4 The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of 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 a section
30 header before the 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 the example below:
37 [section "subsection"]
41 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
42 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
43 respectively). Section headers 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 a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
49 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
50 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
51 restrictions as section names.
53 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
54 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
55 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
56 is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
57 The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
58 characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
59 for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
61 Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
62 Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
64 The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
65 a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
66 1/0, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
67 converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
68 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
70 String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
71 You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
72 preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains
73 comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';').
74 Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must
75 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). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
80 char sequences are valid.
82 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
83 customary UNIX fashion.
85 Some variables may require a special value format.
90 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
91 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
92 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
93 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
94 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
95 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
96 found. See below for examples.
103 ; Don't trust file modes
108 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
113 merge = refs/heads/devel
117 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
118 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
121 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
122 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
127 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
128 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
129 in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
130 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
133 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
134 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
135 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
139 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
140 non-fast-forward refs.
142 Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
143 output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
144 when writing commit messages.
146 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
147 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
149 Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
150 prevent the operation from being performed.
152 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
153 your information is guessed from the system username and
156 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
157 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
158 a local branch after the fact.
162 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
163 the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
164 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
166 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
167 will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the
168 repository is created.
170 core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks::
171 This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false,
172 the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful
173 if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in
174 one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API
175 whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to
176 handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than
177 normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default, unless core.filemode
178 is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's
179 POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode.
182 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
183 git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
184 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
185 "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume
186 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
189 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
190 will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository
194 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
195 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
196 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
197 crawlers and some backup systems).
198 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
201 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
202 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
203 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
204 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
205 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
206 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
207 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
208 quote, backslash and control characters are always
209 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
213 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
214 files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are
215 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native
216 line ending. The default value is `native`. See
217 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
221 If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
222 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
223 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
224 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
225 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
226 this is not the case for the current setting of
227 `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can
228 be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an
229 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
231 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
232 When it is enabled, git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
233 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
234 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
235 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
236 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
237 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
238 conversion can corrupt data.
240 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
241 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
242 after committing you still have the original file in your work
243 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
244 git that this file is binary and git will handle the file
247 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
248 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
249 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
250 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
251 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
252 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
254 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
255 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
256 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
257 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
258 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
259 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
260 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
261 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
262 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
266 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
267 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
268 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
269 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
270 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
271 working directory even though the repository does not have
272 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
273 in which case no output conversion is performed.
276 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
277 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
278 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
279 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
282 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
283 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
287 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
288 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
289 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
290 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
291 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
292 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
293 the first match wins.
295 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
296 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
299 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
300 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
301 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
302 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
305 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index
306 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the
307 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the
308 working tree, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not
309 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems
310 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows.
311 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
314 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
315 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
316 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
317 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
318 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
321 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
322 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
323 number of commands that require a working directory will be
324 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
326 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
327 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
328 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
329 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
333 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
334 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
335 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
336 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
337 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
338 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
339 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
340 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
341 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
342 of your working tree.
344 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
345 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
346 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
347 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
348 misconfiguration. Running git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
349 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
350 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
351 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
352 repository's usual working tree).
354 core.logAllRefUpdates::
355 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
356 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
357 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
358 only when the file exists. If this configuration
359 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
360 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
361 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
362 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
364 This information can be used to determine what commit
365 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
367 This value is true by default in a repository that has
368 a working directory associated with it, and false by
369 default in a bare repository.
371 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
372 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
375 core.sharedRepository::
376 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
377 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
378 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
379 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
380 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
381 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
382 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
383 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
384 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
385 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
386 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
387 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
388 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
390 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
391 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
392 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
395 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
396 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
397 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
398 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
399 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'.
401 core.loosecompression::
402 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
403 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
404 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
405 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
406 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
408 core.packedGitWindowSize::
409 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
410 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
411 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
412 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
413 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
414 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
415 a large number of large pack files.
417 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
418 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
419 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
420 not need to adjust this value.
422 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
424 core.packedGitLimit::
425 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
426 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
427 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
428 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
430 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
431 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
432 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
434 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
436 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
437 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
438 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
439 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
440 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
441 objects multiple times.
443 Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
444 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
445 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
447 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
449 core.bigFileThreshold::
450 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
451 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
452 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
453 slight expense of increased disk usage.
455 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
456 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
457 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
459 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
462 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
463 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
464 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded
465 to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
466 home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
469 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
470 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
471 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
472 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
473 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
474 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
475 command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
477 core.attributesfile::
478 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
479 '.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
480 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
481 way as for `core.excludesfile`.
484 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
485 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
486 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
487 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
490 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase insn file.
491 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
492 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
493 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
496 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
497 be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment
498 variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment
499 variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the
500 pager. One can change these settings by setting the
501 `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
502 these settings can be overridden on a project or
503 global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
504 Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
505 environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
506 to override git's default settings this way, you need
507 to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
508 in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
509 to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
510 shell by git, which will translate the final command to
511 `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
514 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
515 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
516 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
517 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
518 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
520 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
521 as an error (enabled by default).
522 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
523 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
524 error (enabled by default).
525 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
526 space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
527 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
528 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
529 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
530 (enabled by default).
531 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
533 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
534 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
535 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
536 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
537 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
538 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when git fixes `tab-in-indent`
539 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
541 core.fsyncobjectfiles::
542 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
544 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
545 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
546 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
547 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
550 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
552 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
553 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
554 relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the
555 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
559 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
560 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
561 will not overwrite existing objects.
563 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
564 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
565 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
568 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
569 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
570 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
571 notes should be printed.
573 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
574 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
576 core.sparseCheckout::
577 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
578 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
581 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
582 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
583 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
588 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
589 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
590 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of git accept only
591 `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
592 convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of git
593 honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
596 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
597 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
598 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
599 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
600 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
601 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
602 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
604 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
605 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
606 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
607 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
608 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
609 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
610 not necessarily be the current directory.
611 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
612 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
615 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
616 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
617 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
618 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
619 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
621 apply.ignorewhitespace::
622 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
623 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
625 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
626 respect all whitespace differences.
627 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
630 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
631 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
633 branch.autosetupmerge::
634 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
635 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
636 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
637 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
638 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
639 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
640 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
641 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
642 local branch or remote-tracking
643 branch. This option defaults to true.
645 branch.autosetuprebase::
646 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
647 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
648 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
649 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
650 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
651 other local branches.
652 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
653 remote-tracking branches.
654 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
656 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a
657 branch to track another branch.
658 This option defaults to never.
660 branch.<name>.remote::
661 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
662 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
663 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
665 branch.<name>.merge::
666 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
667 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
668 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
669 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
670 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
671 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
672 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
673 "branch.<name>.remote".
674 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
675 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
676 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
677 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
678 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
679 another branch in the local repository, you can point
680 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
681 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
683 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
684 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
685 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
686 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
689 branch.<name>.rebase::
690 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
691 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
692 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
693 branch-specific manner.
695 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
696 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
700 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
701 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
702 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
704 browser.<tool>.path::
705 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
706 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
707 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
710 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
711 or -n. Defaults to true.
714 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
715 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
716 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
717 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
719 color.branch.<slot>::
720 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
721 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
722 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
725 The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
726 two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
727 accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
728 `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
729 `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
730 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
734 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
735 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
736 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
737 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
738 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
741 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
742 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
743 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
746 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
747 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
748 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
749 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
750 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
751 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
752 specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
754 color.decorate.<slot>::
755 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
756 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
757 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
760 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
761 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
762 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
765 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
766 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
770 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
772 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
774 function name lines (when using `-p`)
776 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
780 non-matching text in selected lines
782 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
783 and between hunks (`--`)
786 The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
789 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
790 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive").
791 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use
792 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
794 color.interactive.<slot>::
795 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive'
796 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
797 four distinct types of normal output from interactive
798 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
799 in color.branch.<slot>.
802 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
803 use (default is true).
806 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
807 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
808 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
809 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
812 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
813 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
814 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
815 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
817 color.status.<slot>::
818 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
819 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
820 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
821 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
822 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git),
823 `branch` (the current branch), or
824 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
825 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
829 This variable determines the default value for variables such
830 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
831 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
832 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
833 to `always` if you want all output not intended for machine
834 consumption to use color, to `true` or `auto` if you want such
835 output to use color when written to the terminal, or to `false` or
836 `never` if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled
837 explicitly with some other configuration or the `--color` option.
840 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
841 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
846 always show in columns
848 never show in columns
850 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
852 fill columns before rows (default)
854 fill rows before columns
858 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
860 make equal size columns
863 This option defaults to 'never'.
866 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
867 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
868 message. Defaults to true.
871 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
872 "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
873 specified user's home directory.
876 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
877 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
878 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
879 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
881 credential.useHttpPath::
882 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
883 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
884 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
886 credential.username::
887 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
888 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
889 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
892 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
893 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
894 would set the default username only for https connections to
895 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
898 include::diff-config.txt[]
900 difftool.<tool>.path::
901 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
902 your tool is not in the PATH.
904 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
905 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
906 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
907 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
908 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
909 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
910 of the diff post-image.
913 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
916 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
917 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
918 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
919 characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
921 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
922 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
923 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
924 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
925 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
926 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
927 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
931 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
932 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
933 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
934 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
938 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
939 transfer is below this
940 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
941 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
942 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
943 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
944 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
945 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
946 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
949 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
950 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
951 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
952 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
953 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
956 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
957 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
958 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
959 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
960 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
963 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
964 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
968 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
969 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
970 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
972 format.subjectprefix::
973 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
974 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
977 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
978 the git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
979 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
980 signature generation.
983 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
984 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
985 include the dot if you want it).
988 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
989 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
990 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
993 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
994 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
995 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
996 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
997 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
998 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
999 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1000 value disables threading.
1003 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1004 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1005 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1006 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1007 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1009 filter.<driver>.clean::
1010 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1011 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1014 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1015 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1016 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1017 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1019 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1020 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1021 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1025 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1026 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1027 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1028 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1029 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1032 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1033 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1034 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1035 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1038 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1039 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1040 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1041 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1042 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1043 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1046 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1047 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1048 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1049 unreachable objects immediately.
1052 gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire::
1053 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1054 this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1055 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1056 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1058 gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
1059 gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable::
1060 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1061 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1062 defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1063 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1064 match the <pattern>.
1067 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1068 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1069 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1071 gc.rerereunresolved::
1072 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1073 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1074 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1076 gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
1077 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1078 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1081 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1082 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1085 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1086 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1088 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1089 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1090 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1091 the attributes force git to treat a file as text,
1092 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1093 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1094 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1095 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1096 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is
1097 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1100 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1101 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1102 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1103 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1104 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1105 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1106 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1107 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1110 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1111 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1112 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1113 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1114 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1115 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1118 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1119 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1120 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1121 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1122 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1123 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1125 gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
1126 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
1127 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1128 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
1129 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1131 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1132 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1133 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1134 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1135 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1136 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1138 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1139 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as
1140 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1141 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1145 gitweb.description::
1148 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1156 gitweb.remote_heads::
1159 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1162 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1164 grep.extendedRegexp::
1165 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default.
1168 Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
1169 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1170 same command line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1171 signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the
1172 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1173 code 0, and to generate an ascii-armored detached signature, the
1174 standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be
1175 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1178 gui.commitmsgwidth::
1179 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1180 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1183 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1184 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1187 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1188 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1189 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1190 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1191 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1194 gui.matchtrackingbranch::
1195 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1196 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1197 not. Default: "false".
1199 gui.newbranchtemplate::
1200 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1203 gui.pruneduringfetch::
1204 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1205 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1208 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1209 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1211 gui.spellingdictionary::
1212 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1213 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1217 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1218 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1219 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1221 gui.copyblamethreshold::
1222 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1223 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1224 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1226 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1227 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1228 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1229 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1230 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1232 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1233 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1234 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1235 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1236 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1237 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1238 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1239 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1241 guitool.<name>.needsfile::
1242 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1243 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1245 guitool.<name>.noconsole::
1246 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1249 guitool.<name>.norescan::
1250 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1253 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1254 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1256 guitool.<name>.argprompt::
1257 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1258 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1259 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1260 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1261 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1262 value of the variable is used.
1264 guitool.<name>.revprompt::
1265 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1266 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1267 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.
1269 guitool.<name>.revunmerged::
1270 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.
1271 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1272 for things like checkout or reset.
1274 guitool.<name>.title::
1275 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1278 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1279 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1280 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.
1281 The default value includes the actual command.
1284 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1285 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1288 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1289 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1290 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1293 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1294 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1295 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1296 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1297 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1298 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1299 This is the default.
1302 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
1303 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden
1304 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1307 File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
1308 in the git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1309 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1310 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
1311 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookiefile is only used as
1312 input. No cookies will be stored in the file.
1315 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1316 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1320 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1321 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1325 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1326 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1329 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1330 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1331 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1332 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1333 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1336 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1337 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1338 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1341 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1342 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1343 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1346 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1347 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1350 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1351 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1352 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1353 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1356 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1357 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1358 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1359 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1360 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1361 sufficient for most requests.
1363 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1364 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1365 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1366 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1367 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1370 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1371 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1372 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1373 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1376 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1377 value represents the version of the client git such as git/1.7.1.
1378 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1379 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1380 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1381 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1382 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1384 i18n.commitEncoding::
1385 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
1386 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1387 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1388 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1389 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1391 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1392 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1393 running 'git log' and friends.
1396 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1397 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1400 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1401 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1404 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1405 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1408 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1409 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1412 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1413 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1415 instaweb.modulepath::
1416 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1417 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1421 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1422 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1424 interactive.singlekey::
1425 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1426 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1427 Currently this is used by the `\--patch` mode of
1428 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1429 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1430 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1434 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1435 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `\--abbrev-commit`. You may
1436 override this option with `\--no-abbrev-commit`.
1439 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1440 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1441 `\--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
1442 `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
1446 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1447 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1448 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1449 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1450 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1453 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1454 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1455 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1456 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1459 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1460 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1461 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1462 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1463 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1464 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1467 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1468 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1471 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1472 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1473 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1476 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1477 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1479 include::merge-config.txt[]
1481 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1482 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1483 your tool is not in the PATH.
1485 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1486 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1487 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1488 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1489 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1490 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1491 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1492 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1493 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1494 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1496 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1497 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1498 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1499 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1500 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1501 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1502 indicate the success of the merge.
1504 mergetool.keepBackup::
1505 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1506 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1507 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1508 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1510 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1511 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary
1512 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1513 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1514 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1515 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1518 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1521 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
1522 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
1523 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
1524 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
1525 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
1526 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
1529 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
1530 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1533 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
1534 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
1537 notes.rewrite.<command>::
1538 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
1539 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
1540 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
1541 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
1542 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
1545 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
1546 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
1547 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
1548 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
1551 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
1552 environment variable.
1555 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
1556 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
1557 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
1558 You may also specify this configuration several times.
1560 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
1561 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
1562 rewriting for the default commit notes.
1564 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
1565 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1569 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1570 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
1573 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
1574 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
1577 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1578 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
1579 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no
1583 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
1584 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
1585 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
1586 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
1587 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
1588 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
1591 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
1592 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
1593 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
1595 pack.deltaCacheSize::
1596 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
1597 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
1598 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
1599 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
1600 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
1601 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
1602 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
1603 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
1604 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
1606 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
1607 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
1608 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
1609 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
1610 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
1613 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
1614 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
1615 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
1616 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
1617 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
1618 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
1619 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
1620 and set the number of threads accordingly.
1623 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
1624 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
1625 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
1626 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
1627 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
1628 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
1631 If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,
1632 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
1633 that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the
1634 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
1635 older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
1636 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
1637 the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
1639 pack.packSizeLimit::
1640 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
1641 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
1642 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`
1643 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
1644 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
1645 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
1649 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
1650 output of a particular git subcommand when writing to a tty.
1651 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
1652 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `\--paginate`
1653 or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
1654 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
1655 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
1658 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
1659 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
1660 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
1661 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:{asterisk} %H %s"`
1662 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
1663 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:{asterisk} %H %s"`.
1664 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
1665 will be silently ignored.
1668 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
1669 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
1670 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
1673 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1674 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1678 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
1682 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
1685 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given
1686 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and
1687 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
1688 line. Possible values are:
1690 * `nothing` - do not push anything.
1691 * `matching` - push all matching branches.
1692 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
1693 matching. This is the default.
1694 * `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
1695 * `tracking` - deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
1696 * `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
1699 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
1700 rebase. False by default.
1703 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
1706 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
1707 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
1708 it by setting this variable to false.
1710 receive.fsckObjects::
1711 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
1712 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1713 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1714 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1717 receive.unpackLimit::
1718 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
1719 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1720 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1721 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1722 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1723 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1724 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1725 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1727 receive.denyDeletes::
1728 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
1729 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
1731 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
1732 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
1733 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1735 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
1736 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
1737 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
1738 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
1739 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
1740 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
1741 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
1742 message. Defaults to "refuse".
1744 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
1745 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
1746 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
1747 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
1748 set when initializing a shared repository.
1750 receive.updateserverinfo::
1751 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
1752 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
1755 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
1756 linkgit:git-push[1].
1758 remote.<name>.pushurl::
1759 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
1761 remote.<name>.proxy::
1762 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
1763 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
1764 disable proxying for that remote.
1766 remote.<name>.fetch::
1767 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
1768 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1770 remote.<name>.push::
1771 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
1772 linkgit:git-push[1].
1774 remote.<name>.mirror::
1775 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
1776 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.
1778 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
1779 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1780 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1781 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1783 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
1784 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
1785 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
1786 linkgit:git-remote[1].
1788 remote.<name>.receivepack::
1789 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
1790 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
1792 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
1793 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
1794 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
1796 remote.<name>.tagopt::
1797 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
1798 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
1799 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
1800 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
1801 override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
1802 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1805 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
1806 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
1809 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
1810 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
1812 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
1813 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
1814 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
1815 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
1816 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
1817 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the
1818 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
1821 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
1822 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
1823 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
1826 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
1827 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
1828 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
1829 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
1830 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
1833 sendemail.identity::
1834 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
1835 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
1836 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
1837 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
1839 sendemail.smtpencryption::
1840 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
1841 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
1844 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.
1846 sendemail.<identity>.*::
1847 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
1848 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
1849 identity is selected, through command-line or
1850 'sendemail.identity'.
1852 sendemail.aliasesfile::
1853 sendemail.aliasfiletype::
1857 sendemail.chainreplyto::
1859 sendemail.envelopesender::
1861 sendemail.multiedit::
1862 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
1863 sendemail.smtppass::
1864 sendemail.suppresscc::
1865 sendemail.suppressfrom::
1867 sendemail.smtpdomain::
1868 sendemail.smtpserver::
1869 sendemail.smtpserverport::
1870 sendemail.smtpserveroption::
1871 sendemail.smtpuser::
1873 sendemail.validate::
1874 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
1876 sendemail.signedoffcc::
1877 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
1879 showbranch.default::
1880 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1881 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
1883 status.relativePaths::
1884 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
1885 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
1886 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git
1889 status.showUntrackedFiles::
1890 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
1891 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
1892 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
1893 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
1894 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
1895 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
1896 the untracked files. Possible values are:
1899 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
1900 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
1901 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
1904 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
1905 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
1906 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
1908 status.submodulesummary::
1910 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
1911 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
1912 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
1913 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
1915 submodule.<name>.path::
1916 submodule.<name>.url::
1917 submodule.<name>.update::
1918 The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy
1919 for a submodule. These variables are initially populated
1920 by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the
1921 URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file. See
1922 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
1924 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
1925 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
1926 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
1927 command line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
1928 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
1931 submodule.<name>.ignore::
1932 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
1933 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
1934 modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work tree and
1935 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
1936 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
1937 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
1938 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
1939 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
1940 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
1941 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
1942 "--ignore-submodules" option.
1945 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
1946 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
1947 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
1948 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
1949 linkgit:git-archive[1].
1951 transfer.fsckObjects::
1952 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
1953 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1956 transfer.unpackLimit::
1957 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
1958 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
1959 The default value is 100.
1961 url.<base>.insteadOf::
1962 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
1963 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
1964 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1965 access methods, and some users need to use different access
1966 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
1967 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to
1968 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
1969 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1970 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
1972 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
1973 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
1974 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
1975 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
1976 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
1977 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
1978 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git
1979 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
1980 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
1981 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
1982 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this
1983 setting for that remote.
1986 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1987 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
1988 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1991 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
1992 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
1993 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
1996 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
1997 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
1998 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
1999 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
2000 using any method that gpg supports.
2003 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2004 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]