4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' 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, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
45 as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
46 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
47 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
50 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
51 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
52 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
53 restrictions as section names.
55 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
56 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
57 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
58 the variable is the boolean "true").
59 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
60 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
62 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
63 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
64 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
65 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
66 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
67 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
70 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
71 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
73 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
74 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
75 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
76 escape sequences) are invalid.
82 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
83 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
84 variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
88 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
89 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
90 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
91 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
92 found. See below for examples.
100 ; Don't trust file modes
105 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
110 merge = refs/heads/devel
114 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
115 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
118 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
119 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
120 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory
126 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
127 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
128 as to how to spell them.
132 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
133 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
136 true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
137 or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
140 false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
143 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
144 specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
145 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
148 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
149 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
150 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
153 The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of
154 colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated
155 by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`,
156 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and
157 `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and
158 `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
159 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if
160 any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically
161 by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc).
163 Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
164 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
165 terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also
166 specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`.
168 The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item
169 in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black`
170 will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous
171 thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the
172 list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be
173 painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
176 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
177 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
178 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
179 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
180 specified user's home directory.
186 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
187 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
188 in the appropriate manual page.
190 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
191 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
192 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
193 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
197 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
198 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
199 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
203 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
205 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
206 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
209 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
210 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
212 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
213 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
214 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
215 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
217 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
218 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
220 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
221 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
222 object we do not have.
224 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
225 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
226 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
227 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
229 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
230 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
231 the template shown when writing commit messages in
232 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
233 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
235 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
236 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
239 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
240 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
242 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
243 prevent the operation from being performed.
245 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
246 your information is guessed from the system username and
249 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
250 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
251 a local branch after the fact.
253 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
254 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
256 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
257 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
261 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
264 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
265 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
266 non-executable file with executable bit on.
267 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
268 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
269 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
271 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
272 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
273 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
274 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
275 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
276 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
277 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
278 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
280 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
283 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
284 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
285 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
286 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
289 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
290 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
291 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
292 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
293 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
296 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
297 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
300 core.precomposeUnicode::
301 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
302 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
303 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
304 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
305 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
306 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
307 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
310 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
311 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
312 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
315 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
316 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
318 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
321 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
322 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
323 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
324 crawlers and some backup systems).
325 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
327 core.untrackedCache::
328 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
329 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
330 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
331 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
332 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
333 properly on your system.
334 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
337 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
338 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
339 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
340 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
343 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
344 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
345 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
346 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
347 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
348 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
349 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
350 quote, backslash and control characters are always
351 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
355 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
356 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
357 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
358 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
359 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
363 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
364 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
365 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
366 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
367 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
368 this is not the case for the current setting of
369 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
370 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
371 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
373 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
374 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
375 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
376 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
377 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
378 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
379 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
380 conversion can corrupt data.
382 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
383 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
384 after committing you still have the original file in your work
385 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
386 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
389 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
390 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
391 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
392 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
393 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
394 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
396 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
397 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
398 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
399 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
400 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
401 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
402 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
403 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
404 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
408 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
409 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
410 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
411 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
412 This variable can be set to 'input',
413 in which case no output conversion is performed.
416 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
417 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
418 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
419 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
422 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
423 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
427 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
428 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
429 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
430 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
431 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
432 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
433 the first match wins.
435 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
436 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
439 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
440 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
441 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
442 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
445 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
446 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
447 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
449 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
450 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
451 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
452 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
454 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
455 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
459 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
460 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
461 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
462 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
463 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
466 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
467 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
468 number of commands that require a working directory will be
469 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
471 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
472 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
473 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
474 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
478 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
479 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
480 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
481 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
482 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
483 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
484 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
485 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
486 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
487 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
488 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
489 of your working tree.
491 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
492 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
493 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
494 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
495 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
496 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
497 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
498 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
499 repository's usual working tree).
501 core.logAllRefUpdates::
502 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
503 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
504 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
505 only when the file exists. If this configuration
506 variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
507 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
508 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
509 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
511 This information can be used to determine what commit
512 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
514 This value is true by default in a repository that has
515 a working directory associated with it, and false by
516 default in a bare repository.
518 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
519 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
522 core.sharedRepository::
523 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
524 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
525 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
526 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
527 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
528 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
529 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
530 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
531 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
532 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
533 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
534 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
535 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
537 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
538 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
539 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
542 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
543 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
544 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
545 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
546 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
548 core.looseCompression::
549 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
550 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
551 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
552 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
553 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
555 core.packedGitWindowSize::
556 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
557 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
558 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
559 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
560 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
561 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
562 a large number of large pack files.
564 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
565 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
566 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
567 not need to adjust this value.
569 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
571 core.packedGitLimit::
572 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
573 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
574 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
575 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
577 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
578 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
579 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
581 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
583 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
584 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
585 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
586 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
587 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
588 objects multiple times.
590 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
591 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
592 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
594 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
596 core.bigFileThreshold::
597 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
598 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
599 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
600 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
601 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
603 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
604 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
605 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
607 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
610 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
611 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
612 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
613 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
614 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
615 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
618 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
619 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
620 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
621 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
622 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
623 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
624 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
626 core.attributesFile::
627 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
628 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
629 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
630 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
631 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
632 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
635 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
636 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
637 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
638 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
639 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
641 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
642 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
643 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
645 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
646 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
647 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
648 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
652 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
653 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
654 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
655 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
658 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
659 messages consider a line that begins with this character
660 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
663 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
664 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
666 core.packedRefsTimeout::
667 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
668 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
669 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
673 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
674 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
675 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
676 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
679 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
680 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
681 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
682 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
683 compile time (usually 'less').
685 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
686 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
687 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
688 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
689 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
690 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
691 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
692 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
693 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
694 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
695 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
696 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
697 line truncation only for `git blame`.
699 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
700 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
701 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
704 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
705 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
706 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
707 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
708 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
710 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
711 as an error (enabled by default).
712 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
713 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
714 error (enabled by default).
715 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
716 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
718 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
719 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
720 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
721 (enabled by default).
722 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
724 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
725 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
726 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
727 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
728 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
729 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
730 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
732 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
733 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
735 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
736 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
737 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
738 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
741 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
743 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
744 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
745 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
746 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
747 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
750 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
751 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
752 will not overwrite existing objects.
754 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
755 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
756 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
759 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
760 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
761 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
762 notes should be printed.
764 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
765 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
767 core.sparseCheckout::
768 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
769 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
772 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
773 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
774 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
778 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
779 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
780 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
781 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
782 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
786 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
787 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
788 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
789 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
790 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
791 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
792 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
794 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
795 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
796 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
797 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
798 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
799 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
800 not necessarily be the current directory.
801 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
802 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
805 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
806 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
807 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
808 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
809 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
812 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
813 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
814 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
815 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
816 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
817 See linkgit:git-am[1].
819 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
820 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
821 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
823 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
824 respect all whitespace differences.
825 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
828 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
829 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
831 branch.autoSetupMerge::
832 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
833 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
834 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
835 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
836 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
837 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
838 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
839 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
840 local branch or remote-tracking
841 branch. This option defaults to true.
843 branch.autoSetupRebase::
844 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
845 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
846 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
847 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
848 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
849 other local branches.
850 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
851 remote-tracking branches.
852 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
854 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
855 branch to track another branch.
856 This option defaults to never.
858 branch.<name>.remote::
859 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
860 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
861 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
862 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
863 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
864 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
865 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
866 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
867 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
869 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
870 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
871 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
872 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
873 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
874 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
875 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
876 option to override it for a specific branch.
878 branch.<name>.merge::
879 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
880 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
881 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
882 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
883 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
884 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
885 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
886 "branch.<name>.remote".
887 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
888 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
889 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
890 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
891 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
892 another branch in the local repository, you can point
893 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
894 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
896 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
897 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
898 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
899 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
902 branch.<name>.rebase::
903 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
904 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
905 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
906 branch-specific manner.
908 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
909 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
910 by running 'git pull'.
912 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
914 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
915 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
918 branch.<name>.description::
919 Branch description, can be edited with
920 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
921 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
922 request-pull summary.
925 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
926 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
927 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
929 browser.<tool>.path::
930 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
931 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
932 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
935 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
936 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
939 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
940 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
941 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
942 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
944 color.branch.<slot>::
945 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
946 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
947 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
948 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
952 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
953 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
954 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
955 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
956 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
959 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
960 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
961 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
964 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
965 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
966 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
967 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
968 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
969 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
970 (highlighting whitespace errors).
972 color.decorate.<slot>::
973 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
974 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
975 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
978 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
979 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
980 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
983 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
984 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
988 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
990 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
992 function name lines (when using `-p`)
994 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
996 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
998 matching text in context lines
1000 matching text in selected lines
1002 non-matching text in selected lines
1004 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1005 and between hunks (`--`)
1009 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1010 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1011 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1012 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1013 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
1015 color.interactive.<slot>::
1016 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1017 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1018 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1019 interactive commands.
1022 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1023 use (default is true).
1026 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1027 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1028 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1029 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1032 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1033 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1034 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1035 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1037 color.status.<slot>::
1038 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1039 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1040 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1041 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1042 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1043 `branch` (the current branch),
1044 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1046 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1049 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1050 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1051 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1052 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1053 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1054 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1055 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1056 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1057 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1058 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1061 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1062 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1065 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1066 (defaults to 'never'):
1070 always show in columns
1072 never show in columns
1074 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1077 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1078 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1083 fill columns before rows
1085 fill rows before columns
1090 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1095 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1097 make equal size columns
1101 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1102 See `column.ui` for details.
1105 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1106 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1109 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1110 See `column.ui` for details.
1113 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1114 See `column.ui` for details.
1117 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1118 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1119 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1120 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1121 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1122 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1123 template yourself, if you do this).
1127 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1128 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1129 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1130 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1134 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1135 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1136 message. Defaults to true.
1139 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1140 new commit messages.
1143 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1144 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1147 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1148 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1149 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1150 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1153 credential.useHttpPath::
1154 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1155 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1156 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1158 credential.username::
1159 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1160 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1161 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1163 credential.<url>.*::
1164 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1165 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1166 would set the default username only for https connections to
1167 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1170 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1171 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1173 include::diff-config.txt[]
1175 difftool.<tool>.path::
1176 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1177 your tool is not in the PATH.
1179 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1180 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1181 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1182 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1183 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1184 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1185 of the diff post-image.
1188 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1190 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1191 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1192 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1193 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1194 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1195 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1196 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1200 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1201 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1202 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1203 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1207 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1208 transfer is below this
1209 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1210 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1211 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1212 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1213 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1214 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1215 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1218 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1219 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1222 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1223 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1224 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1225 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1226 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1229 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1230 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1231 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1232 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1233 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1236 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1237 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1241 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1242 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1243 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1245 format.subjectPrefix::
1246 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1247 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1250 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1251 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1252 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1253 signature generation.
1255 format.signatureFile::
1256 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1257 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1260 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1261 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1262 include the dot if you want it).
1265 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1266 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1267 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1270 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1271 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1272 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1273 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1274 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1275 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1276 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1277 value disables threading.
1280 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1281 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1282 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1283 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1284 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1286 format.coverLetter::
1287 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1288 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1289 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1291 format.outputDirectory::
1292 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1293 current working directory.
1295 format.useAutoBase::
1296 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1297 format-patch by default.
1299 filter.<driver>.clean::
1300 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1301 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1304 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1305 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1306 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1307 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1310 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1311 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1313 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1314 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1315 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1317 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1318 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1321 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1322 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1323 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1324 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1325 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1326 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1328 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1329 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1330 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1333 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1334 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1335 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1339 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1340 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1341 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1342 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1343 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1346 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1347 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1348 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1349 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1352 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1353 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1356 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1357 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1358 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1359 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1360 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1361 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1364 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1365 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1366 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1367 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1370 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1371 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1372 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1373 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1374 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1375 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1376 may be used to suppress pruning.
1379 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1380 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1381 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1382 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1383 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1384 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1385 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1387 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1388 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1389 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1390 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1391 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1392 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1393 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1394 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1395 match the <pattern>.
1398 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1399 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1400 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1402 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1403 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1404 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1405 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1407 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1408 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1409 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1412 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1413 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1416 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1417 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1419 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1420 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1421 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1422 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1423 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1424 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1425 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1426 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1427 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1428 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1431 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1432 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1433 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1434 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1435 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1436 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1437 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1438 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1441 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1442 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1443 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1444 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1445 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1446 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1449 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1450 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1451 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1452 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1453 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1454 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1456 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1457 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1458 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1459 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1460 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1462 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1463 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1464 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1465 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1466 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1467 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1469 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1470 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1471 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1472 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1476 gitweb.description::
1479 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1487 gitweb.remote_heads::
1490 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1493 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1496 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1497 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1498 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1499 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1501 grep.extendedRegexp::
1502 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1503 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1504 other than 'default'.
1507 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1508 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1510 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1511 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1512 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1515 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1516 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1517 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1518 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1519 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1520 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1521 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1522 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1525 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1526 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1527 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1530 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1531 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1533 gui.displayUntracked::
1534 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1535 in the file list. The default is "true".
1538 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1539 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1540 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1541 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1542 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1545 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1546 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1547 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1548 not. Default: "false".
1550 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1551 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1554 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1555 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1556 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1559 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1560 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1562 gui.spellingDictionary::
1563 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1564 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1568 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1569 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1570 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1572 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1573 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1574 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1575 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1577 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1578 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1579 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1580 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1581 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1583 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1584 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1585 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1586 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1587 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1588 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1589 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1590 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1592 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1593 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1594 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1596 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1597 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1600 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1601 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1604 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1605 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1607 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1608 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1609 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1610 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1611 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1612 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1613 value of the variable is used.
1615 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1616 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1617 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1618 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1620 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1621 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1622 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1623 for things like checkout or reset.
1625 guitool.<name>.title::
1626 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1629 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1630 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1631 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1632 The default value includes the actual command.
1635 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1636 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1639 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1640 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1641 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1644 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1645 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1646 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1647 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1648 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1649 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1650 This is the default.
1653 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1654 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1655 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1656 path of your Git installation.
1659 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1660 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1661 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1662 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1663 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1664 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1665 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1666 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1668 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1669 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1670 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1671 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1672 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1673 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1674 variable. Possible values are:
1677 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1678 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1679 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1680 authentication methods. This is the default.
1681 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1682 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1683 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1684 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1686 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1690 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1691 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1692 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1696 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1697 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1698 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1699 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1702 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1703 which should be used
1704 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1705 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1706 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1707 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1708 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1711 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1712 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1715 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1716 want to force the default. The available and default version
1717 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1718 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1719 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1720 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1721 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1732 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
1733 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1734 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
1737 http.sslCipherList::
1738 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1739 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1740 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1741 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1742 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1745 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
1746 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1747 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
1751 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1752 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment
1756 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1757 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
1761 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1762 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
1765 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1766 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1767 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1768 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1769 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
1772 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1773 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1774 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
1777 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1778 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1779 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
1782 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
1783 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
1784 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
1785 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
1786 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
1790 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1791 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1792 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1793 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1794 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1795 errors on misconfigured servers.
1798 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1799 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
1802 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1803 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1804 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1805 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1808 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1809 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1810 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1811 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1812 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1813 sufficient for most requests.
1815 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1816 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1817 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1818 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
1819 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
1822 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1823 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1824 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
1825 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1828 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1829 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1830 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1831 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1832 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1833 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1834 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
1836 http.followRedirects::
1837 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
1838 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
1839 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
1840 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
1841 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
1842 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
1843 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
1844 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
1847 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
1848 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1849 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1852 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1853 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1855 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1856 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1858 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1859 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1860 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1861 default for the scheme before matching.
1863 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1864 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1865 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1866 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1867 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1868 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1869 key with just path `foo/`).
1871 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1872 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1873 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1874 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1875 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1878 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1879 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1880 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1881 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1882 `https://user@example.com`.
1884 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1885 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1886 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1887 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
1888 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1889 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1891 i18n.commitEncoding::
1892 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1893 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1894 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1895 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1896 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1898 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1899 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1900 running 'git log' and friends.
1903 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1904 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1907 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1908 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1911 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1912 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1915 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1916 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1919 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1920 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1923 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1924 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1926 instaweb.modulePath::
1927 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1928 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1932 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1933 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1935 interactive.singleKey::
1936 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1937 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1938 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1939 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1940 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1941 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1942 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1944 interactive.diffFilter::
1945 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
1946 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
1947 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
1948 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
1949 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
1950 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
1953 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1954 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1955 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1958 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1959 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1960 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
1963 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1964 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1965 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1966 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1967 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
1968 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
1969 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
1973 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
1974 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
1975 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
1976 on non-linear history.
1979 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1980 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1981 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1982 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1985 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1986 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1989 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
1990 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
1991 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
1992 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
1993 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
1996 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1997 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1998 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1999 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2000 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2001 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2004 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2005 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2006 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2007 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2008 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2012 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2013 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2016 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2017 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2018 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2021 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2022 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2024 include::merge-config.txt[]
2026 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2027 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2028 your tool is not in the PATH.
2030 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2031 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2032 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2033 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2034 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2035 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2036 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2037 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2038 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2039 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2041 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2042 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2043 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2044 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2045 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2046 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2047 indicate the success of the merge.
2049 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2050 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2051 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2052 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2053 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2054 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2055 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2056 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2058 mergetool.keepBackup::
2059 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2060 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2061 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2062 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2064 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2065 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2066 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2067 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2068 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2069 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2071 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2072 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2073 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2074 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2075 Defaults to `false`.
2078 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2080 notes.mergeStrategy::
2081 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2082 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2083 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2084 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2086 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2087 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2088 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2089 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2090 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2093 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2094 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2095 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2096 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2097 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2098 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2101 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2102 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2105 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2106 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2109 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2110 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2111 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2112 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2113 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2114 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2117 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2118 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2119 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2120 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2121 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2123 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2124 environment variable.
2127 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2128 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2129 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2130 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2132 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2133 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2134 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2136 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2137 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2141 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2142 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2145 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2146 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2149 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2150 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2151 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2152 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2153 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2156 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2157 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2158 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2159 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2160 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2161 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2164 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2165 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2166 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2168 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2169 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2170 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2171 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2172 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2173 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2174 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2175 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2176 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2177 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2179 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2180 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2181 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2182 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2183 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2186 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2187 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2188 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2189 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2190 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2191 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2192 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2193 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2196 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2197 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2198 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2199 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2200 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2201 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2204 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2205 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2206 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2207 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2208 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2209 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2212 pack.packSizeLimit::
2213 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2214 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2215 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2216 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2217 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2218 bitmaps from being created.
2219 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2220 The default is unlimited.
2221 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2225 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2226 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2227 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2228 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2230 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2231 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2233 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2234 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2235 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2236 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2237 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2238 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2239 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2240 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2241 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2242 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2245 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2246 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2247 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2248 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2249 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2250 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2251 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2254 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2255 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2256 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2257 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2258 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2259 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2260 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2261 will be silently ignored.
2264 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2265 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2266 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2267 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2268 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2269 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2270 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2271 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2274 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2275 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2276 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2279 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2280 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2281 by running 'git pull'.
2283 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2285 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2286 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2290 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2294 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2297 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2298 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2299 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2300 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2301 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2305 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2306 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2307 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2309 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2310 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2313 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2314 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2315 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2316 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2317 (i.e. central workflow).
2319 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2320 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2321 different from the local one.
2323 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2324 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2327 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2329 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2330 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2331 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2332 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2333 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2334 'master' will be pushed there).
2336 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2337 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2338 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2339 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2340 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2341 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2342 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2343 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2344 branches outside your control.
2346 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2352 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2353 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2357 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2358 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2359 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2360 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2361 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2362 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2363 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2365 push.recurseSubmodules::
2366 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2367 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2368 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2369 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2370 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2371 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2372 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2373 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2374 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2375 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2376 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2377 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2380 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2381 rebase. False by default.
2384 If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default.
2387 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2388 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2389 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2390 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2391 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2394 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2395 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2396 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2397 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2398 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2399 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2400 "ignore", no checking is done.
2401 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2402 command in the todo-list.
2403 Defaults to "ignore".
2405 rebase.instructionFormat
2406 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2407 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2408 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2410 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2411 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2412 capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
2413 to be advertised, set this variable to false.
2416 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2417 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2418 it by setting this variable to false.
2420 receive.certNonceSeed::
2421 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2422 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2423 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2426 receive.certNonceSlop::
2427 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2428 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2429 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2430 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2431 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2432 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2433 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2434 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2435 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2436 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2437 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2439 receive.fsckObjects::
2440 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2441 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2442 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2443 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2446 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2447 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2448 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2449 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2450 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2451 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2452 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2453 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2455 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2456 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2457 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2460 receive.fsck.skipList::
2461 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2462 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2463 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2464 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2465 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2466 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2468 receive.unpackLimit::
2469 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2470 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2471 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2472 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2473 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2474 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2475 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2476 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2478 receive.denyDeletes::
2479 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2480 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2482 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2483 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2484 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2486 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2487 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2488 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2489 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2490 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2491 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2492 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2493 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2495 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2496 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2497 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2498 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2499 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2500 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2502 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2503 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2504 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2506 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2507 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2508 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2509 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2510 set when initializing a shared repository.
2513 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2514 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2515 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2518 receive.updateServerInfo::
2519 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2520 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2522 receive.shallowUpdate::
2523 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2524 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2526 remote.pushDefault::
2527 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2528 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2529 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2532 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2533 linkgit:git-push[1].
2535 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2536 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2538 remote.<name>.proxy::
2539 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2540 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2541 disable proxying for that remote.
2543 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2544 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2545 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2546 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2548 remote.<name>.fetch::
2549 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2550 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2552 remote.<name>.push::
2553 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2554 linkgit:git-push[1].
2556 remote.<name>.mirror::
2557 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2558 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2560 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2561 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2562 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2563 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2565 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2566 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2567 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2568 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2570 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2571 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2572 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2574 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2575 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2576 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2578 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2579 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2580 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2581 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2582 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2583 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2584 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2587 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2588 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2590 remote.<name>.prune::
2591 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2592 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2593 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2594 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2597 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2598 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2600 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2601 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2602 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2603 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2604 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2605 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2606 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2608 repack.packKeptObjects::
2609 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2610 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2611 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2612 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2613 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2615 repack.writeBitmaps::
2616 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2617 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2618 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2619 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2620 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
2621 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
2625 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2626 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2627 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2630 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2631 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2632 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2633 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2634 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2637 sendemail.identity::
2638 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2639 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2640 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2641 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
2643 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
2644 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2645 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2647 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
2648 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
2650 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2651 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2652 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2654 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2655 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2656 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2657 identity is selected, through command-line or
2658 `sendemail.identity`.
2660 sendemail.aliasesFile::
2661 sendemail.aliasFileType::
2662 sendemail.annotate::
2666 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
2668 sendemail.envelopeSender::
2670 sendemail.multiEdit::
2671 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2672 sendemail.smtpPass::
2673 sendemail.suppresscc::
2674 sendemail.suppressFrom::
2676 sendemail.smtpDomain::
2677 sendemail.smtpServer::
2678 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
2679 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
2680 sendemail.smtpUser::
2682 sendemail.transferEncoding::
2683 sendemail.validate::
2685 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2687 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
2688 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
2690 showbranch.default::
2691 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2692 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2694 status.relativePaths::
2695 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2696 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2697 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2701 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2702 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2705 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2706 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2708 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2709 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2710 prefix before each output line (starting with
2711 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2712 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2715 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2716 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2717 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2718 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2719 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2720 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2721 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2722 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2725 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2726 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2727 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2730 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2731 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2732 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2734 status.submoduleSummary::
2736 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2737 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2738 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2739 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2740 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2741 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2742 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2743 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2744 submodule changes. To
2745 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2746 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2747 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2748 not honor these settings.
2751 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2752 option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
2753 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2756 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2757 option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
2758 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2760 submodule.<name>.path::
2761 submodule.<name>.url::
2762 The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
2763 variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
2764 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
2767 submodule.<name>.update::
2768 The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
2769 is populated by `git submodule init` from the
2770 linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
2771 command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
2773 submodule.<name>.branch::
2774 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2775 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2776 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2777 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2779 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2780 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2781 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2782 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2783 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2786 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2787 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2788 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2789 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2790 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2791 to the submodules work tree and
2792 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2793 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2794 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2795 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2796 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2797 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2798 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2799 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2800 affected by this setting.
2802 submodule.fetchJobs::
2803 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
2804 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
2805 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
2806 If unset, it defaults to 1.
2808 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
2809 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
2810 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
2811 precedence over this option.
2814 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2815 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2816 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2819 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2820 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2821 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2822 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2823 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2825 transfer.fsckObjects::
2826 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2827 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2831 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
2832 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
2833 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
2834 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
2835 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
2836 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
2837 program-specific versions of this config.
2839 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
2840 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
2841 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
2842 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
2844 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
2845 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
2846 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
2847 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
2848 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
2849 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
2850 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
2851 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
2853 transfer.unpackLimit::
2854 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2855 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2856 The default value is 100.
2858 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2859 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2860 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2861 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2862 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2865 uploadpack.hideRefs::
2866 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2867 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
2868 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
2869 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
2871 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
2872 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2873 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2874 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2875 see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`.
2877 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
2878 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
2879 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
2880 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
2881 Defaults to `false`.
2883 uploadpack.keepAlive::
2884 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2885 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2886 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2887 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2888 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2889 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2890 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2891 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2892 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2894 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2895 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2896 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2897 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2898 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2899 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2900 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2901 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2902 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2903 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2905 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2906 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2907 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2908 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2909 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2910 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2911 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2912 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2913 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2914 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2915 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2916 setting for that remote.
2919 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2920 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
2921 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2924 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2925 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
2926 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2928 user.useConfigOnly::
2929 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
2930 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
2931 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
2932 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
2933 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
2934 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
2935 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
2936 Defaults to `false`.
2939 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2940 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2941 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2942 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2943 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2945 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
2946 When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
2947 tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
2948 "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
2949 "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
2951 This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
2952 order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
2953 (e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
2954 is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
2955 suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
2958 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2959 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]