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". This value is
83 false by default (no automated creation of log files).
85 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
86 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
89 core.sharedRepository::
90 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
91 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
92 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
93 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
94 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
95 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
97 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
98 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
99 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
102 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
103 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
104 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
108 A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
109 you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
110 database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
111 count as direct access).
114 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
115 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
116 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
117 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
118 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
119 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
120 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
123 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
124 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
126 branch.<name>.remote::
127 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
129 branch.<name>.merge::
130 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
134 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
135 use (default is true).
138 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
139 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
140 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
143 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
144 specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
145 color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
146 (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
147 lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
148 configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
149 `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
150 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
154 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
155 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
158 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
159 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
160 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
163 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
164 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
167 Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository.
168 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
171 Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs
172 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
175 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
176 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
180 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
181 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
185 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
186 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
190 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
191 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
192 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
195 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
196 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
197 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
200 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
201 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
203 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
204 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
205 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
206 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
207 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
210 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
211 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
212 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
213 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
215 i18n.commitEncoding::
216 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
217 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
218 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
219 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
220 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
223 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
224 merge commit messages. False by default.
227 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
228 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
231 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
235 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
238 The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
241 remote.<name>.fetch::
242 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
243 gitlink:git-fetch[1].
246 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
249 repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
250 Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
251 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
254 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
255 for gitlink:git-show[1].
258 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
259 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
262 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
263 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
264 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
265 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
267 status.color.<slot>::
268 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
269 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
270 `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
271 `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
272 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
273 these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
276 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
277 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
278 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
279 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
280 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
281 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
282 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
283 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
284 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
287 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
288 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
289 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
292 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
293 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
294 environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
296 whatchanged.difftree::
297 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
298 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
301 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
302 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
304 receive.unpackLimit::
305 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
306 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
307 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
308 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
309 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
310 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
311 especially on slow filesystems.
313 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
314 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
315 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
316 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
317 set when initializing a shared repository.