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 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
85 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
86 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
87 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
88 found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `~/`
89 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified
90 user's home directory. See below for examples.
97 ; Don't trust file modes
102 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
107 merge = refs/heads/devel
111 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
112 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
115 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
116 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
117 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory
123 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
124 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
125 as to how to spell them.
129 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
130 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
133 true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
134 or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
137 false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
140 When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type
141 specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
142 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
145 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
146 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
147 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
150 The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of
151 colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated
152 by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`,
153 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and
154 `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and
155 `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
156 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if
157 any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically
158 by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc).
160 Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
161 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
162 terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also
163 specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`.
165 The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item
166 in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black`
167 will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous
168 thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the
169 list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be
170 painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
176 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
177 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
178 in the appropriate manual page.
180 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
181 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
182 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
183 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
187 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
188 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
189 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
193 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
195 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
196 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
199 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
200 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
202 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
203 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
204 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
205 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
207 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
208 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
210 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
211 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
212 object we do not have.
214 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
215 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
216 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
217 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
219 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
220 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
221 the template shown when writing commit messages in
222 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
223 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
225 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
226 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
229 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
230 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
232 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
233 prevent the operation from being performed.
235 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
236 your information is guessed from the system username and
239 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
240 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
241 a local branch after the fact.
243 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
244 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
246 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
247 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
251 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
254 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
255 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
256 non-executable file with executable bit on.
257 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
258 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
259 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
261 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
262 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
263 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
264 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
265 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
266 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
267 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
268 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
270 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
273 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
274 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
275 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
276 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
277 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
280 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
281 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
284 core.precomposeUnicode::
285 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
286 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
287 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
288 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
289 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
290 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
291 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
294 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
295 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
296 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
299 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
300 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
302 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
305 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
306 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
307 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
308 crawlers and some backup systems).
309 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
312 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
313 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
314 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
315 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
318 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
319 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
320 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
321 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
322 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
323 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
324 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
325 quote, backslash and control characters are always
326 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
330 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
331 files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are
332 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native
333 line ending. The default value is `native`. See
334 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
338 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
339 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
340 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
341 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
342 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
343 this is not the case for the current setting of
344 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
345 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
346 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
348 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
349 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
350 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
351 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
352 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
353 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
354 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
355 conversion can corrupt data.
357 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
358 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
359 after committing you still have the original file in your work
360 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
361 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
364 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
365 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
366 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
367 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
368 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
369 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
371 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
372 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
373 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
374 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
375 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
376 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
377 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
378 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
379 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
383 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
384 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
385 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
386 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
387 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
388 working directory even though the repository does not have
389 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
390 in which case no output conversion is performed.
393 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
394 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
395 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
396 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
399 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
400 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
404 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
405 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
406 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
407 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
408 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
409 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
410 the first match wins.
412 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
413 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
416 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
417 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
418 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
419 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
422 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
423 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
424 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
426 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
427 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
428 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
429 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
431 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
432 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
436 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
437 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
438 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
439 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
440 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
443 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
444 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
445 number of commands that require a working directory will be
446 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
448 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
449 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
450 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
451 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
455 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
456 If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree
457 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
458 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
459 variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option.
460 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
461 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
462 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
463 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
464 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
465 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
466 of your working tree.
468 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
469 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
470 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
471 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
472 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
473 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
474 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
475 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
476 repository's usual working tree).
478 core.logAllRefUpdates::
479 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
480 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
481 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
482 only when the file exists. If this configuration
483 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
484 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
485 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
486 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
488 This information can be used to determine what commit
489 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
491 This value is true by default in a repository that has
492 a working directory associated with it, and false by
493 default in a bare repository.
495 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
496 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
499 core.sharedRepository::
500 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
501 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
502 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
503 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
504 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
505 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
506 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
507 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
508 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
509 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
510 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
511 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
512 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
514 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
515 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
516 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
519 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
520 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
521 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
522 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
523 such as 'core.looseCompression' and 'pack.compression'.
525 core.looseCompression::
526 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
527 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
528 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
529 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
530 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
532 core.packedGitWindowSize::
533 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
534 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
535 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
536 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
537 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
538 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
539 a large number of large pack files.
541 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
542 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
543 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
544 not need to adjust this value.
546 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
548 core.packedGitLimit::
549 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
550 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
551 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
552 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
554 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
555 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
556 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
558 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
560 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
561 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
562 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
563 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
564 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
565 objects multiple times.
567 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
568 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
569 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
571 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
573 core.bigFileThreshold::
574 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
575 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
576 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
577 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
578 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
580 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
581 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
582 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
584 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
587 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
588 '.git/info/exclude', Git looks into this file for patterns
589 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "`~/`" is expanded
590 to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's
591 home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
592 If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/ignore
593 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
596 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
597 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
598 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
599 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
600 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
601 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
602 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
604 core.attributesFile::
605 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
606 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
607 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
608 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
609 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
610 set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead.
613 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
614 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
615 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
616 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
619 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
620 messages consider a line that begins with this character
621 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
624 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
625 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
627 core.packedRefsTimeout::
628 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
629 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
630 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
634 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
635 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
636 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
637 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
640 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
641 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
642 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
643 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
644 compile time (usually 'less').
646 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
647 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
648 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
649 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
650 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
651 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
652 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
653 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
654 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
655 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
656 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
657 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
658 line truncation only for `git blame`.
660 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
661 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
662 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
665 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
666 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
667 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
668 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
669 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
671 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
672 as an error (enabled by default).
673 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
674 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
675 error (enabled by default).
676 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
677 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
679 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
680 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
681 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
682 (enabled by default).
683 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
685 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
686 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
687 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
688 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
689 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
690 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
691 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
693 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
694 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
696 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
697 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
698 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
699 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
702 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
704 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
705 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
706 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
707 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
708 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
711 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
712 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
713 will not overwrite existing objects.
715 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
716 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
717 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
720 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
721 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
722 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
723 notes should be printed.
725 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
726 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
728 core.sparseCheckout::
729 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
730 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
733 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
734 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
735 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
739 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
740 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
741 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
742 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
743 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
747 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
748 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
749 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
750 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
751 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
752 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
753 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
755 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
756 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
757 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
758 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
759 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
760 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
761 not necessarily be the current directory.
762 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
763 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
766 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
767 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
768 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
769 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
770 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
773 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
774 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
775 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
776 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
777 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
778 See linkgit:git-am[1].
780 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
781 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
782 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
784 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
785 respect all whitespace differences.
786 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
789 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
790 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
792 branch.autoSetupMerge::
793 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
794 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
795 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
796 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
797 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
798 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
799 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
800 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
801 local branch or remote-tracking
802 branch. This option defaults to true.
804 branch.autoSetupRebase::
805 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
806 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
807 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
808 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
809 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
810 other local branches.
811 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
812 remote-tracking branches.
813 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
815 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
816 branch to track another branch.
817 This option defaults to never.
819 branch.<name>.remote::
820 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
821 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
822 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
823 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
824 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
825 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
826 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
827 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
828 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
830 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
831 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
832 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
833 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
834 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
835 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
836 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
837 option to override it for a specific branch.
839 branch.<name>.merge::
840 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
841 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
842 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
843 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
844 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
845 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
846 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
847 "branch.<name>.remote".
848 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
849 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
850 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
851 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
852 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
853 another branch in the local repository, you can point
854 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
855 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
857 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
858 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
859 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
860 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
863 branch.<name>.rebase::
864 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
865 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
866 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
867 branch-specific manner.
869 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
870 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
871 by running 'git pull'.
873 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
874 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
877 branch.<name>.description::
878 Branch description, can be edited with
879 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
880 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
881 request-pull summary.
884 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
885 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
886 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
888 browser.<tool>.path::
889 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
890 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
891 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
894 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
895 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
898 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
899 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
900 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
901 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
903 color.branch.<slot>::
904 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
905 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
906 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
907 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
911 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
912 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
913 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
914 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
915 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
918 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
919 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
920 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
923 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
924 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
925 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
926 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
927 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
928 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
929 (highlighting whitespace errors).
931 color.decorate.<slot>::
932 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
933 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
934 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
937 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
938 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
939 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
942 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
943 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
947 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
949 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
951 function name lines (when using `-p`)
953 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
955 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
957 matching text in context lines
959 matching text in selected lines
961 non-matching text in selected lines
963 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
964 and between hunks (`--`)
968 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
969 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
970 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
971 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
972 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
974 color.interactive.<slot>::
975 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
976 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
977 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
978 interactive commands.
981 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
982 use (default is true).
985 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
986 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
987 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
988 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
991 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
992 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
993 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
994 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
996 color.status.<slot>::
997 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
998 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
999 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1000 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1001 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1002 `branch` (the current branch),
1003 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1005 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1008 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1009 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1010 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1011 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1012 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1013 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1014 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1015 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1016 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1017 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1020 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1021 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1024 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1025 (defaults to 'never'):
1029 always show in columns
1031 never show in columns
1033 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1036 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1037 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1042 fill columns before rows
1044 fill rows before columns
1049 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1054 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1056 make equal size columns
1060 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1061 See `column.ui` for details.
1064 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1065 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1068 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1069 See `column.ui` for details.
1072 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1073 See `column.ui` for details.
1076 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1077 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1078 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1079 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1080 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1081 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1082 template yourself, if you do this).
1086 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1087 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1088 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1089 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1093 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1094 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1095 message. Defaults to true.
1098 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
1099 "`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the
1100 specified user's home directory.
1103 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1104 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1105 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
1106 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
1108 credential.useHttpPath::
1109 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1110 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1111 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1113 credential.username::
1114 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1115 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1116 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1118 credential.<url>.*::
1119 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1120 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1121 would set the default username only for https connections to
1122 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1125 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1126 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1128 include::diff-config.txt[]
1130 difftool.<tool>.path::
1131 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1132 your tool is not in the PATH.
1134 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1135 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1136 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1137 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1138 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1139 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1140 of the diff post-image.
1143 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1145 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1146 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1147 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1148 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1149 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1150 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1151 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1155 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1156 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1157 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1158 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1162 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1163 transfer is below this
1164 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1165 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1166 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1167 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1168 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1169 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1170 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1173 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1174 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1177 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1178 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1179 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1180 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1181 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1184 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1185 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1186 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1187 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1188 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1191 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1192 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1196 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1197 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1198 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1200 format.subjectPrefix::
1201 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1202 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1205 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1206 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1207 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1208 signature generation.
1210 format.signatureFile::
1211 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1212 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1215 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1216 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1217 include the dot if you want it).
1220 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1221 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1222 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1225 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1226 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1227 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1228 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1229 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1230 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1231 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1232 value disables threading.
1235 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1236 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1237 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1238 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1239 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1241 format.coverLetter::
1242 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1243 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1244 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1246 filter.<driver>.clean::
1247 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1248 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1251 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1252 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1253 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1254 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1257 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1258 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1260 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1261 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1262 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1264 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1265 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1268 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1269 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1270 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1271 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1272 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1273 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1275 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1276 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1277 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1280 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1281 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1282 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1286 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1287 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1288 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1289 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1290 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1293 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1294 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1295 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1296 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1299 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1300 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1303 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1304 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1305 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1306 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1307 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1308 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1311 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1312 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1313 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1314 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1317 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1318 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1319 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1320 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1321 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1322 period and prune $GIT_DIR/worktrees immediately, or "never"
1323 may be used to suppress pruning.
1326 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1327 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1328 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1329 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1330 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1331 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1332 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1334 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1335 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1336 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1337 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1338 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1339 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1340 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1341 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1342 match the <pattern>.
1345 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1346 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1347 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1349 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1350 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1351 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1352 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1354 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1355 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1356 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1359 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1360 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1363 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1364 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1366 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1367 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1368 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1369 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1370 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1371 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1372 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1373 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1374 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allBinary' is
1375 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1378 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1379 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1380 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1381 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1382 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1383 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1384 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1385 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1388 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1389 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1390 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1391 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1392 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1393 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1396 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1397 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1398 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1399 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1400 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1401 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1403 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1404 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbDriver',
1405 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1406 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1407 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1409 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1410 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1411 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1412 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1413 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1414 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1416 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1417 'gitcvs.allBinary' can also be specified as
1418 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1419 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1423 gitweb.description::
1426 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1434 gitweb.remote_heads::
1437 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1440 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1443 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1444 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
1445 '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
1446 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1448 grep.extendedRegexp::
1449 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
1450 option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
1451 other than 'default'.
1454 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1455 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1458 Use this custom program instead of "gpg" found on $PATH when
1459 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1460 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1461 signature, "gpg --verify $file - <$signature" is run, and the
1462 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1463 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1464 standard input of "gpg -bsau $key" is fed with the contents to be
1465 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1468 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1469 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1470 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1473 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1474 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1476 gui.displayUntracked::
1477 Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1478 in the file list. The default is "true".
1481 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1482 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1483 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1484 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1485 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1488 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1489 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1490 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1491 not. Default: "false".
1493 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1494 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1497 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1498 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1499 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1502 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1503 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1505 gui.spellingDictionary::
1506 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1507 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1511 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1512 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1513 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1515 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1516 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1517 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1518 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1520 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1521 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1522 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1523 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1524 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1526 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1527 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1528 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1529 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1530 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1531 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1532 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1533 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1535 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1536 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1537 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1539 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1540 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1543 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1544 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1547 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1548 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1550 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1551 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1552 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1553 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1554 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1555 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1556 value of the variable is used.
1558 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1559 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1560 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1561 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1563 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1564 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1565 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1566 for things like checkout or reset.
1568 guitool.<name>.title::
1569 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1572 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1573 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1574 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1575 The default value includes the actual command.
1578 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1579 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1582 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1583 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1584 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1587 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1588 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1589 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1590 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1591 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1592 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1593 This is the default.
1596 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1597 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1598 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1599 path of your Git installation.
1602 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1603 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
1604 `curl(1)`). This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
1608 File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
1609 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1610 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1611 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see linkgit:curl[1]).
1612 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is only used as
1613 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1616 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1617 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1620 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1621 want to force the default. The available and default version
1622 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1623 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1624 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1625 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1626 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1637 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable.
1638 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1639 explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the
1642 http.sslCipherList::
1643 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1644 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1645 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1646 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1647 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1650 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable.
1651 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1652 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the
1656 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1657 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1661 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1662 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1666 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1667 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1670 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1671 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1672 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1673 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1674 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1677 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1678 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1679 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1682 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1683 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1684 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1687 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1688 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1689 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1690 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1691 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1692 errors on misconfigured servers.
1695 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1696 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1699 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1700 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1701 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1702 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1705 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1706 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1707 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1708 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1709 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1710 sufficient for most requests.
1712 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1713 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1714 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1715 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1716 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1719 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1720 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1721 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1722 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1725 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1726 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1727 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1728 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1729 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1730 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1731 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1734 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
1735 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1736 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1739 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1740 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1742 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1743 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1745 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1746 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1747 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1748 default for the scheme before matching.
1750 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1751 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1752 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1753 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1754 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1755 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1756 key with just path `foo/`).
1758 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1759 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1760 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1761 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1762 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1765 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1766 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1767 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1768 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1769 `https://user@example.com`.
1771 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1772 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1773 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1774 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
1775 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1776 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1778 i18n.commitEncoding::
1779 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1780 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1781 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1782 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1783 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1785 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1786 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1787 running 'git log' and friends.
1790 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1791 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1794 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1795 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1798 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1799 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1802 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1803 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1806 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1807 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1810 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1811 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1813 instaweb.modulePath::
1814 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1815 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1819 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1820 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1822 interactive.singleKey::
1823 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1824 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1825 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1826 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1827 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1828 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1829 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1832 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1833 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1834 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1837 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1838 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1839 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
1842 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1843 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1844 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1845 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1846 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1849 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
1850 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
1851 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
1852 on non-linear history.
1855 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1856 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1857 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1858 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1861 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1862 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1865 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
1866 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
1867 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
1868 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
1869 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
1872 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1873 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1874 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1875 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1876 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1877 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1880 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
1881 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
1882 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
1883 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
1884 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
1888 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
1889 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1892 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
1893 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
1894 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
1897 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1898 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1900 include::merge-config.txt[]
1902 mergetool.<tool>.path::
1903 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1904 your tool is not in the PATH.
1906 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
1907 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
1908 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1909 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
1910 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
1911 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
1912 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
1913 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
1914 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
1915 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
1917 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
1918 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
1919 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
1920 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
1921 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
1922 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
1923 indicate the success of the merge.
1925 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
1926 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
1927 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
1928 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
1929 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
1930 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
1931 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
1932 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
1934 mergetool.keepBackup::
1935 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
1936 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
1937 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
1938 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
1940 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
1941 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
1942 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
1943 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
1944 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
1945 exited. Defaults to `false`.
1947 mergetool.writeToTemp::
1948 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
1949 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
1950 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
1951 Defaults to `false`.
1954 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
1956 notes.mergeStrategy::
1957 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
1958 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
1959 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
1960 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
1962 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
1963 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
1964 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
1965 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
1966 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
1969 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
1970 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
1971 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
1972 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
1973 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
1974 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
1977 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
1978 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
1981 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
1982 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
1985 notes.rewrite.<command>::
1986 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
1987 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
1988 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
1989 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
1990 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
1993 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
1994 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
1995 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
1996 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
1997 Defaults to `concatenate`.
1999 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2000 environment variable.
2003 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2004 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2005 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2006 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2008 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2009 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2010 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2012 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2013 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2017 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2018 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2021 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2022 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2025 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2026 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2027 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2028 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2029 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2032 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2033 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2034 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2035 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2036 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2037 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2040 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2041 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2042 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2044 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2045 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2046 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2047 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2048 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2049 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2050 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2051 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2052 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2053 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2055 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2056 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2057 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2058 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2059 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2062 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2063 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2064 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2065 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2066 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2067 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2068 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2069 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2072 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2073 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2074 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2075 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2076 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2077 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2080 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2081 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")
2082 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2083 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2084 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2085 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2088 pack.packSizeLimit::
2089 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2090 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2091 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2092 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
2093 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
2094 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2098 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2099 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2100 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2101 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2103 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2104 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2106 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2107 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2108 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2109 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2110 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2111 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2112 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2113 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2114 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2115 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2118 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2119 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2120 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2121 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2122 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2123 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2124 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2127 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2128 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2129 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2130 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2131 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2132 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2133 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2134 will be silently ignored.
2137 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2138 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2139 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2140 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2141 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2142 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2143 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2144 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2147 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2148 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2149 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2152 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2153 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2154 by running 'git pull'.
2156 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2157 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2161 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2165 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2168 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2169 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2170 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2171 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2172 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2176 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2177 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2178 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2180 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2181 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2184 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2185 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2186 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2187 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2188 (i.e. central workflow).
2190 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2191 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2192 different from the local one.
2194 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2195 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2198 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2200 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2201 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2202 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2203 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2204 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2205 'master' will be pushed there).
2207 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2208 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2209 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2210 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2211 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2212 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2213 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2214 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2215 branches outside your control.
2217 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2223 If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You
2224 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2228 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2229 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is
2230 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2231 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2232 '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2233 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2234 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2236 push.recurseSubmodules::
2237 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2238 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2239 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2240 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2241 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2242 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2243 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2244 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2245 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2246 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2247 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2248 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2251 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2252 rebase. False by default.
2255 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
2258 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2259 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2260 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2261 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2262 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2265 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2266 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2267 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2268 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2269 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2270 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2271 "ignore", no checking is done.
2272 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2273 command in the todo-list.
2274 Defaults to "ignore".
2276 rebase.instructionFormat
2277 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2278 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2279 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2281 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2282 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2283 capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
2284 to be advertised, set this variable to false.
2287 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2288 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2289 it by setting this variable to false.
2291 receive.certNonceSeed::
2292 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2293 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2294 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2297 receive.certNonceSlop::
2298 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2299 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2300 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2301 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2302 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2303 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2304 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2305 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2306 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2307 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2308 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2310 receive.fsckObjects::
2311 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2312 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2313 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2314 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2317 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2318 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2319 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2320 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2321 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2322 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2323 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2324 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2326 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2327 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2328 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2331 receive.fsck.skipList::
2332 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2333 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2334 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2335 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2336 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2337 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2339 receive.unpackLimit::
2340 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2341 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2342 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2343 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2344 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2345 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2346 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2347 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2349 receive.denyDeletes::
2350 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2351 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2353 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2354 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2355 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2357 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2358 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2359 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2360 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2361 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2362 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2363 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2364 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2366 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2367 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2368 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2369 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2370 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2371 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2373 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2374 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2375 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2377 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2378 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2379 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2380 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2381 set when initializing a shared repository.
2384 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2385 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2386 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2389 receive.updateServerInfo::
2390 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2391 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2393 receive.shallowUpdate::
2394 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2395 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2397 remote.pushDefault::
2398 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2399 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2400 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2403 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2404 linkgit:git-push[1].
2406 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2407 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2409 remote.<name>.proxy::
2410 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2411 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2412 disable proxying for that remote.
2414 remote.<name>.fetch::
2415 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2416 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2418 remote.<name>.push::
2419 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2420 linkgit:git-push[1].
2422 remote.<name>.mirror::
2423 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2424 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2426 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2427 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2428 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2429 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2431 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2432 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2433 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2434 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2436 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2437 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2438 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2440 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2441 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2442 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2444 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2445 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2446 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2447 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2448 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2449 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2450 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2453 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2454 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2456 remote.<name>.prune::
2457 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2458 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2459 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2460 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2463 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2464 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2466 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2467 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2468 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2469 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2470 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2471 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2472 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2474 repack.packKeptObjects::
2475 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2476 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2477 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2478 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2479 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2481 repack.writeBitmaps::
2482 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2483 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2484 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2485 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2486 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. Defaults to
2490 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2491 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2492 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2495 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2496 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2497 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2498 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2499 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2502 sendemail.identity::
2503 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2504 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2505 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2506 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
2508 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
2509 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2510 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2512 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
2513 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
2515 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2516 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2517 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2519 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2520 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2521 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2522 identity is selected, through command-line or
2523 'sendemail.identity'.
2525 sendemail.aliasesFile::
2526 sendemail.aliasFileType::
2527 sendemail.annotate::
2531 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
2533 sendemail.envelopeSender::
2535 sendemail.multiEdit::
2536 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2537 sendemail.smtpPass::
2538 sendemail.suppresscc::
2539 sendemail.suppressFrom::
2541 sendemail.smtpDomain::
2542 sendemail.smtpServer::
2543 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
2544 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
2545 sendemail.smtpUser::
2547 sendemail.transferEncoding::
2548 sendemail.validate::
2550 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2552 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
2553 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
2555 showbranch.default::
2556 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2557 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2559 status.relativePaths::
2560 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2561 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2562 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2566 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2567 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2570 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2571 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2573 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2574 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2575 prefix before each output line (starting with
2576 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2577 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2580 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2581 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2582 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2583 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2584 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2585 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2586 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2587 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2590 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2591 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2592 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2595 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2596 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2597 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2599 status.submoduleSummary::
2601 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2602 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2603 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2604 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2605 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2606 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2607 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2608 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2609 submodule changes. To
2610 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2611 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2612 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2613 not honor these settings.
2616 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2617 option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
2618 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2621 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2622 option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
2623 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2625 submodule.<name>.path::
2626 submodule.<name>.url::
2627 The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
2628 variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
2629 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
2632 submodule.<name>.update::
2633 The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
2634 is populated by `git submodule init` from the
2635 linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
2636 command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
2638 submodule.<name>.branch::
2639 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2640 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2641 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2642 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2644 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2645 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2646 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2647 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2648 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2651 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2652 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2653 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2654 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2655 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2656 to the submodules work tree and
2657 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2658 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2659 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2660 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2661 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2662 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2663 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2664 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2665 affected by this setting.
2668 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2669 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2670 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2673 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2674 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2675 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2676 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2677 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2679 transfer.fsckObjects::
2680 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2681 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2685 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
2686 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
2687 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
2688 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
2689 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
2690 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
2691 program-specific versions of this config.
2693 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
2694 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
2695 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
2696 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
2698 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
2699 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
2700 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
2701 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
2702 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
2703 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
2704 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
2705 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
2707 transfer.unpackLimit::
2708 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2709 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2710 The default value is 100.
2712 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2713 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2714 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2715 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2716 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2719 uploadpack.hideRefs::
2720 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2721 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
2722 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
2723 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
2725 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
2726 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2727 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2728 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2729 see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`.
2731 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
2732 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
2733 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
2734 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
2735 Defaults to `false`.
2737 uploadpack.keepAlive::
2738 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2739 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2740 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2741 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2742 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2743 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2744 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2745 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2746 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2748 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2749 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2750 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2751 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2752 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2753 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2754 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2755 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2756 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2757 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2759 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2760 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2761 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2762 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2763 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2764 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2765 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2766 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2767 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2768 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2769 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2770 setting for that remote.
2773 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2774 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
2775 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2778 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2779 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
2780 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2783 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2784 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2785 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2786 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2787 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2789 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
2790 When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
2791 tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
2792 "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
2793 "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
2795 This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
2796 order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
2797 (e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
2798 is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
2799 suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
2802 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2803 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]