4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
6 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
7 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
8 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
9 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
10 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
12 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
13 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
14 blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
15 brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
16 as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
17 sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
18 is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
19 enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
26 ; Don't trust file modes
31 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
37 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
38 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
39 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
40 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
43 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
44 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
45 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
48 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
49 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
50 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
51 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
52 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
53 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
56 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
57 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
61 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
62 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
63 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
64 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
67 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
68 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
69 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
70 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
71 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
73 core.logAllRefUpdates::
74 If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to
75 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time
76 of the update. If the file does not exist it will be
77 created automatically. This information can be used to
78 determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
79 This value is false by default (no logging).
81 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
82 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
85 core.sharedRepository::
86 If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
87 in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
88 See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
90 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
91 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
92 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
95 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
96 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
97 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
101 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
102 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
103 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
104 count as direct access).
107 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
108 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
109 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
110 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
111 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
112 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
113 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
116 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
117 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
120 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
121 use (default is true).
124 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
125 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
126 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
129 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
130 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
131 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
132 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
133 lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
134 configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
135 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
136 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
140 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
141 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
144 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
145 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
146 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
149 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
150 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
153 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
154 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
157 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
158 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
161 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
162 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
166 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
167 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
171 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
172 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
176 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
177 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
178 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
181 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
182 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
183 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
186 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
187 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
189 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
190 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
191 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
192 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
193 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
195 i18n.commitEncoding::
196 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
197 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
198 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
199 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
200 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
203 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
204 merge commit messages. False by default.
207 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
208 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
211 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
215 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
218 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
219 for gitlink:git-show[1].
222 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
223 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
226 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
227 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
228 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
229 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
230 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
231 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
232 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
233 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
234 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
237 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
238 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
239 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
242 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
243 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
244 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
246 whatchanged.difftree::
247 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
248 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
251 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
252 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].