6 git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config
12 'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
13 'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
14 'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
15 'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
16 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
17 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
21 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
22 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
25 If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you
26 should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
27 *not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
30 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
31 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
32 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
33 a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
34 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
36 This command will fail if
38 . .git/config is invalid,
39 . .git/config can not be written to,
40 . no section was provided,
41 . the section or key is invalid,
42 . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
43 . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match.
50 Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
51 all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex)
54 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
58 Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
62 Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
65 Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
71 Given a .git/config like this:
74 # This is the config file, and
75 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
81 ; Don't trust file modes
86 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
91 command="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
92 command="proxy-command" for kernel.org
93 command="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
94 command=default-proxy ; for all the rest
96 you can set the filemode to true with
99 % git repo-config core.filemode true
102 The hypothetic proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
103 to what URL they apply. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
107 % git repo-config proxy.command '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
110 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
112 To delete the entry for renames, do
115 % git repo-config --unset diff.renames
118 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like proxy.command above),
119 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
121 To query the value for a given key, do
124 % git repo-config --get core.filemode
130 % git repo-config core.filemode
133 or, to query a multivar:
136 % git repo-config --get proxy.command "for kernel.org$"
139 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
142 % git repo-config --get-all proxy.command
145 If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* proxy.commands by a
149 % git repo-config --replace-all proxy.command ssh
152 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
153 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
156 % git repo-config proxy.command ssh '! for '
159 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
162 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
168 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
172 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin.
176 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite