4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
6 is used to store the information for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
8 fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store system-wide defaults.
11 They can be used by both the git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
13 in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
16 characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
21 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
22 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
23 blank lines are ignored.
25 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
26 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
27 section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
28 characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable
29 must belong to some section, which means that there must be section
30 header before first setting of a variable.
32 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
33 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
34 in the section header, like in example below:
37 [section "subsection"]
41 Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote
42 '`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`',
43 respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple
44 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
45 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
48 There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
49 In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
52 All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
53 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
54 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
55 The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
56 characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value
57 for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
59 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
60 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
62 The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
63 a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
64 0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
65 converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
66 `git-config` will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
68 String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
69 You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to
70 preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains
71 beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';').
72 Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must
73 be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'.
75 The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized:
76 '`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
77 and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
78 char sequences are valid.
80 Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
81 customary UNIX fashion.
83 Some variables may require special value format.
90 ; Don't trust file modes
95 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
100 merge = refs/heads/devel
104 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
105 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
110 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
111 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
112 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
113 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
116 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
117 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
118 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
121 The commands that output paths (e.g. `ls-files`,
122 `diff`), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
123 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
124 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
125 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
126 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
127 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
128 quote, backslash and control characters are always
129 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
133 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
134 `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
135 writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
136 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
137 reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
138 `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider
139 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
140 decided purely based on the contents.
143 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
144 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
145 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
146 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
147 symbolic links. True by default.
150 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
151 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
152 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
153 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
154 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
155 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
156 the first match wins.
158 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
159 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
163 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
164 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
165 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
166 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
169 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
170 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
171 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
172 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
173 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
176 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
177 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
178 number of commands that require a working directory will be
179 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
181 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
182 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
183 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
184 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
188 Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
189 used in combination with repositories found automatically in
190 a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
191 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
192 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
194 core.logAllRefUpdates::
195 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
196 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
197 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
198 only when the file exists. If this configuration
199 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
200 file is automatically created for branch heads.
202 This information can be used to determine what commit
203 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
205 This value is true by default in a repository that has
206 a working directory associated with it, and false by
207 default in a bare repository.
209 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
210 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
213 core.sharedRepository::
214 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
215 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
216 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
217 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
218 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
219 reported by umask(2). See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
221 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
222 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
223 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
226 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
227 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
228 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
229 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
230 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
232 core.loosecompression::
233 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
234 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
235 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
236 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
237 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
239 core.packedGitWindowSize::
240 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
241 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
242 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
243 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
244 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
245 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
246 a large number of large pack files.
248 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
249 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
250 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
251 not need to adjust this value.
253 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
255 core.packedGitLimit::
256 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
257 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
258 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
259 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
261 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
262 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
263 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
265 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
267 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
268 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
269 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
270 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
271 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
272 objects multiple times.
274 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
275 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
276 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
278 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
281 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
282 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
283 of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
284 linkgit:gitignore[5].
287 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
288 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
289 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
290 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
291 `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
292 `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
295 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden
296 with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
299 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
300 notice. `git diff` will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
301 highlight them, and `git apply --whitespace=error` will
302 consider them as errors:
304 * `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
305 as an error (enabled by default).
306 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
307 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
308 error (enabled by default).
309 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
310 space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
313 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
314 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
315 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
316 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
317 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
318 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
319 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
321 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
322 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
323 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
324 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
325 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
328 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
329 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
331 branch.autosetupmerge::
332 Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
333 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
334 remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
335 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
336 and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to false.
338 branch.<name>.remote::
339 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
340 If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
342 branch.<name>.merge::
343 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default
344 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
345 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
346 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
347 "branch.<name>.remote".
348 The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
349 `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
350 this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
351 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
352 If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from
353 another branch in the local repository, you can point
354 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
355 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
357 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
358 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
359 supported options are equal to that of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
360 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
363 branch.<name>.rebase::
364 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
365 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote.
366 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
367 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
370 browser.<tool>.path::
371 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
372 browse HTML help. See '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1].
375 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
376 or -n. Defaults to true.
379 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
380 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
381 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
382 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
384 color.branch.<slot>::
385 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
386 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
387 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
390 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
391 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
392 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
393 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
394 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
395 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
399 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch.
400 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
401 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
404 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
405 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
406 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
407 (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
408 `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting
409 whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as
410 in color.branch.<slot>.
413 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
414 and displays (such as those used by "git add --interactive").
415 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
416 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
418 color.interactive.<slot>::
419 Use customized color for `git add --interactive`
420 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, or `help`, for
421 three distinct types of normal output from interactive
422 programs. The values of these variables may be specified as
423 in color.branch.<slot>.
426 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
427 use (default is true).
430 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
431 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
432 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
433 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
435 color.status.<slot>::
436 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
437 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
438 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
439 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
440 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
441 these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
444 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
446 diff.autorefreshindex::
447 When using `git diff` to compare with work tree
448 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
449 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
450 update the cached stat information for paths whose
451 contents in the work tree match the contents in the
452 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
453 affects only `git diff` Porcelain, and not lower level
454 `diff` commands, such as `git diff-files`.
457 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
458 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the
459 given command. Note: if you want to use an external diff
460 program only on a subset of your files, you might want to
461 use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
464 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
465 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
468 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
469 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
470 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
473 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
474 transfer is below this
475 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
476 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
477 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
478 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
479 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
480 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
481 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
484 A boolean which can enable sequence numbers in patch subjects.
485 Setting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is
486 more than one patch. See --numbered option in
487 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
490 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
491 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
494 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
495 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
496 include the dot if you want it).
498 gc.aggressiveWindow::
499 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
500 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
504 When there are approximately more than this many loose
505 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
506 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
507 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
508 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
511 When there are more than this many packs that are not
512 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
513 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
514 default value is 20. Setting this to 0 disables it.
517 `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
518 default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
519 from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git
520 gc` to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
521 `git gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
522 `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
523 support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
524 at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
525 prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
528 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
529 this time; defaults to 90 days.
531 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
532 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
533 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
537 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
538 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
539 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
541 gc.rerereunresolved::
542 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
543 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
544 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
547 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
548 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
549 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
550 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
551 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
554 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
555 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
558 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
559 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
562 If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This
563 causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses
564 any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the
565 fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'.
568 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
569 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
570 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
571 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
572 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
573 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
576 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
577 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
578 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
579 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
580 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
581 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
583 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
584 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
585 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
586 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
587 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
589 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be
590 specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
591 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
595 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
596 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
599 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
600 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
601 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
604 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
605 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
606 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
609 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
610 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
614 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
615 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
619 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
620 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
624 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
625 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
626 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
629 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
630 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
631 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
634 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
635 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
637 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
638 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
639 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
640 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
641 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
644 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
645 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
646 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
647 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
649 i18n.commitEncoding::
650 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
651 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
652 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
653 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
654 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
656 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
657 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
658 running `git-log` and friends.
661 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
662 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
665 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
666 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
669 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
670 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
672 instaweb.modulepath::
673 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
676 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
677 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
680 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
681 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
682 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
683 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
686 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
687 merge commit messages. False by default.
690 Controls which merge resolution program is used by
691 linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
692 "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff".
695 Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
696 strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
697 message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
698 conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
699 above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
700 Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
702 merge.<driver>.name::
703 Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
704 merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
706 merge.<driver>.driver::
707 Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
708 merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
710 merge.<driver>.recursive::
711 Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
712 performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
713 See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
715 mergetool.<tool>.path::
716 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
717 your tool is not in the PATH.
720 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
721 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
724 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
725 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
728 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
729 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
730 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
734 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
735 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
736 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
737 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
738 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
739 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
742 pack.deltaCacheSize::
743 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
744 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
745 A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
747 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
748 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
749 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
752 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
753 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
754 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
755 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
756 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
757 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
760 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
761 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
762 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
763 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
764 packs. Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored
765 whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise
769 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
773 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
776 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
779 remote.<name>.proxy::
780 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
781 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
782 disable proxying for that remote.
784 remote.<name>.fetch::
785 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
786 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
789 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
792 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
793 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
794 using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1].
796 remote.<name>.receivepack::
797 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
798 option \--exec of linkgit:git-push[1].
800 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
801 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
802 option \--exec of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
804 remote.<name>.tagopt::
805 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching
809 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
810 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
812 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
813 Allow linkgit:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
814 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
817 The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
818 for linkgit:git-show[1].
821 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
822 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
824 status.relativePaths::
825 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
826 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
827 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
831 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
832 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
833 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
834 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
835 linkgit:git-archive[1].
838 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
839 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
840 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
843 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
844 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
845 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
848 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
849 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
850 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
851 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
852 using any method that gpg supports.
854 whatchanged.difftree::
855 The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
856 for linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
859 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
860 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
862 receive.unpackLimit::
863 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
864 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
865 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
866 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
867 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
868 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
869 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
870 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
872 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
873 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
874 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
875 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
876 set when initializing a shared repository.
878 transfer.unpackLimit::
879 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
880 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
881 The default value is 100.
884 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
885 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]