4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The files `.git/config` and optionally
6 `config.worktree` (see the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of
7 linkgit:git-worktree[1]) in each repository are used to store the
8 configuration for that repository, and `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to
9 store a per-user configuration as fallback values for the `.git/config`
10 file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` can be used to store a system-wide
11 default configuration.
13 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
14 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
15 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
16 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
17 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
18 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
19 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
25 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
26 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
27 blank lines are ignored.
29 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
30 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
31 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
32 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
33 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
34 header before the first setting of a variable.
36 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
37 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
38 in the section header, like in the example below:
41 [section "subsection"]
45 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
46 newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
47 by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
48 other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
49 `t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
50 Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
51 can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
54 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
55 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
56 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
57 restrictions as section names.
59 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
60 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
61 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
62 the variable is the boolean "true").
63 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
64 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
66 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
67 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
68 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
69 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
70 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
71 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
74 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
75 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
77 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
78 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
79 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
80 escape sequences) are invalid.
86 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
87 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
88 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
89 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
92 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
93 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
94 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
95 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
97 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
98 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
99 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
100 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
101 was found. See below for examples.
106 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
107 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
110 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
111 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
116 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
117 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
118 pattern, the include condition is met.
120 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
121 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
122 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
123 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
126 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
127 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
128 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
130 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
131 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
133 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
134 containing the current config file.
136 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
137 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
138 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
140 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
141 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
142 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
145 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
146 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file systems)
149 The data that follows the keyword `onbranch:` is taken to be a
150 pattern with standard globbing wildcards and two additional
151 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components.
152 If we are in a worktree where the name of the branch that is
153 currently checked out matches the pattern, the include condition
156 If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
157 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it matches
158 all branches that begin with `foo/`. This is useful if your branches are
159 organized hierarchically and you would like to apply a configuration to
160 all the branches in that hierarchy.
162 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
164 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
166 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
167 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
168 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
171 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
172 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
173 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
174 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
176 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
177 unlikely what you want.
185 ; Don't trust file modes
190 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
195 merge = refs/heads/devel
199 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
200 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
203 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
204 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
205 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
207 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
208 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
209 path = /path/to/foo.inc
211 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
212 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
213 path = /path/to/foo.inc
215 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
216 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
217 path = /path/to/foo.inc
219 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
220 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
221 ; affected by the condition
222 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
225 ; include only if we are in a worktree where foo-branch is
226 ; currently checked out
227 [includeIf "onbranch:foo-branch"]
234 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
235 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
236 as to how to spell them.
240 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
241 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
244 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
245 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
248 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
249 `0` and the empty string.
251 When converting a value to its canonical form using the `--type=bool` type
252 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
253 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
256 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
257 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
258 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
261 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
262 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
263 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
265 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
266 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
267 foreground; the second is the background. All the basic colors except
268 `normal` have a bright variant that can be speficied by prefixing the
269 color with `bright`, like `brightred`.
271 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
272 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
273 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
276 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
277 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
278 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
279 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
280 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
283 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
284 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
286 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
287 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
288 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
289 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
290 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
291 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
292 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
293 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
296 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
297 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
298 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
299 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
300 specified user's home directory.
306 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
307 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
308 in the appropriate manual page.
310 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
311 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
312 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
313 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
315 include::config/advice.txt[]
317 include::config/core.txt[]
319 include::config/add.txt[]
321 include::config/alias.txt[]
323 include::config/am.txt[]
325 include::config/apply.txt[]
327 include::config/blame.txt[]
329 include::config/branch.txt[]
331 include::config/browser.txt[]
333 include::config/checkout.txt[]
335 include::config/clean.txt[]
337 include::config/color.txt[]
339 include::config/column.txt[]
341 include::config/commit.txt[]
343 include::config/credential.txt[]
345 include::config/completion.txt[]
347 include::config/diff.txt[]
349 include::config/difftool.txt[]
351 include::config/extensions.txt[]
353 include::config/fastimport.txt[]
355 include::config/feature.txt[]
357 include::config/fetch.txt[]
359 include::config/format.txt[]
361 include::config/filter.txt[]
363 include::config/fsck.txt[]
365 include::config/gc.txt[]
367 include::config/gitcvs.txt[]
369 include::config/gitweb.txt[]
371 include::config/grep.txt[]
373 include::config/gpg.txt[]
375 include::config/gui.txt[]
377 include::config/guitool.txt[]
379 include::config/help.txt[]
381 include::config/http.txt[]
383 include::config/i18n.txt[]
385 include::config/imap.txt[]
387 include::config/index.txt[]
389 include::config/init.txt[]
391 include::config/instaweb.txt[]
393 include::config/interactive.txt[]
395 include::config/log.txt[]
397 include::config/mailinfo.txt[]
399 include::config/mailmap.txt[]
401 include::config/man.txt[]
403 include::config/merge.txt[]
405 include::config/mergetool.txt[]
407 include::config/notes.txt[]
409 include::config/pack.txt[]
411 include::config/pager.txt[]
413 include::config/pretty.txt[]
415 include::config/protocol.txt[]
417 include::config/pull.txt[]
419 include::config/push.txt[]
421 include::config/rebase.txt[]
423 include::config/receive.txt[]
425 include::config/remote.txt[]
427 include::config/remotes.txt[]
429 include::config/repack.txt[]
431 include::config/rerere.txt[]
433 include::config/reset.txt[]
435 include::config/sendemail.txt[]
437 include::config/sequencer.txt[]
439 include::config/showbranch.txt[]
441 include::config/splitindex.txt[]
443 include::config/ssh.txt[]
445 include::config/status.txt[]
447 include::config/stash.txt[]
449 include::config/submodule.txt[]
451 include::config/tag.txt[]
453 include::config/tar.txt[]
455 include::config/trace2.txt[]
457 include::config/transfer.txt[]
459 include::config/uploadarchive.txt[]
461 include::config/uploadpack.txt[]
463 include::config/url.txt[]
465 include::config/user.txt[]
467 include::config/versionsort.txt[]
469 include::config/web.txt[]
471 include::config/worktree.txt[]