672 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1673 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1674 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when
1675 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the
1676 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].
1678 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1679 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1680 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1681 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1682 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1683 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1684 may be used to suppress pruning.
1687 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1688 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1689 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1690 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1691 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1692 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1693 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1695 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1696 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1697 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1698 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1699 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1700 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1701 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1702 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1703 match the <pattern>.
1706 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1707 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1708 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1709 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1711 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1712 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1713 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1714 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1715 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1717 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1718 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1719 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1722 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1723 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1726 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1727 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1729 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1730 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1731 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1732 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1733 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1734 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1735 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1736 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1737 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1738 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1741 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1742 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1743 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1744 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1745 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1746 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1747 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1748 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1751 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1752 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1753 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1754 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1755 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1756 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1759 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1760 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1761 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1762 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1763 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1764 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1766 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1767 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1768 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1769 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1770 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1772 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1773 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1774 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1775 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1776 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1777 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1779 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1780 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1781 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1782 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1786 gitweb.description::
1789 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1797 gitweb.remote_heads::
1800 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1803 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1806 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1807 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1808 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1809 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1811 grep.extendedRegexp::
1812 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1813 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1814 other than 'default'.
1817 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1818 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1820 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1821 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1822 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1825 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1826 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1827 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1828 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1829 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1830 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1831 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1832 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1835 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1836 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1837 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1840 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1841 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1843 gui.displayUntracked::
1844 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1845 in the file list. The default is "true".
1848 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1849 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1850 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1851 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1852 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1855 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1856 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1857 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1858 not. Default: "false".
1860 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1861 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1864 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1865 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1866 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1869 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1870 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1872 gui.spellingDictionary::
1873 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1874 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1878 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1879 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1880 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1882 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1883 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1884 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1885 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1887 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1888 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1889 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1890 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1891 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1893 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1894 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1895 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1896 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1897 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1898 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1899 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1900 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1902 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1903 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1904 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1906 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1907 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1910 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1911 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1914 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1915 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1917 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1918 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1919 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1920 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1921 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1922 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1923 value of the variable is used.
1925 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1926 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1927 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1928 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1930 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1931 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1932 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1933 for things like checkout or reset.
1935 guitool.<name>.title::
1936 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1939 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1940 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1941 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1942 The default value includes the actual command.
1945 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1946 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1949 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1950 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1951 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1954 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1955 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1956 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1957 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1958 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1959 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1960 This is the default.
1963 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1964 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1965 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1966 path of your Git installation.
1969 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1970 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1971 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1972 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1973 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1974 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1975 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1976 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1978 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1979 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1980 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1981 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1982 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1983 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1984 variable. Possible values are:
1987 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1988 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1989 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1990 authentication methods. This is the default.
1991 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1992 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1993 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1994 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1996 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
2000 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
2001 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
2002 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
2006 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
2007 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
2008 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
2009 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
2012 * `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
2013 * `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
2014 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
2015 * `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
2020 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
2021 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
2022 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
2023 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
2026 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
2027 which should be used
2028 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
2029 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
2030 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
2031 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
2032 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
2035 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
2036 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
2039 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
2040 want to force the default. The available and default version
2041 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
2042 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
2043 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
2044 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
2045 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
2057 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
2058 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
2059 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
2062 http.sslCipherList::
2063 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
2064 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
2065 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
2066 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
2067 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
2070 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
2071 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
2072 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
2076 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
2077 over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the
2078 `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.
2081 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
2082 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
2086 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
2087 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
2090 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
2091 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
2092 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
2093 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
2094 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
2097 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
2098 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
2099 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
2102 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
2103 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
2104 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
2107 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
2108 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
2109 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
2110 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
2111 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
2115 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
2116 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
2117 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
2118 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
2119 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
2120 errors on misconfigured servers.
2123 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
2124 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
2127 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
2128 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
2129 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
2130 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
2133 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
2134 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
2135 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
2136 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
2137 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
2138 sufficient for most requests.
2140 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
2141 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
2142 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
2143 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
2144 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
2147 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
2148 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
2149 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
2150 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
2153 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
2154 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
2155 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
2156 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
2157 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
2158 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
2159 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
2161 http.followRedirects::
2162 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
2163 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
2164 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
2165 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
2166 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
2167 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
2168 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
2169 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
2172 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
2173 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
2174 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
2177 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
2178 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2180 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
2181 This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is
2182 possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains
2183 at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match
2184 `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.
2186 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
2187 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2188 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
2189 default for the scheme before matching.
2191 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
2192 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
2193 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
2194 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
2195 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
2196 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
2197 key with just path `foo/`).
2199 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
2200 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
2201 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
2202 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
2203 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
2206 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
2207 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
2208 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
2209 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
2210 `https://user@example.com`.
2212 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
2213 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
2214 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
2215 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
2216 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
2217 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
2220 By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use
2221 based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured
2222 using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or
2223 the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is
2224 unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH
2225 options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the
2226 `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use
2227 OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides
2228 the host and remote command (if it fails).
2230 The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.
2231 Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,
2232 `tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).
2233 The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value
2234 `auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be
2235 overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
2237 The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
2242 * `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command
2244 * `simple` - [username@]host command
2246 * `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command
2248 * `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command
2252 Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to
2253 change as git gains new features.
2255 i18n.commitEncoding::
2256 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
2257 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
2258 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
2259 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
2260 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
2262 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
2263 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
2264 running 'git log' and friends.
2267 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
2268 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
2271 Specify the version with which new index files should be
2272 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
2275 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
2276 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
2279 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
2280 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2283 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
2284 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2287 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
2288 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
2290 instaweb.modulePath::
2291 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
2292 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
2296 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
2297 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2299 interactive.singleKey::
2300 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
2301 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
2302 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
2303 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
2304 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
2305 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
2306 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
2308 interactive.diffFilter::
2309 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
2310 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
2311 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
2312 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
2313 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
2314 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
2317 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2318 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
2319 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
2322 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
2323 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
2324 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
2327 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
2328 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
2329 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
2330 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
2331 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
2332 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
2333 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
2337 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
2338 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
2339 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
2340 on non-linear history.
2343 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
2344 history lines in `git log --graph`.
2347 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
2348 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
2349 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
2350 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
2353 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2354 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
2357 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2358 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
2361 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
2362 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
2363 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
2364 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
2365 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
2368 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
2369 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
2370 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
2371 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2372 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2373 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2376 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2377 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2378 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2379 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2380 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2384 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2385 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2388 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2389 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2390 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2393 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2394 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2396 include::merge-config.txt[]
2398 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2399 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2400 your tool is not in the PATH.
2402 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2403 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2404 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2405 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2406 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2407 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2408 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2409 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2410 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2411 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2413 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2414 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2415 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2416 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2417 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2418 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2419 indicate the success of the merge.
2421 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2422 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2423 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2424 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2425 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2426 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2427 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2428 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2430 mergetool.keepBackup::
2431 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2432 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2433 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2434 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2436 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2437 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2438 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2439 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2440 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2441 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2443 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2444 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2445 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2446 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2447 Defaults to `false`.
2450 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2452 notes.mergeStrategy::
2453 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2454 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2455 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2456 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2458 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2459 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2460 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2461 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2462 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2465 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2466 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2467 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2468 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2469 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2470 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2473 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2474 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2477 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2478 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2481 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2482 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2483 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2484 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2485 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2486 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2489 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2490 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2491 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2492 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2493 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2495 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2496 environment variable.
2499 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2500 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2501 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2502 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2504 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2505 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2506 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2508 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2509 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2513 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2514 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2517 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2518 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2519 Maximum value is 4095.
2522 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2523 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2524 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2525 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2526 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2529 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2530 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2531 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2532 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2533 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2534 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2537 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2538 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2539 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2541 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2542 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2543 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2544 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2545 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2546 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2547 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2548 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2549 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2550 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2552 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2553 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2554 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2555 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2556 result once the best match for all objects is found.
2557 Defaults to 1000. Maximum value is 65535.
2560 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2561 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2562 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2563 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2564 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2565 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2566 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2567 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2570 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2571 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2572 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2573 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2574 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2575 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2578 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2579 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2580 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2581 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2582 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2583 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2586 pack.packSizeLimit::
2587 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2588 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2589 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2590 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2591 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2592 bitmaps from being created.
2593 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2594 The default is unlimited.
2595 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2599 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2600 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2601 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2602 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2604 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2605 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2607 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2608 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2609 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2610 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2611 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2612 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2613 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2614 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2615 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2616 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2619 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2620 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2621 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2622 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2623 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2624 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2625 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2628 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2629 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2630 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2631 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2632 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2633 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2634 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2635 will be silently ignored.
2638 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
2639 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
2640 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
2641 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
2642 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
2643 policy of `user`. Supported policies:
2647 * `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
2649 * `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
2651 * `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
2652 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
2653 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
2654 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
2655 submodule initialization.
2659 protocol.<name>.allow::
2660 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
2661 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
2663 The protocol names currently used by git are:
2666 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
2669 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
2670 connection (or proxy, if configured)
2672 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
2675 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
2676 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
2677 both, you must do so individually.
2679 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
2680 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
2684 Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
2685 server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
2686 attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
2687 particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
2693 * `0` - the original wire protocol.
2695 * `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
2696 in the initial response from the server.
2701 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2702 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2703 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2704 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2705 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2706 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2707 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2708 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2711 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2712 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2713 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2716 When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
2717 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
2718 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
2720 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2721 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2722 by running 'git pull'.
2724 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2726 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2727 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2731 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2735 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2738 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2739 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2740 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2741 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2742 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2746 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2747 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2748 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2750 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2751 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2754 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2755 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2756 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2757 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2758 (i.e. central workflow).
2760 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
2762 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2763 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2764 different from the local one.
2766 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2767 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2770 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2772 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2773 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2774 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2775 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2776 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2777 'master' will be pushed there).
2779 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2780 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2781 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2782 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2783 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2784 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2785 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2786 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2787 branches outside your control.
2789 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2795 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2796 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2800 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2801 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2802 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2803 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2804 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2805 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2806 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2809 When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
2810 command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
2811 this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
2813 This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
2814 higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
2815 repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
2816 configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
2833 This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
2837 push.recurseSubmodules::
2838 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2839 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2840 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2841 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2842 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2843 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2844 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2845 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2846 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2847 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2848 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2849 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2851 include::rebase-config.txt[]
2853 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2854 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2855 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2856 capability, set this variable to false.
2858 receive.advertisePushOptions::
2859 When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
2860 capability to its clients. False by default.
2863 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2864 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2865 it by setting this variable to false.
2867 receive.certNonceSeed::
2868 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2869 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2870 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2873 receive.certNonceSlop::
2874 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2875 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2876 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2877 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2878 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2879 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2880 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2881 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2882 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2883 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2884 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2886 receive.fsckObjects::
2887 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2888 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2889 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2890 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2893 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2894 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2895 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2896 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2897 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2898 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2899 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2900 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2902 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2903 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2904 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2907 receive.fsck.skipList::
2908 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2909 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2910 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2911 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2912 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2913 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2916 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
2917 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
2918 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
2919 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
2920 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
2921 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
2922 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
2924 receive.unpackLimit::
2925 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2926 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2927 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2928 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2929 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2930 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2931 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2932 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2934 receive.maxInputSize::
2935 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
2936 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
2937 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
2940 receive.denyDeletes::
2941 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2942 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2944 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2945 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2946 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2948 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2949 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2950 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2951 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2952 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2953 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2954 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2955 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2957 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2958 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2959 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2960 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2961 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2962 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2964 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2965 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2966 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2968 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2969 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2970 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2971 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2972 set when initializing a shared repository.
2975 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2976 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2977 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2980 receive.updateServerInfo::
2981 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2982 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2984 receive.shallowUpdate::
2985 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2986 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2988 remote.pushDefault::
2989 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2990 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2991 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2994 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2995 linkgit:git-push[1].
2997 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2998 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
3000 remote.<name>.proxy::
3001 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
3002 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
3003 disable proxying for that remote.
3005 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
3006 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
3007 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
3008 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
3010 remote.<name>.fetch::
3011 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
3012 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
3014 remote.<name>.push::
3015 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
3016 linkgit:git-push[1].
3018 remote.<name>.mirror::
3019 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
3020 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
3022 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
3023 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
3024 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
3025 linkgit:git-remote[1].
3027 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
3028 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
3029 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
3030 linkgit:git-remote[1].
3032 remote.<name>.receivepack::
3033 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
3034 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
3036 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
3037 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
3038 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
3040 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
3041 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
3042 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
3043 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
3044 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
3045 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
3046 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
3049 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
3050 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
3052 remote.<name>.prune::
3053 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
3054 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
3055 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
3056 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
3058 remote.<name>.pruneTags::
3059 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
3060 remove any local tags that no longer exist on the remote if pruning
3061 is activated in general via `remote.<name>.prune`, `fetch.prune` or
3062 `--prune`. Overrides `fetch.pruneTags` settings, if any.
3064 See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
3065 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
3068 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
3069 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
3071 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
3072 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
3073 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
3074 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
3075 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
3076 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
3077 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
3079 repack.packKeptObjects::
3080 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
3081 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
3082 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
3083 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
3084 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
3086 repack.writeBitmaps::
3087 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
3088 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
3089 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
3090 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
3091 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
3092 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
3096 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
3097 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
3098 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
3101 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
3102 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
3103 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
3104 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
3105 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
3108 sendemail.identity::
3109 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
3110 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
3111 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
3112 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
3114 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
3115 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
3116 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
3118 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
3119 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
3121 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
3122 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
3123 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
3125 sendemail.<identity>.*::
3126 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
3127 found below, taking precedence over those when this
3128 identity is selected, through either the command-line or
3129 `sendemail.identity`.
3131 sendemail.aliasesFile::
3132 sendemail.aliasFileType::
3133 sendemail.annotate::
3137 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
3139 sendemail.envelopeSender::
3141 sendemail.multiEdit::
3142 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
3143 sendemail.smtpPass::
3144 sendemail.suppresscc::
3145 sendemail.suppressFrom::
3148 sendemail.smtpDomain::
3149 sendemail.smtpServer::
3150 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
3151 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
3152 sendemail.smtpUser::
3154 sendemail.transferEncoding::
3155 sendemail.validate::
3157 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
3159 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
3160 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
3162 sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
3163 Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
3164 will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
3166 See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3168 sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
3169 Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
3170 See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3172 showbranch.default::
3173 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3174 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3176 splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
3177 When the split index feature is used, this specifies the
3178 percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the
3179 total number of entries in both the split index and the shared
3180 index before a new shared index is written.
3181 The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then
3182 a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new
3183 shared index is never written.
3184 By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written
3185 if the number of entries in the split index would be greater
3186 than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
3187 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3189 splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
3190 When the split index feature is used, shared index files that
3191 were not modified since the time this variable specifies will
3192 be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value
3193 "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses
3194 expiration altogether.
3195 The default value is "2.weeks.ago".
3196 Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the
3197 purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is
3198 either created based on it or read from it.
3199 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3201 status.relativePaths::
3202 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
3203 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
3204 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
3208 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3209 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
3212 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3213 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
3215 status.displayCommentPrefix::
3216 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
3217 prefix before each output line (starting with
3218 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
3219 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
3222 status.renameLimit::
3223 The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
3224 in linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. Defaults to
3225 the value of diff.renameLimit.
3228 Whether and how Git detects renames in linkgit:git-status[1] and
3229 linkgit:git-commit[1] . If set to "false", rename detection is
3230 disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled.
3231 If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will detect copies, as well.
3232 Defaults to the value of diff.renames.
3235 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of
3236 entries currently stashed away.
3239 status.showUntrackedFiles::
3240 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
3241 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
3242 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
3243 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
3244 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
3245 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
3246 the untracked files. Possible values are:
3249 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
3250 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
3251 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
3254 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
3255 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
3256 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
3258 status.submoduleSummary::
3260 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
3261 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
3262 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
3263 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
3264 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
3265 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
3266 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
3267 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
3268 submodule changes. To
3269 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
3270 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
3271 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
3272 not honor these settings.
3275 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3276 option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false.
3277 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3280 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3281 option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
3282 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3284 submodule.<name>.url::
3285 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
3286 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
3287 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
3288 update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
3289 set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
3290 whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
3291 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3293 submodule.<name>.update::
3294 The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
3295 which is the only affected command, others such as
3296 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
3297 historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
3298 interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
3299 and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
3300 `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
3301 See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
3303 submodule.<name>.branch::
3304 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
3305 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
3306 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
3307 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3309 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
3310 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
3311 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
3312 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
3313 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
3316 submodule.<name>.ignore::
3317 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
3318 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
3319 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
3320 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
3321 to the submodules work tree and
3322 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
3323 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
3324 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
3325 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
3326 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
3327 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
3328 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
3329 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
3330 affected by this setting.
3332 submodule.<name>.active::
3333 Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
3334 commands. This config option takes precedence over the
3335 submodule.active config option.
3338 A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
3339 submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
3343 Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
3344 applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
3348 submodule.fetchJobs::
3349 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
3350 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
3351 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
3352 If unset, it defaults to 1.
3354 submodule.alternateLocation::
3355 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
3356 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
3357 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
3358 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
3359 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
3361 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
3362 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
3363 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
3364 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
3366 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
3367 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
3368 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
3369 precedence over this option.
3372 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
3373 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
3374 value of this variable will be used as the default.
3377 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
3378 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
3379 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
3380 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
3381 linkgit:git-archive[1].
3383 transfer.fsckObjects::
3384 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
3385 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3389 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
3390 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
3391 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
3392 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
3393 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
3394 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
3395 program-specific versions of this config.
3397 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
3398 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
3399 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
3400 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
3402 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
3403 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
3404 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
3405 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
3406 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
3407 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
3408 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
3409 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
3411 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
3412 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the
3413 linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a
3414 separate repository.
3416 transfer.unpackLimit::
3417 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
3418 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3419 The default value is 100.
3421 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
3422 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
3423 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
3424 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of
3425 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
3428 uploadpack.hideRefs::
3429 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
3430 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
3431 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
3432 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
3434 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
3435 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
3436 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
3437 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
3438 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client
3439 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the
3440 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's
3441 best to keep private data in a separate repository.
3443 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
3444 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
3445 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
3446 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
3447 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able
3448 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"
3449 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to
3450 keep private data in a separate repository.
3452 uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::
3453 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any
3455 Defaults to `false`.
3457 uploadpack.keepAlive::
3458 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
3459 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
3460 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
3461 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
3462 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
3463 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
3464 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
3465 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
3466 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
3468 uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
3469 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run
3470 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will
3471 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and
3472 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`
3473 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin
3474 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself
3475 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
3476 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
3479 uploadpack.allowFilter::
3480 If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
3481 clone and partial fetch object filtering.
3483 Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
3484 repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
3485 untrusted repositories).
3487 url.<base>.insteadOf::
3488 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
3489 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
3490 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3491 access methods, and some users need to use different access
3492 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
3493 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
3494 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
3495 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3496 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
3498 Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten
3499 URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote
3500 helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit
3501 the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules
3502 must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the
3503 description of `protocol.allow` above.
3505 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
3506 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
3507 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
3508 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
3509 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3510 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
3511 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
3512 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
3513 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3514 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
3515 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
3516 setting for that remote.
3519 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3520 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
3521 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3524 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3525 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
3526 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3528 user.useConfigOnly::
3529 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
3530 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
3531 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
3532 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
3533 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
3534 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
3535 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
3536 Defaults to `false`.
3539 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
3540 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
3541 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
3542 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
3543 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
3545 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
3546 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
3547 `versionsort.suffix` is set.
3549 versionsort.suffix::
3550 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
3551 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
3552 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
3553 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
3554 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
3555 with different suffixes.
3557 By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
3558 that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
3559 the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
3560 "1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
3561 suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
3562 with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
3563 configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
3564 "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
3565 with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
3566 among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
3567 "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
3568 are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
3571 If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
3572 be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
3573 the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
3574 that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
3575 longest of those suffixes.
3576 The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
3577 in multiple config files.
3580 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
3581 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
3584 worktree.guessRemote::
3585 With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor
3586 `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to
3587 creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is
3588 set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking
3589 branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If
3590 such a branch exists, it is checked out and set as "upstream"
3591 for the new branch. If no such match can be found, it falls
3592 back to creating a new branch from the current HEAD.