6 git-config - Get and set repository or global options
12 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] <name> [<value> [<value-pattern>]]
13 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add <name> <value>
14 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--fixed-value] --replace-all <name> <value> [<value-pattern>]
15 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get <name> [<value-pattern>]
16 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] --get-all <name> [<value-pattern>]
17 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--fixed-value] [--name-only] --get-regexp <name-regex> [<value-pattern>]
18 'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch <name> <URL>
19 'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset <name> [<value-pattern>]
20 'git config' [<file-option>] [--fixed-value] --unset-all <name> [<value-pattern>]
21 'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section <old-name> <new-name>
22 'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section <name>
23 'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [--show-scope] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list
24 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color <name> [<default>]
25 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]
26 'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
30 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
31 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
34 Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the `--add` option.
35 If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple
36 lines, a `value-pattern` (which is an extended regular expression,
37 unless the `--fixed-value` option is given) needs to be given. Only the
38 existing values that match the pattern are updated or unset. If
39 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the pattern, just
40 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>),
41 but note that this only works when the `--fixed-value` option is not
44 The `--type=<type>` option instructs 'git config' to ensure that incoming and
45 outgoing values are canonicalize-able under the given <type>. If no
46 `--type=<type>` is given, no canonicalization will be performed. Callers may
47 unset an existing `--type` specifier with `--no-type`.
49 When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
50 repository local configuration files by default, and options
51 `--system`, `--global`, `--local`, `--worktree` and
52 `--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to read from only
53 that location (see <<FILES>>).
55 When writing, the new value is written to the repository local
56 configuration file by default, and options `--system`, `--global`,
57 `--worktree`, `--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to
58 write to that location (you can say `--local` but that is the
61 This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit
64 - The section or key is invalid (ret=1),
65 - no section or name was provided (ret=2),
66 - the config file is invalid (ret=3),
67 - the config file cannot be written (ret=4),
68 - you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
69 - you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or
70 - you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6).
72 On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
74 A list of all available configuration variables can be obtained using the
75 `git help --config` command.
82 Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
83 all lines matching the key (and optionally the `value-pattern`).
86 Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
87 values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the `value-pattern`
91 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
92 matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
93 found and the last value if multiple key values were found.
96 Like get, but returns all values for a multi-valued key.
99 Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
100 writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently
101 case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key
102 in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
105 --get-urlmatch <name> <URL>::
106 When given a two-part name section.key, the value for
107 section.<URL>.key whose <URL> part matches the best to the
108 given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for
109 section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the
110 section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and
111 list them. Returns error code 1 if no value is found.
114 For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file
115 rather than the repository `.git/config`, write to
116 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` file if this file exists and the
117 `~/.gitconfig` file doesn't.
119 For reading options: read only from global `~/.gitconfig` and from
120 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` rather than from all available files.
125 For writing options: write to system-wide
126 `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than the repository
129 For reading options: read only from system-wide `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig`
130 rather than from all available files.
135 For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file.
136 This is the default behavior.
138 For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than
139 from all available files.
144 Similar to `--local` except that `.git/config.worktree` is
145 read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is
146 present. If not it's the same as `--local`.
149 --file <config-file>::
150 For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the
151 repository `.git/config`.
153 For reading options: read only from the specified file rather than from all
159 Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g.
160 you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file
161 '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
162 section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for a more complete list of
163 ways to spell blob names.
166 Remove the given section from the configuration file.
169 Rename the given section to a new name.
172 Remove the line matching the key from config file.
175 Remove all lines matching the key from config file.
179 List all variables set in config file, along with their values.
182 When used with the `value-pattern` argument, treat `value-pattern` as
183 an exact string instead of a regular expression. This will restrict
184 the name/value pairs that are matched to only those where the value
185 is exactly equal to the `value-pattern`.
188 'git config' will ensure that any input or output is valid under the given
189 type constraint(s), and will canonicalize outgoing values in `<type>`'s
192 Valid `<type>`'s include:
194 - 'bool': canonicalize values as either "true" or "false".
195 - 'int': canonicalize values as simple decimal numbers. An optional suffix of
196 'k', 'm', or 'g' will cause the value to be multiplied by 1024, 1048576, or
197 1073741824 upon input.
198 - 'bool-or-int': canonicalize according to either 'bool' or 'int', as described
200 - 'path': canonicalize by adding a leading `~` to the value of `$HOME` and
201 `~user` to the home directory for the specified user. This specifier has no
202 effect when setting the value (but you can use `git config section.variable
203 ~/` from the command line to let your shell do the expansion.)
204 - 'expiry-date': canonicalize by converting from a fixed or relative date-string
205 to a timestamp. This specifier has no effect when setting the value.
206 - 'color': When getting a value, canonicalize by converting to an ANSI color
207 escape sequence. When setting a value, a sanity-check is performed to ensure
208 that the given value is canonicalize-able as an ANSI color, but it is written
217 Historical options for selecting a type specifier. Prefer instead `--type`
221 Un-sets the previously set type specifier (if one was previously set). This
222 option requests that 'git config' not canonicalize the retrieved variable.
223 `--no-type` has no effect without `--type=<type>` or `--<type>`.
227 For all options that output values and/or keys, always
228 end values with the null character (instead of a
229 newline). Use newline instead as a delimiter between
230 key and value. This allows for secure parsing of the
231 output without getting confused e.g. by values that
235 Output only the names of config variables for `--list` or
239 Augment the output of all queried config options with the
240 origin type (file, standard input, blob, command line) and
241 the actual origin (config file path, ref, or blob id if
245 Similar to `--show-origin` in that it augments the output of
246 all queried config options with the scope of that value
247 (local, global, system, command).
249 --get-colorbool <name> [<stdout-is-tty>]::
251 Find the color setting for `<name>` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
252 "true" or "false". `<stdout-is-tty>` should be either "true" or
253 "false", and is taken into account when configuration says
254 "auto". If `<stdout-is-tty>` is missing, then checks the standard
255 output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color
256 is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise.
257 When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
258 `color.ui` as fallback.
260 --get-color <name> [<default>]::
262 Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
263 output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
264 output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
265 there is no color configured for `name`.
267 `--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
268 (but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
273 Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
274 `--system`, `--global`, or repository (default).
277 Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up
278 values. Defaults to `off` when a specific file is given (e.g.,
279 using `--file`, `--global`, etc) and `on` when searching all
283 When using `--get`, and the requested variable is not found, behave as if
284 <value> were the value assigned to the that variable.
288 `pager.config` is only respected when listing configuration, i.e., when
289 using `--list` or any of the `--get-*` which may return multiple results.
290 The default is to use a pager.
296 If not set explicitly with `--file`, there are four files where
297 'git config' will search for configuration options:
299 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
300 System-wide configuration file.
302 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
303 Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
304 or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/config` will be used. Any single-valued
305 variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
306 `~/.gitconfig`. It is a good idea not to create this file if
307 you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this
308 file was added fairly recently.
311 User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
315 Repository specific configuration file.
317 $GIT_DIR/config.worktree::
318 This is optional and is only searched when
319 `extensions.worktreeConfig` is present in $GIT_DIR/config.
321 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
322 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
323 file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
324 file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero
325 error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
327 The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking
328 precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all
329 values of a key from all files will be used.
331 You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git
332 command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
334 All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
335 configuration file. Note that this also affects options like `--replace-all`
336 and `--unset`. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
338 You can override these rules using the `--global`, `--system`,
339 `--local`, `--worktree`, and `--file` command-line options; see
348 Take the configuration from the given files instead from global or
349 system-level configuration. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
351 GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM::
352 Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
353 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig file. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
359 GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_<n>::
360 If GIT_CONFIG_COUNT is set to a positive number, all environment pairs
361 GIT_CONFIG_KEY_<n> and GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_<n> up to that number will be
362 added to the process's runtime configuration. The config pairs are
363 zero-indexed. Any missing key or value is treated as an error. An empty
364 GIT_CONFIG_COUNT is treated the same as GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=0, namely no
365 pairs are processed. These environment variables will override values
366 in configuration files, but will be overridden by any explicit options
369 This is useful for cases where you want to spawn multiple git commands
370 with a common configuration but cannot depend on a configuration file,
371 for example when writing scripts.
374 If no `--file` option is provided to `git config`, use the file
375 given by `GIT_CONFIG` as if it were provided via `--file`. This
376 variable has no effect on other Git commands, and is mostly for
377 historical compatibility; there is generally no reason to use it
378 instead of the `--file` option.
384 Given a .git/config like this:
388 # This is the config file, and
389 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
395 ; Don't trust file modes
400 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
405 gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
406 gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
411 [http "https://weak.example.com"]
413 cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
416 you can set the filemode to true with
419 % git config core.filemode true
422 The hypothetical proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
423 what URL they apply to. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
427 % git config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
430 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
432 To delete the entry for renames, do
435 % git config --unset diff.renames
438 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above),
439 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
441 To query the value for a given key, do
444 % git config --get core.filemode
450 % git config core.filemode
453 or, to query a multivar:
456 % git config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$"
459 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
462 % git config --get-all core.gitproxy
465 If you like to live dangerously, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
469 % git config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh
472 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
473 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
476 % git config core.gitproxy ssh '! for '
479 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
482 % git config section.key value '[!]'
485 To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
488 % git config --add core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
491 An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
496 WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
497 RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
498 echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
501 For URLs in `https://weak.example.com`, `http.sslVerify` is set to
502 false, while it is set to `true` for all others:
505 % git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://good.example.com
507 % git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://weak.example.com
509 % git config --get-urlmatch http https://weak.example.com
510 http.cookieFile /tmp/cookie.txt
514 include::config.txt[]
518 When using the deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax, changing a value
519 will result in adding a multi-line key instead of a change, if the subsection
520 is given with at least one uppercase character. For example when the config
528 and running `git config section.Subsection.key value2` will result in
539 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite