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"
36 merge = refs/heads/devel
42 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
43 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
44 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
45 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
48 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
49 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
50 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
53 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
54 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
55 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
56 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
57 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
58 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
61 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
62 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
66 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
67 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
68 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
69 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
72 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
73 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
74 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
75 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
76 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
78 core.logAllRefUpdates::
79 Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
80 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
81 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
82 only when the file exists. If this configuration
83 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
84 file is automatically created for branch heads.
86 This information can be used to determine what commit
87 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
89 This value is true by default in a repository that has
90 a working directory associated with it, and false by
91 default in a bare repository.
93 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
94 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
97 core.sharedRepository::
98 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
99 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
100 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
101 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
102 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
103 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
105 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
106 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
107 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
110 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
111 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
112 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
116 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
117 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
118 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
119 count as direct access).
122 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
123 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
124 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
125 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
126 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
127 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
128 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
131 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
132 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
134 branch.<name>.remote::
135 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
136 If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
138 branch.<name>.merge::
139 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
140 be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
141 a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
142 given by "branch.<name>.remote".
143 The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
144 `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
145 this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
146 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
149 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
150 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
151 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
154 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
155 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
156 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
157 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
158 lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
159 configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
160 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
161 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
165 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
166 use (default is true).
169 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
170 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
171 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
172 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
174 color.status.<slot>::
175 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
176 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
177 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
178 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
179 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
180 these variables may be specified as in color.diff.<slot>.
183 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
184 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
187 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
188 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
189 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
192 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
193 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
196 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
197 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
198 The default is 60 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
200 gc.rerereunresolved::
201 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
202 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
203 The default is 15 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
206 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
207 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
210 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
211 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
214 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
215 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
219 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
220 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
224 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
225 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
229 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
230 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
231 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
234 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
235 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
236 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
239 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
240 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
242 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
243 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
244 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
245 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
246 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
249 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
250 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
251 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
252 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
254 i18n.commitEncoding::
255 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
256 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
257 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
258 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
259 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
262 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
263 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
264 Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which
265 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
268 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
269 merge commit messages. False by default.
272 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
273 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
276 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
280 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
283 The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
286 remote.<name>.fetch::
287 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
288 gitlink:git-fetch[1].
291 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
294 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
295 Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
296 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
299 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
300 for gitlink:git-show[1].
303 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
304 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
307 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
308 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
309 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
310 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
311 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
312 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
313 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
314 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
315 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
318 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
319 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
320 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
323 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
324 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
325 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
327 whatchanged.difftree::
328 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
329 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
332 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
333 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
335 receive.unpackLimit::
336 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
337 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
338 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
339 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
340 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
341 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
342 especially on slow filesystems.
344 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
345 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
346 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
347 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
348 set when initializing a shared repository.