6 git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config
12 'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
13 'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
14 'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
15 'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
16 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
17 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
21 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
22 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
25 If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
26 lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
27 existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
28 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
29 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
31 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
32 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
33 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
34 a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
35 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
37 This command will fail if
39 . .git/config is invalid,
40 . .git/config can not be written to,
41 . no section was provided,
42 . the section or key is invalid,
43 . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
44 . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match.
51 Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
52 all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex)
55 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
59 Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
63 Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
66 Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
72 Given a .git/config like this:
75 # This is the config file, and
76 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
82 ; Don't trust file modes
87 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
92 gitproxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
93 gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
94 gitproxy="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
95 gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
97 you can set the filemode to true with
100 % git repo-config core.filemode true
103 The hypothetic proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
104 to what URL they apply. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
108 % git repo-config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
111 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
113 To delete the entry for renames, do
116 % git repo-config --unset diff.renames
119 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above),
120 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
122 To query the value for a given key, do
125 % git repo-config --get core.filemode
131 % git repo-config core.filemode
134 or, to query a multivar:
137 % git repo-config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$"
140 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
143 % git repo-config --get-all core.gitproxy
146 If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
150 % git repo-config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh
153 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
154 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
157 % git repo-config core.gitproxy ssh '! for '
160 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
163 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
167 include::config.txt[]
172 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
176 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
180 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite