6 git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options.
12 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] name [value [value_regex]]
13 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
14 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get name [value_regex]
15 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
16 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --unset name [value_regex]
17 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
18 'git-repo-config' [--global] -l | --list
22 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
23 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
26 If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
27 lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
28 existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
29 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
30 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
32 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
33 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
34 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
35 a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
36 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
38 This command will fail if:
40 . The .git/config file is invalid,
41 . Can not write to .git/config,
42 . no section was provided,
43 . the section or key is invalid,
44 . you try to unset an option which does not exist,
45 . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
46 . you use --global option without $HOME being properly set.
53 Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
54 all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
57 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
58 matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
59 found and error code 2 if multiple key values were found.
62 Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
66 Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
69 Use global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config.
72 Remove the line matching the key from config file.
75 Remove all matching lines from config file.
78 List all variables set in config file.
81 git-repo-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
84 git-repo-config will ensure that the output is a simple decimal number
91 Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
92 Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig.
95 Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global
96 configuration files, this will cause it to take the configuration
97 from the global configuration file in addition to the given file.
103 Given a .git/config like this:
106 # This is the config file, and
107 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
113 ; Don't trust file modes
118 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
123 gitproxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
124 gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
125 gitproxy="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
126 gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
128 you can set the filemode to true with
131 % git repo-config core.filemode true
134 The hypothetical proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
135 what URL they apply to. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
139 % git repo-config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
142 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
144 To delete the entry for renames, do
147 % git repo-config --unset diff.renames
150 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above),
151 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
153 To query the value for a given key, do
156 % git repo-config --get core.filemode
162 % git repo-config core.filemode
165 or, to query a multivar:
168 % git repo-config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$"
171 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
174 % git repo-config --get-all core.gitproxy
177 If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
181 % git repo-config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh
184 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
185 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
188 % git repo-config core.gitproxy ssh '! for '
191 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
194 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
198 include::config.txt[]
203 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
207 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
211 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite