4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
45 as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
46 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
47 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
50 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
51 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
52 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
53 restrictions as section names.
55 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
56 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
57 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
58 the variable is the boolean "true").
59 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
60 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
62 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
63 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
64 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
65 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
66 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
67 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
70 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
71 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
73 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
74 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
75 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
76 escape sequences) are invalid.
82 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
83 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
84 variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
88 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
89 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
90 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
91 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
92 found. See below for examples.
100 ; Don't trust file modes
105 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
110 merge = refs/heads/devel
114 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
115 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
118 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
119 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
120 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory
126 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
127 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
128 as to how to spell them.
132 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
133 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
136 true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
137 or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
140 false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
143 When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type
144 specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
145 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
148 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
149 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
150 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
153 The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of
154 colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated
155 by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`,
156 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and
157 `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and
158 `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
159 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if
160 any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically
161 by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc).
163 Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
164 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
165 terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also
166 specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`.
168 The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item
169 in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black`
170 will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous
171 thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the
172 list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be
173 painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
176 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
177 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
178 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
179 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
180 specified user's home directory.
186 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
187 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
188 in the appropriate manual page.
190 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
191 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
192 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
193 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
197 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
198 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
199 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
203 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
205 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
206 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
209 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
210 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
212 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
213 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
214 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
215 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
217 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
218 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
220 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
221 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
222 object we do not have.
224 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
225 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
226 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
227 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
229 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
230 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
231 the template shown when writing commit messages in
232 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
233 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
235 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
236 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
239 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
240 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
242 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
243 prevent the operation from being performed.
245 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
246 your information is guessed from the system username and
249 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
250 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
251 a local branch after the fact.
253 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
254 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
256 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
257 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
261 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
264 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
265 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
266 non-executable file with executable bit on.
267 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
268 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
269 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
271 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
272 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
273 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
274 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
275 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
276 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
277 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
278 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
280 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
283 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
284 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
285 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
286 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
289 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
290 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
291 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
292 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
293 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
296 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
297 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
300 core.precomposeUnicode::
301 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
302 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
303 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
304 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
305 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
306 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
307 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
310 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
311 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
312 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
315 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
316 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
318 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
321 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
322 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
323 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
324 crawlers and some backup systems).
325 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
327 core.untrackedCache::
328 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
329 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
330 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
331 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
332 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
333 properly on your system.
334 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
337 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
338 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
339 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
340 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
343 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
344 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
345 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
346 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
347 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
348 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
349 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
350 quote, backslash and control characters are always
351 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
355 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
356 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
357 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
358 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
359 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
363 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
364 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
365 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
366 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
367 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
368 this is not the case for the current setting of
369 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
370 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
371 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
373 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
374 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
375 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
376 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
377 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
378 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
379 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
380 conversion can corrupt data.
382 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
383 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
384 after committing you still have the original file in your work
385 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
386 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
389 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
390 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
391 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
392 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
393 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
394 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
396 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
397 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
398 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
399 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
400 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
401 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
402 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
403 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
404 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
408 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
409 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
410 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
411 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
412 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
413 working directory even though the repository does not have
414 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
415 in which case no output conversion is performed.
418 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
419 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
420 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
421 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
424 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
425 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
429 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
430 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
431 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
432 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
433 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
434 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
435 the first match wins.
437 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
438 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
441 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
442 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
443 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
444 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
447 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
448 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
449 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
451 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
452 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
453 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
454 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
456 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
457 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
461 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
462 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
463 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
464 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
465 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
468 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
469 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
470 number of commands that require a working directory will be
471 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
473 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
474 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
475 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
476 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
480 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
481 If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree
482 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
483 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
484 variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option.
485 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
486 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
487 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
488 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
489 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
490 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
491 of your working tree.
493 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
494 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
495 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
496 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
497 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
498 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
499 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
500 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
501 repository's usual working tree).
503 core.logAllRefUpdates::
504 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
505 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
506 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
507 only when the file exists. If this configuration
508 variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
509 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
510 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
511 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
513 This information can be used to determine what commit
514 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
516 This value is true by default in a repository that has
517 a working directory associated with it, and false by
518 default in a bare repository.
520 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
521 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
524 core.sharedRepository::
525 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
526 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
527 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
528 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
529 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
530 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
531 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
532 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
533 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
534 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
535 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
536 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
537 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
539 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
540 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
541 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
544 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
545 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
546 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
547 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
548 such as 'core.looseCompression' and 'pack.compression'.
550 core.looseCompression::
551 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
552 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
553 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
554 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
555 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
557 core.packedGitWindowSize::
558 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
559 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
560 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
561 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
562 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
563 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
564 a large number of large pack files.
566 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
567 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
568 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
569 not need to adjust this value.
571 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
573 core.packedGitLimit::
574 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
575 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
576 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
577 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
579 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
580 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
581 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
583 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
585 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
586 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
587 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
588 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
589 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
590 objects multiple times.
592 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
593 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
594 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
596 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
598 core.bigFileThreshold::
599 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
600 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
601 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
602 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
603 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
605 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
606 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
607 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
609 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
612 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
613 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
614 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
615 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
616 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
617 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
620 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
621 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
622 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
623 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
624 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
625 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
626 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
628 core.attributesFile::
629 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
630 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
631 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
632 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
633 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
634 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
637 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
638 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
639 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
640 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
643 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
644 messages consider a line that begins with this character
645 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
648 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
649 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
651 core.packedRefsTimeout::
652 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
653 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
654 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
658 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
659 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
660 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
661 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
664 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
665 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
666 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
667 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
668 compile time (usually 'less').
670 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
671 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
672 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
673 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
674 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
675 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
676 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
677 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
678 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
679 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
680 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
681 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
682 line truncation only for `git blame`.
684 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
685 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
686 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
689 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
690 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
691 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
692 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
693 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
695 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
696 as an error (enabled by default).
697 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
698 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
699 error (enabled by default).
700 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
701 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
703 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
704 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
705 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
706 (enabled by default).
707 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
709 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
710 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
711 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
712 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
713 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
714 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
715 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
717 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
718 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
720 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
721 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
722 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
723 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
726 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
728 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
729 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
730 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
731 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
732 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
735 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
736 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
737 will not overwrite existing objects.
739 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
740 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
741 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
744 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
745 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
746 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
747 notes should be printed.
749 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
750 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
752 core.sparseCheckout::
753 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
754 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
757 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
758 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
759 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
763 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
764 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
765 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
766 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
767 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
771 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
772 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
773 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
774 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
775 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
776 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
777 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
779 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
780 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
781 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
782 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
783 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
784 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
785 not necessarily be the current directory.
786 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
787 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
790 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
791 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
792 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
793 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
794 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
797 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
798 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
799 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
800 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
801 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
802 See linkgit:git-am[1].
804 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
805 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
806 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
808 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
809 respect all whitespace differences.
810 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
813 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
814 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
816 branch.autoSetupMerge::
817 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
818 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
819 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
820 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
821 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
822 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
823 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
824 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
825 local branch or remote-tracking
826 branch. This option defaults to true.
828 branch.autoSetupRebase::
829 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
830 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
831 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
832 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
833 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
834 other local branches.
835 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
836 remote-tracking branches.
837 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
839 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
840 branch to track another branch.
841 This option defaults to never.
843 branch.<name>.remote::
844 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
845 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
846 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
847 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
848 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
849 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
850 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
851 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
852 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
854 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
855 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
856 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
857 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
858 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
859 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
860 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
861 option to override it for a specific branch.
863 branch.<name>.merge::
864 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
865 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
866 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
867 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
868 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
869 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
870 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
871 "branch.<name>.remote".
872 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
873 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
874 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
875 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
876 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
877 another branch in the local repository, you can point
878 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
879 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
881 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
882 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
883 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
884 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
887 branch.<name>.rebase::
888 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
889 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
890 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
891 branch-specific manner.
893 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
894 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
895 by running 'git pull'.
897 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
899 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
900 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
903 branch.<name>.description::
904 Branch description, can be edited with
905 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
906 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
907 request-pull summary.
910 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
911 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
912 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
914 browser.<tool>.path::
915 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
916 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
917 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
920 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
921 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
924 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
925 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
926 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
927 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
929 color.branch.<slot>::
930 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
931 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
932 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
933 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
937 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
938 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
939 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
940 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
941 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
944 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
945 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
946 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
949 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
950 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
951 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
952 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
953 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
954 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
955 (highlighting whitespace errors).
957 color.decorate.<slot>::
958 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
959 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
960 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
963 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
964 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
965 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
968 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
969 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
973 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
975 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
977 function name lines (when using `-p`)
979 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
981 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
983 matching text in context lines
985 matching text in selected lines
987 non-matching text in selected lines
989 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
990 and between hunks (`--`)
994 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
995 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
996 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
997 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
998 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
1000 color.interactive.<slot>::
1001 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1002 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1003 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1004 interactive commands.
1007 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1008 use (default is true).
1011 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1012 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1013 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1014 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1017 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1018 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1019 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1020 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1022 color.status.<slot>::
1023 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1024 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1025 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1026 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1027 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1028 `branch` (the current branch),
1029 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1031 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1034 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1035 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1036 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1037 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1038 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1039 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1040 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1041 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1042 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1043 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1046 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1047 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1050 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1051 (defaults to 'never'):
1055 always show in columns
1057 never show in columns
1059 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1062 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1063 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1068 fill columns before rows
1070 fill rows before columns
1075 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1080 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1082 make equal size columns
1086 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1087 See `column.ui` for details.
1090 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1091 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1094 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1095 See `column.ui` for details.
1098 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1099 See `column.ui` for details.
1102 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1103 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1104 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1105 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1106 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1107 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1108 template yourself, if you do this).
1112 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1113 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1114 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1115 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1119 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1120 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1121 message. Defaults to true.
1124 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1125 new commit messages.
1128 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1129 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1130 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
1131 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
1133 credential.useHttpPath::
1134 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1135 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1136 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1138 credential.username::
1139 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1140 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1141 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1143 credential.<url>.*::
1144 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1145 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1146 would set the default username only for https connections to
1147 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1150 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1151 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1153 include::diff-config.txt[]
1155 difftool.<tool>.path::
1156 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1157 your tool is not in the PATH.
1159 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1160 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1161 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1162 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1163 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1164 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1165 of the diff post-image.
1168 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1170 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1171 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1172 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1173 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1174 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1175 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1176 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1180 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1181 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1182 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1183 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1187 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1188 transfer is below this
1189 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1190 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1191 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1192 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1193 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1194 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1195 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1198 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1199 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1202 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1203 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1204 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1205 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1206 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1209 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1210 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1211 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1212 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1213 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1216 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1217 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1221 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1222 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1223 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1225 format.subjectPrefix::
1226 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1227 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1230 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1231 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1232 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1233 signature generation.
1235 format.signatureFile::
1236 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1237 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1240 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1241 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1242 include the dot if you want it).
1245 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1246 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1247 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1250 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1251 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1252 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1253 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1254 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1255 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1256 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1257 value disables threading.
1260 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1261 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1262 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1263 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1264 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1266 format.coverLetter::
1267 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1268 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1269 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1271 format.outputDirectory::
1272 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1273 current working directory.
1275 filter.<driver>.clean::
1276 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1277 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1280 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1281 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1282 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1283 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1286 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1287 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1289 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1290 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1291 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1293 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1294 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1297 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1298 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1299 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1300 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1301 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1302 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1304 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1305 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1306 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1309 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1310 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1311 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1315 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1316 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1317 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1318 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1319 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1322 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1323 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1324 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1325 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1328 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1329 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1332 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1333 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1334 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1335 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1336 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1337 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1340 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1341 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1342 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1343 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1346 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1347 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1348 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1349 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1350 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1351 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1352 may be used to suppress pruning.
1355 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1356 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1357 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1358 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1359 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1360 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1361 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1363 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1364 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1365 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1366 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1367 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1368 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1369 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1370 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1371 match the <pattern>.
1374 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1375 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1376 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1378 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1379 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1380 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1381 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1383 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1384 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1385 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1388 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1389 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1392 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1393 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1395 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1396 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1397 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1398 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1399 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1400 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1401 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1402 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1403 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allBinary' is
1404 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1407 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1408 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1409 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1410 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1411 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1412 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1413 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1414 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1417 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1418 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1419 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1420 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1421 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1422 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1425 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1426 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1427 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1428 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1429 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1430 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1432 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1433 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbDriver',
1434 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1435 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1436 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1438 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1439 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1440 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1441 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1442 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1443 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1445 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1446 'gitcvs.allBinary' can also be specified as
1447 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1448 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1452 gitweb.description::
1455 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1463 gitweb.remote_heads::
1466 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1469 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1472 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1473 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
1474 '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
1475 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1477 grep.extendedRegexp::
1478 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
1479 option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
1480 other than 'default'.
1483 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1484 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1486 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1487 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1488 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1491 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1492 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1493 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1494 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1495 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1496 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1497 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1498 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1501 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1502 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1503 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1506 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1507 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1509 gui.displayUntracked::
1510 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1511 in the file list. The default is "true".
1514 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1515 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1516 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1517 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1518 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1521 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1522 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1523 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1524 not. Default: "false".
1526 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1527 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1530 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1531 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1532 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1535 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1536 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1538 gui.spellingDictionary::
1539 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1540 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1544 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1545 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1546 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1548 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1549 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1550 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1551 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1553 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1554 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1555 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1556 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1557 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1559 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1560 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1561 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1562 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1563 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1564 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1565 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1566 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1568 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1569 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1570 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1572 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1573 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1576 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1577 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1580 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1581 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1583 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1584 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1585 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1586 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1587 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1588 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1589 value of the variable is used.
1591 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1592 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1593 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1594 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1596 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1597 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1598 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1599 for things like checkout or reset.
1601 guitool.<name>.title::
1602 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1605 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1606 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1607 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1608 The default value includes the actual command.
1611 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1612 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1615 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1616 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1617 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1620 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1621 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1622 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1623 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1624 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1625 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1626 This is the default.
1629 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1630 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1631 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1632 path of your Git installation.
1635 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1636 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1637 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1638 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1639 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1640 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1641 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1642 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1644 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1645 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1646 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1647 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1648 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1649 Both can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD' environment
1650 variable. Possible values are:
1653 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1654 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1655 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1656 authentication methods. This is the default.
1657 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1658 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1659 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1660 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1662 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1666 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1667 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1668 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1672 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1673 which should be used
1674 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1675 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1676 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1677 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1678 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1681 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1682 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1685 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1686 want to force the default. The available and default version
1687 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1688 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1689 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1690 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1691 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1702 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable.
1703 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1704 explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the
1707 http.sslCipherList::
1708 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1709 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1710 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1711 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1712 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1715 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable.
1716 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1717 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the
1721 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1722 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1726 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1727 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1731 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1732 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1735 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1736 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1737 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1738 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1739 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1742 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1743 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1744 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1747 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1748 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1749 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1752 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
1753 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
1754 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
1755 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
1756 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
1760 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1761 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1762 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1763 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1764 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1765 errors on misconfigured servers.
1768 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1769 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1772 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1773 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1774 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1775 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1778 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1779 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1780 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1781 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1782 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1783 sufficient for most requests.
1785 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1786 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1787 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1788 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1789 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1792 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1793 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1794 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1795 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1798 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1799 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1800 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1801 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1802 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1803 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1804 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1807 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
1808 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1809 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1812 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1813 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1815 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1816 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1818 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1819 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1820 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1821 default for the scheme before matching.
1823 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1824 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1825 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1826 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1827 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1828 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1829 key with just path `foo/`).
1831 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1832 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1833 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1834 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1835 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1838 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1839 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1840 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1841 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1842 `https://user@example.com`.
1844 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1845 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1846 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1847 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
1848 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1849 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1851 i18n.commitEncoding::
1852 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1853 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1854 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1855 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1856 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1858 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1859 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1860 running 'git log' and friends.
1863 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1864 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1867 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1868 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1871 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1872 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1875 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1876 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1879 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1880 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1883 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1884 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1886 instaweb.modulePath::
1887 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1888 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1892 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1893 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1895 interactive.singleKey::
1896 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1897 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1898 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1899 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1900 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1901 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1902 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1905 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1906 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1907 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1910 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1911 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1912 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
1915 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1916 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1917 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1918 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1919 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1922 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
1923 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
1924 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
1925 on non-linear history.
1928 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1929 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1930 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1931 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1934 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1935 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1938 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
1939 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
1940 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
1941 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
1942 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
1945 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1946 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1947 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1948 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1949 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1950 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1953 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
1954 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
1955 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
1956 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
1957 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
1961 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1962 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1965 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1966 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1967 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1970 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1971 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1973 include::merge-config.txt[]
1975 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1976 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1977 your tool is not in the PATH.
1979 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1980 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1981 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1982 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1983 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1984 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1985 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1986 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1987 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1988 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1990 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1991 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1992 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1993 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1994 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1995 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1996 indicate the success of the merge.
1998 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
1999 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2000 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2001 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2002 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2003 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2004 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2005 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2007 mergetool.keepBackup::
2008 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2009 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2010 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2011 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2013 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2014 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2015 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2016 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2017 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2018 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2020 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2021 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2022 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2023 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2024 Defaults to `false`.
2027 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2029 notes.mergeStrategy::
2030 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2031 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2032 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2033 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2035 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2036 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2037 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2038 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2039 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2042 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2043 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2044 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2045 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2046 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2047 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2050 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2051 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2054 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2055 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2058 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2059 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2060 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2061 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2062 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2063 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2066 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2067 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2068 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2069 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2070 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2072 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2073 environment variable.
2076 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2077 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2078 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2079 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2081 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2082 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2083 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2085 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2086 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2090 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2091 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2094 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2095 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2098 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2099 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2100 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2101 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2102 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2105 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2106 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2107 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2108 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2109 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2110 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2113 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2114 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2115 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2117 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2118 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2119 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2120 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2121 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2122 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2123 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2124 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2125 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2126 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2128 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2129 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2130 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2131 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2132 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2135 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2136 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2137 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2138 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2139 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2140 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2141 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2142 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2145 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2146 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2147 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2148 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2149 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2150 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2153 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2154 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2155 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2156 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2157 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2158 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2161 pack.packSizeLimit::
2162 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2163 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2164 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2165 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2166 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2167 bitmaps from being created.
2168 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2169 The default is unlimited.
2170 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2174 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2175 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2176 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2177 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2179 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2180 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2182 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2183 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2184 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2185 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2186 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2187 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2188 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2189 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2190 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2191 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2194 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2195 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2196 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2197 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2198 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2199 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2200 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2203 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2204 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2205 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2206 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2207 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2208 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2209 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2210 will be silently ignored.
2213 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2214 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2215 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2216 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2217 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2218 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2219 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2220 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2223 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2224 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2225 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2228 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2229 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2230 by running 'git pull'.
2232 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2234 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2235 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2239 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2243 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2246 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2247 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2248 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2249 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2250 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2254 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2255 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2256 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2258 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2259 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2262 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2263 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2264 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2265 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2266 (i.e. central workflow).
2268 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2269 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2270 different from the local one.
2272 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2273 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2276 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2278 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2279 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2280 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2281 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2282 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2283 'master' will be pushed there).
2285 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2286 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2287 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2288 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2289 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2290 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2291 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2292 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2293 branches outside your control.
2295 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2301 If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You
2302 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2306 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2307 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is
2308 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2309 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2310 '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2311 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2312 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2314 push.recurseSubmodules::
2315 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2316 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2317 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2318 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2319 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2320 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2321 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2322 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2323 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2324 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2325 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2326 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2329 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2330 rebase. False by default.
2333 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
2336 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2337 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2338 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2339 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2340 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2343 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2344 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2345 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2346 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2347 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2348 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2349 "ignore", no checking is done.
2350 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2351 command in the todo-list.
2352 Defaults to "ignore".
2354 rebase.instructionFormat
2355 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2356 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2357 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2359 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2360 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2361 capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
2362 to be advertised, set this variable to false.
2365 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2366 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2367 it by setting this variable to false.
2369 receive.certNonceSeed::
2370 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2371 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2372 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2375 receive.certNonceSlop::
2376 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2377 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2378 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2379 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2380 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2381 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2382 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2383 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2384 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2385 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2386 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2388 receive.fsckObjects::
2389 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2390 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2391 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2392 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2395 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2396 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2397 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2398 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2399 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2400 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2401 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2402 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2404 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2405 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2406 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2409 receive.fsck.skipList::
2410 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2411 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2412 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2413 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2414 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2415 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2417 receive.unpackLimit::
2418 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2419 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2420 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2421 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2422 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2423 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2424 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2425 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2427 receive.denyDeletes::
2428 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2429 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2431 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2432 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2433 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2435 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2436 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2437 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2438 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2439 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2440 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2441 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2442 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2444 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2445 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2446 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2447 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2448 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2449 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2451 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2452 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2453 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2455 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2456 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2457 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2458 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2459 set when initializing a shared repository.
2462 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2463 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2464 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2467 receive.updateServerInfo::
2468 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2469 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2471 receive.shallowUpdate::
2472 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2473 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2475 remote.pushDefault::
2476 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2477 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2478 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2481 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2482 linkgit:git-push[1].
2484 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2485 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2487 remote.<name>.proxy::
2488 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2489 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2490 disable proxying for that remote.
2492 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2493 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2494 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2495 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2497 remote.<name>.fetch::
2498 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2499 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2501 remote.<name>.push::
2502 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2503 linkgit:git-push[1].
2505 remote.<name>.mirror::
2506 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2507 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2509 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2510 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2511 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2512 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2514 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2515 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2516 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2517 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2519 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2520 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2521 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2523 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2524 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2525 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2527 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2528 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2529 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2530 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2531 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2532 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2533 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2536 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2537 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2539 remote.<name>.prune::
2540 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2541 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2542 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2543 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2546 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2547 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2549 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2550 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2551 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2552 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2553 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2554 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2555 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2557 repack.packKeptObjects::
2558 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2559 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2560 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2561 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2562 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2564 repack.writeBitmaps::
2565 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2566 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2567 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2568 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2569 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
2570 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
2574 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2575 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2576 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2579 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2580 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2581 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2582 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2583 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2586 sendemail.identity::
2587 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2588 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2589 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2590 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
2592 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
2593 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2594 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2596 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
2597 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
2599 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2600 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2601 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2603 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2604 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2605 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2606 identity is selected, through command-line or
2607 'sendemail.identity'.
2609 sendemail.aliasesFile::
2610 sendemail.aliasFileType::
2611 sendemail.annotate::
2615 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
2617 sendemail.envelopeSender::
2619 sendemail.multiEdit::
2620 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2621 sendemail.smtpPass::
2622 sendemail.suppresscc::
2623 sendemail.suppressFrom::
2625 sendemail.smtpDomain::
2626 sendemail.smtpServer::
2627 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
2628 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
2629 sendemail.smtpUser::
2631 sendemail.transferEncoding::
2632 sendemail.validate::
2634 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2636 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
2637 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
2639 showbranch.default::
2640 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2641 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2643 status.relativePaths::
2644 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2645 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2646 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2650 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2651 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2654 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2655 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2657 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2658 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2659 prefix before each output line (starting with
2660 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2661 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2664 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2665 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2666 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2667 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2668 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2669 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2670 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2671 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2674 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2675 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2676 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2679 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2680 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2681 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2683 status.submoduleSummary::
2685 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2686 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2687 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2688 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2689 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2690 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2691 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2692 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2693 submodule changes. To
2694 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2695 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2696 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2697 not honor these settings.
2700 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2701 option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
2702 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2705 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2706 option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
2707 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2709 submodule.<name>.path::
2710 submodule.<name>.url::
2711 The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
2712 variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
2713 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
2716 submodule.<name>.update::
2717 The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
2718 is populated by `git submodule init` from the
2719 linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
2720 command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
2722 submodule.<name>.branch::
2723 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2724 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2725 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2726 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2728 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2729 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2730 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2731 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2732 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2735 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2736 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2737 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2738 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2739 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2740 to the submodules work tree and
2741 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2742 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2743 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2744 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2745 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2746 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2747 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2748 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2749 affected by this setting.
2752 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2753 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2754 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2757 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2758 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2759 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2760 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2761 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2763 transfer.fsckObjects::
2764 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2765 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2769 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
2770 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
2771 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
2772 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
2773 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
2774 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
2775 program-specific versions of this config.
2777 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
2778 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
2779 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
2780 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
2782 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
2783 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
2784 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
2785 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
2786 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
2787 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
2788 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
2789 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
2791 transfer.unpackLimit::
2792 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2793 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2794 The default value is 100.
2796 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2797 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2798 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2799 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2800 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2803 uploadpack.hideRefs::
2804 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2805 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
2806 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
2807 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
2809 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
2810 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2811 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2812 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2813 see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`.
2815 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
2816 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
2817 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
2818 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
2819 Defaults to `false`.
2821 uploadpack.keepAlive::
2822 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2823 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2824 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2825 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2826 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2827 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2828 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2829 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2830 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2832 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2833 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2834 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2835 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2836 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2837 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2838 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2839 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2840 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2841 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2843 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2844 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2845 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2846 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2847 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2848 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2849 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2850 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2851 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2852 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2853 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2854 setting for that remote.
2857 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2858 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
2859 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2862 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2863 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
2864 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2866 user.useConfigOnly::
2867 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for 'user.email'
2868 and 'user.name', and instead retrieve the values only from the
2869 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
2870 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
2871 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
2872 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
2873 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
2874 Defaults to `false`.
2877 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2878 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2879 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2880 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2881 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2883 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
2884 When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
2885 tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
2886 "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
2887 "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
2889 This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
2890 order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
2891 (e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
2892 is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
2893 suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
2896 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2897 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]