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