4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
45 as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
46 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
47 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
50 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
51 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
52 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
53 restrictions as section names.
55 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
56 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
57 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
58 the variable is the boolean "true").
59 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
60 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
62 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
63 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
64 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
65 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
66 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
67 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
70 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
71 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
73 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
74 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
75 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
76 escape sequences) are invalid.
82 You can include one config file from another by setting the special
83 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
84 variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
88 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
89 found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
90 `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
91 relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
92 found. See below for examples.
100 ; Don't trust file modes
105 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
110 merge = refs/heads/devel
114 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
115 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
118 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
119 path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
120 path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory
126 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
127 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
128 as to how to spell them.
132 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
133 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
136 true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
137 or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
140 false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
143 When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type
144 specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
145 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
148 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
149 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
150 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
153 The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of
154 colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated
155 by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`,
156 `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and
157 `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and
158 `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
159 second is the background. The position of the attribute, if
160 any, doesn't matter. Attributes may be turned off specifically
161 by prefixing them with `no` (e.g., `noreverse`, `noul`, etc).
163 Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
164 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
165 terminals may support this). If your terminal supports it, you may also
166 specify 24-bit RGB values as hex, like `#ff0ab3`.
168 The attributes are meant to be reset at the beginning of each item
169 in the colored output, so setting color.decorate.branch to `black`
170 will paint that branch name in a plain `black`, even if the previous
171 thing on the same output line (e.g. opening parenthesis before the
172 list of branch names in `log --decorate` output) is set to be
173 painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
176 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
177 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
178 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
179 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
180 specified user's home directory.
186 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
187 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
188 in the appropriate manual page.
190 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
191 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
192 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
193 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
197 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
198 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
199 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
203 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
205 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
206 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
209 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
210 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
212 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
213 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
214 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
215 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
217 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
218 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
220 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
221 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
222 object we do not have.
224 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
225 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
226 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
227 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
229 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
230 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
231 the template shown when writing commit messages in
232 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
233 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
235 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
236 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
239 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
240 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
242 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
243 prevent the operation from being performed.
245 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
246 your information is guessed from the system username and
249 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
250 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
251 a local branch after the fact.
253 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
254 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
256 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
257 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
261 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
264 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
265 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
266 non-executable file with executable bit on.
267 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
268 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
269 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
271 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
272 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
273 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
274 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
275 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
276 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
277 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
278 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
280 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
283 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
284 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
285 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
286 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
289 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
290 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
291 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
292 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
293 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
296 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
297 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
300 core.precomposeUnicode::
301 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
302 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
303 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
304 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
305 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
306 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
307 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
310 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
311 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
312 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
315 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
316 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
318 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
321 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
322 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
323 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
324 crawlers and some backup systems).
325 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
327 core.untrackedCache::
328 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
329 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
330 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
331 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
332 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
333 properly on your system.
334 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
337 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
338 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
339 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
340 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
343 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files',
344 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote
345 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
346 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the
347 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this
348 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are
349 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double
350 quote, backslash and control characters are always
351 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
355 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
356 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
357 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
358 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
359 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
363 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
364 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
365 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
366 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
367 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
368 this is not the case for the current setting of
369 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
370 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
371 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
373 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
374 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
375 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
376 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
377 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
378 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
379 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
380 conversion can corrupt data.
382 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
383 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
384 after committing you still have the original file in your work
385 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
386 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
389 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
390 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
391 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
392 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
393 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
394 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
396 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
397 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
398 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
399 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
400 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
401 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
402 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
403 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
404 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
408 Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
409 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
410 files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
411 `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
412 setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
413 working directory even though the repository does not have
414 normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
415 in which case no output conversion is performed.
418 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
419 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
420 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
421 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
424 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
425 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
429 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
430 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
431 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
432 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
433 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
434 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
435 the first match wins.
437 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
438 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
441 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
442 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
443 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
444 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
447 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
448 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
449 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
451 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
452 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
453 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
454 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
456 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
457 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
461 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
462 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
463 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
464 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
465 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
468 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
469 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
470 number of commands that require a working directory will be
471 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
473 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
474 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
475 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
476 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
480 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
481 If GIT_COMMON_DIR environment variable is set, core.worktree
482 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
483 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
484 variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option.
485 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
486 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
487 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
488 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
489 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
490 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
491 of your working tree.
493 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
494 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
495 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
496 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
497 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
498 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
499 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
500 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
501 repository's usual working tree).
503 core.logAllRefUpdates::
504 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
505 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
506 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
507 only when the file exists. If this configuration
508 variable is set to true, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
509 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
510 refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
511 note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
513 This information can be used to determine what commit
514 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
516 This value is true by default in a repository that has
517 a working directory associated with it, and false by
518 default in a bare repository.
520 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
521 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
524 core.sharedRepository::
525 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
526 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
527 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
528 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
529 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
530 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
531 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
532 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
533 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
534 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
535 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
536 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
537 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
539 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
540 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
541 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
544 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
545 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
546 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
547 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
548 such as 'core.looseCompression' and 'pack.compression'.
550 core.looseCompression::
551 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
552 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
553 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
554 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
555 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
557 core.packedGitWindowSize::
558 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
559 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
560 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
561 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
562 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
563 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
564 a large number of large pack files.
566 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
567 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
568 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
569 not need to adjust this value.
571 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
573 core.packedGitLimit::
574 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
575 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
576 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
577 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
579 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
580 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
581 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
583 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
585 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
586 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
587 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
588 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
589 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
590 objects multiple times.
592 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
593 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
594 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
596 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
598 core.bigFileThreshold::
599 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
600 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
601 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
602 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
603 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
605 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
606 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
607 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
609 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
612 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
613 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
614 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
615 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
616 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
617 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
620 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
621 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
622 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
623 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
624 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
625 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
626 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
628 core.attributesFile::
629 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
630 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
631 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
632 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
633 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
634 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
637 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
638 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
639 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
640 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
641 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
643 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
644 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
645 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
647 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
648 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
649 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
650 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
654 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
655 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
656 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
657 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
660 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
661 messages consider a line that begins with this character
662 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
665 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
666 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
668 core.packedRefsTimeout::
669 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
670 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
671 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
675 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
676 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
677 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
678 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
681 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
682 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
683 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
684 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
685 compile time (usually 'less').
687 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
688 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
689 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
690 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
691 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
692 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
693 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
694 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
695 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
696 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
697 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
698 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
699 line truncation only for `git blame`.
701 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
702 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
703 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
706 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
707 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
708 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
709 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
710 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
712 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
713 as an error (enabled by default).
714 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
715 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
716 error (enabled by default).
717 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
718 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
720 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
721 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
722 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
723 (enabled by default).
724 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
726 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
727 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
728 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
729 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
730 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
731 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
732 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
734 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
735 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
737 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
738 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
739 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
740 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
743 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
745 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
746 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
747 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
748 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
749 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
752 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
753 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
754 will not overwrite existing objects.
756 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
757 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
758 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
761 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
762 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
763 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
764 notes should be printed.
766 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
767 the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
769 core.sparseCheckout::
770 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
771 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
774 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
775 many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
776 for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
780 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
781 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
782 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
783 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
784 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
788 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
789 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
790 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
791 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
792 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
793 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
794 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
796 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
797 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
798 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
799 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
800 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
801 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
802 not necessarily be the current directory.
803 'GIT_PREFIX' is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
804 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
807 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
808 with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
809 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
810 by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
811 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
814 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
815 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
816 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
817 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
818 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
819 See linkgit:git-am[1].
821 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
822 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
823 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
825 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
826 respect all whitespace differences.
827 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
830 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
831 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
833 branch.autoSetupMerge::
834 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
835 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
836 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
837 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
838 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
839 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
840 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
841 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
842 local branch or remote-tracking
843 branch. This option defaults to true.
845 branch.autoSetupRebase::
846 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
847 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
848 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
849 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
850 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
851 other local branches.
852 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
853 remote-tracking branches.
854 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
856 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
857 branch to track another branch.
858 This option defaults to never.
860 branch.<name>.remote::
861 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
862 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
863 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
864 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
865 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
866 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
867 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
868 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
869 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
871 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
872 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
873 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
874 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
875 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
876 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
877 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
878 option to override it for a specific branch.
880 branch.<name>.merge::
881 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
882 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
883 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
884 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
885 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
886 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
887 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
888 "branch.<name>.remote".
889 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
890 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
891 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
892 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
893 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
894 another branch in the local repository, you can point
895 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
896 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
898 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
899 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
900 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
901 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
904 branch.<name>.rebase::
905 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
906 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
907 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
908 branch-specific manner.
910 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
911 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
912 by running 'git pull'.
914 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
916 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
917 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
920 branch.<name>.description::
921 Branch description, can be edited with
922 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
923 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
924 request-pull summary.
927 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
928 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
929 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
931 browser.<tool>.path::
932 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
933 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
934 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
937 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
938 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
941 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
942 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
943 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
944 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
946 color.branch.<slot>::
947 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
948 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
949 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
950 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
954 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
955 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
956 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
957 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
958 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
961 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
962 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
963 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
966 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
967 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
968 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
969 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
970 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
971 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
972 (highlighting whitespace errors).
974 color.decorate.<slot>::
975 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
976 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
977 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
980 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
981 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
982 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
985 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
986 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
990 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
992 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
994 function name lines (when using `-p`)
996 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
998 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1000 matching text in context lines
1002 matching text in selected lines
1004 non-matching text in selected lines
1006 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1007 and between hunks (`--`)
1011 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1012 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1013 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1014 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1015 to the terminal. Defaults to false.
1017 color.interactive.<slot>::
1018 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1019 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1020 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1021 interactive commands.
1024 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1025 use (default is true).
1028 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1029 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1030 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1031 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1034 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1035 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1036 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1037 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
1039 color.status.<slot>::
1040 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1041 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1042 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1043 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1044 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1045 `branch` (the current branch),
1046 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1048 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1051 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1052 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1053 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1054 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1055 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1056 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1057 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1058 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1059 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1060 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1063 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1064 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1067 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1068 (defaults to 'never'):
1072 always show in columns
1074 never show in columns
1076 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1079 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1080 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1085 fill columns before rows
1087 fill rows before columns
1092 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1097 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1099 make equal size columns
1103 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1104 See `column.ui` for details.
1107 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1108 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1111 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1112 See `column.ui` for details.
1115 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1116 See `column.ui` for details.
1119 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1120 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1121 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1122 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1123 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1124 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1125 template yourself, if you do this).
1129 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1130 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1131 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1132 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1136 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1137 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1138 message. Defaults to true.
1141 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1142 new commit messages.
1145 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1146 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1149 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1150 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1151 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1152 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1155 credential.useHttpPath::
1156 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1157 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1158 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1160 credential.username::
1161 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1162 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1163 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1165 credential.<url>.*::
1166 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1167 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1168 would set the default username only for https connections to
1169 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1172 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1173 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1175 include::diff-config.txt[]
1177 difftool.<tool>.path::
1178 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1179 your tool is not in the PATH.
1181 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1182 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1183 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1184 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1185 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1186 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1187 of the diff post-image.
1190 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1192 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1193 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1194 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1195 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1196 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1197 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1198 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1202 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1203 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1204 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1205 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1209 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1210 transfer is below this
1211 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1212 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1213 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1214 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1215 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1216 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1217 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1220 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1221 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1224 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1225 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1226 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1227 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1228 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1231 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1232 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1233 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1234 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1235 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1238 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1239 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1243 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1244 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1245 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1247 format.subjectPrefix::
1248 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1249 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1252 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1253 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1254 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1255 signature generation.
1257 format.signatureFile::
1258 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1259 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1262 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1263 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1264 include the dot if you want it).
1267 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1268 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1269 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1272 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1273 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1274 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1275 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1276 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1277 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1278 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1279 value disables threading.
1282 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1283 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1284 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1285 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1286 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1288 format.coverLetter::
1289 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1290 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1291 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1293 format.outputDirectory::
1294 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1295 current working directory.
1297 format.useAutoBase::
1298 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1299 format-patch by default.
1301 filter.<driver>.clean::
1302 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1303 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1306 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1307 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1308 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1309 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1312 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1313 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1315 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1316 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1317 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1319 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1320 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1323 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1324 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1325 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1326 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1327 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1328 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1330 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1331 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1332 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1335 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1336 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1337 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1341 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1342 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1343 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1344 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1345 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1348 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1349 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1350 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1351 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1354 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1355 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1358 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1359 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1360 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1361 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1362 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1363 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1366 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1367 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1368 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1369 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1372 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1373 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1374 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1375 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1376 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1377 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1378 may be used to suppress pruning.
1381 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1382 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1383 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1384 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1385 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1386 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1387 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1389 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1390 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1391 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1392 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1393 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1394 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1395 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1396 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1397 match the <pattern>.
1400 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1401 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1402 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1404 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1405 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1406 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1407 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1409 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1410 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1411 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1414 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1415 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1418 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1419 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1421 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1422 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1423 attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
1424 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1425 the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1426 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1427 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1428 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1429 the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allBinary' is
1430 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1433 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
1434 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1435 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1436 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1437 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1438 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1439 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1440 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'.
1443 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1444 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1445 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1446 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1447 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1448 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1451 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1452 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1453 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1454 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1455 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1456 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1458 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1459 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbDriver',
1460 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1461 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1462 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1464 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1465 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1466 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1467 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1468 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1469 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1471 All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and
1472 'gitcvs.allBinary' can also be specified as
1473 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1474 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1478 gitweb.description::
1481 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1489 gitweb.remote_heads::
1492 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1495 If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
1498 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1499 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
1500 '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
1501 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1503 grep.extendedRegexp::
1504 If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
1505 option is ignored when the 'grep.patternType' option is set to a value
1506 other than 'default'.
1509 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1510 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1512 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1513 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1514 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1517 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1518 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1519 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1520 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1521 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1522 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1523 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1524 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1527 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1528 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1529 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1532 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1533 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1535 gui.displayUntracked::
1536 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1537 in the file list. The default is "true".
1540 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1541 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1542 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1543 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1544 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1547 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1548 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1549 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1550 not. Default: "false".
1552 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1553 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1556 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1557 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1558 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1561 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1562 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1564 gui.spellingDictionary::
1565 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1566 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1570 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1571 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1572 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1574 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1575 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1576 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1577 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1579 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1580 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1581 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1582 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1583 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1585 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1586 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1587 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1588 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1589 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1590 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as
1591 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1592 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1594 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1595 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1596 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1598 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1599 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1602 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1603 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1606 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1607 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1609 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1610 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1611 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an
1612 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1613 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1614 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1615 value of the variable is used.
1617 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1618 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1619 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option
1620 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1622 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1623 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1624 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1625 for things like checkout or reset.
1627 guitool.<name>.title::
1628 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1631 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1632 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1633 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1634 The default value includes the actual command.
1637 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1638 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1641 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1642 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1643 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1646 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1647 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1648 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1649 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1650 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1651 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1652 This is the default.
1655 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1656 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1657 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1658 path of your Git installation.
1661 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1662 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1663 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1664 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1665 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1666 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1667 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1668 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1670 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1671 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1672 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1673 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1674 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1675 Both can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD' environment
1676 variable. Possible values are:
1679 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1680 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1681 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1682 authentication methods. This is the default.
1683 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1684 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1685 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1686 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1688 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1692 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1693 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1694 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1698 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1699 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1700 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1701 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1704 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1705 which should be used
1706 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1707 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1708 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1709 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1710 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1713 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1714 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1717 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1718 want to force the default. The available and default version
1719 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1720 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1721 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1722 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1723 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1734 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' environment variable.
1735 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1736 explicit http.sslversion option, set 'GIT_SSL_VERSION' to the
1739 http.sslCipherList::
1740 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1741 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1742 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1743 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1744 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1747 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' environment variable.
1748 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1749 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set 'GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' to the
1753 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1754 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
1758 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1759 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
1763 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1764 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
1767 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1768 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1769 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1770 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1771 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.
1774 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1775 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1776 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
1779 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1780 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1781 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
1784 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
1785 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
1786 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
1787 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
1788 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
1792 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
1793 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
1794 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
1795 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
1796 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
1797 errors on misconfigured servers.
1800 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
1801 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
1804 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
1805 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
1806 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
1807 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
1810 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
1811 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
1812 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
1813 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
1814 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
1815 sufficient for most requests.
1817 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
1818 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
1819 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
1820 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
1821 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
1824 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
1825 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
1826 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
1827 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
1830 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
1831 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
1832 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
1833 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
1834 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
1835 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
1836 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
1839 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
1840 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
1841 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
1844 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
1845 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1847 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
1848 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1850 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
1851 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
1852 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
1853 default for the scheme before matching.
1855 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
1856 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
1857 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
1858 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
1859 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
1860 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
1861 key with just path `foo/`).
1863 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
1864 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
1865 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
1866 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
1867 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
1870 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
1871 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
1872 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
1873 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
1874 `https://user@example.com`.
1876 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
1877 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
1878 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
1879 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
1880 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
1881 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
1883 i18n.commitEncoding::
1884 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
1885 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
1886 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
1887 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
1888 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
1890 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
1891 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
1892 running 'git log' and friends.
1895 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
1896 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
1899 Specify the version with which new index files should be
1900 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
1903 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
1904 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
1907 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
1908 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1911 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
1912 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1915 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
1916 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
1918 instaweb.modulePath::
1919 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
1920 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
1924 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
1925 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
1927 interactive.singleKey::
1928 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
1929 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
1930 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
1931 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
1932 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
1933 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
1934 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
1936 interactive.diffFilter::
1937 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
1938 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
1939 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
1940 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
1941 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
1942 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
1945 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1946 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
1947 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
1950 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
1951 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
1952 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
1955 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
1956 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
1957 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
1958 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
1959 This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
1962 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
1963 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
1964 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
1965 on non-linear history.
1968 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
1969 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
1970 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
1971 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
1974 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
1975 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
1978 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
1979 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
1980 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
1981 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
1982 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
1985 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
1986 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
1987 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
1988 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
1989 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
1990 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
1993 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
1994 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
1995 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
1996 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
1997 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2001 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2002 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2005 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2006 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2007 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2010 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2011 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2013 include::merge-config.txt[]
2015 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2016 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2017 your tool is not in the PATH.
2019 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2020 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2021 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2022 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2023 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2024 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2025 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2026 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2027 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2028 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2030 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2031 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2032 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2033 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2034 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2035 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2036 indicate the success of the merge.
2038 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2039 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2040 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2041 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2042 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2043 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2044 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2045 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2047 mergetool.keepBackup::
2048 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2049 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2050 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2051 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2053 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2054 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2055 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2056 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2057 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2058 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2060 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2061 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2062 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2063 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2064 Defaults to `false`.
2067 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2069 notes.mergeStrategy::
2070 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2071 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2072 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2073 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2075 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2076 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2077 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2078 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2079 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2082 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2083 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2084 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2085 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2086 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2087 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2090 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2091 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2094 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2095 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2098 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2099 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2100 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2101 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2102 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2103 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2106 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2107 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2108 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2109 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2110 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2112 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2113 environment variable.
2116 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2117 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2118 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2119 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2121 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2122 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2123 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2125 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2126 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2130 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2131 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2134 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2135 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2138 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2139 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2140 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2141 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2142 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2145 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2146 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2147 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2148 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2149 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2150 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2153 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2154 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2155 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2157 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2158 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2159 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2160 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2161 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2162 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2163 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2164 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2165 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2166 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2168 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2169 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2170 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2171 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2172 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2175 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2176 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2177 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2178 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2179 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2180 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2181 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2182 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2185 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2186 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2187 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2188 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2189 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2190 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2193 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2194 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2195 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2196 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2197 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2198 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2201 pack.packSizeLimit::
2202 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2203 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2204 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2205 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2206 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2207 bitmaps from being created.
2208 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2209 The default is unlimited.
2210 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2214 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2215 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2216 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2217 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2219 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2220 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2222 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2223 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2224 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2225 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2226 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2227 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2228 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2229 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2230 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2231 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2234 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2235 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2236 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2237 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2238 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2239 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2240 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2243 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2244 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2245 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2246 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2247 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2248 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2249 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2250 will be silently ignored.
2253 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2254 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2255 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2256 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2257 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2258 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2259 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2260 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2263 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2264 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2265 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2268 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2269 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2270 by running 'git pull'.
2272 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2274 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2275 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2279 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2283 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2286 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2287 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2288 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2289 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2290 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2294 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2295 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2296 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2298 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2299 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2302 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2303 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2304 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2305 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2306 (i.e. central workflow).
2308 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2309 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2310 different from the local one.
2312 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2313 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2316 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2318 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2319 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2320 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2321 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2322 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2323 'master' will be pushed there).
2325 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2326 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2327 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2328 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2329 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2330 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2331 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2332 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2333 branches outside your control.
2335 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2341 If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You
2342 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2346 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2347 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is
2348 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2349 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2350 '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2351 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2352 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2354 push.recurseSubmodules::
2355 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2356 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2357 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2358 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2359 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2360 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2361 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2362 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2363 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2364 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2365 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2366 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2369 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2370 rebase. False by default.
2373 If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
2376 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
2377 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2378 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2379 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2380 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2383 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2384 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2385 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2386 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2387 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2388 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2389 "ignore", no checking is done.
2390 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2391 command in the todo-list.
2392 Defaults to "ignore".
2394 rebase.instructionFormat
2395 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2396 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2397 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2399 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2400 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2401 capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
2402 to be advertised, set this variable to false.
2405 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2406 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2407 it by setting this variable to false.
2409 receive.certNonceSeed::
2410 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2411 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2412 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2415 receive.certNonceSlop::
2416 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2417 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2418 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2419 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2420 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2421 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2422 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2423 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2424 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2425 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2426 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2428 receive.fsckObjects::
2429 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2430 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2431 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2432 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2435 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2436 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2437 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2438 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2439 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2440 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2441 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2442 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2444 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2445 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2446 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2449 receive.fsck.skipList::
2450 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2451 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2452 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2453 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2454 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2455 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2457 receive.unpackLimit::
2458 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2459 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2460 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2461 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2462 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2463 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2464 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2465 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2467 receive.denyDeletes::
2468 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2469 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2471 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2472 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2473 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2475 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2476 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2477 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2478 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2479 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2480 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2481 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2482 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2484 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2485 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2486 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2487 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2488 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2489 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2491 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2492 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2493 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2495 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2496 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2497 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2498 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2499 set when initializing a shared repository.
2502 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2503 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2504 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2507 receive.updateServerInfo::
2508 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2509 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2511 receive.shallowUpdate::
2512 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2513 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2515 remote.pushDefault::
2516 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2517 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2518 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2521 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2522 linkgit:git-push[1].
2524 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2525 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2527 remote.<name>.proxy::
2528 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2529 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2530 disable proxying for that remote.
2532 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2533 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2534 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2535 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2537 remote.<name>.fetch::
2538 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2539 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2541 remote.<name>.push::
2542 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2543 linkgit:git-push[1].
2545 remote.<name>.mirror::
2546 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2547 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2549 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2550 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2551 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2552 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2554 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2555 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2556 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2557 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2559 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2560 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2561 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2563 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2564 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2565 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2567 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2568 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2569 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2570 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2571 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2572 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2573 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2576 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2577 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2579 remote.<name>.prune::
2580 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2581 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2582 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2583 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2586 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2587 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2589 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2590 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2591 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2592 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2593 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2594 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2595 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2597 repack.packKeptObjects::
2598 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2599 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2600 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2601 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2602 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2604 repack.writeBitmaps::
2605 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2606 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2607 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2608 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2609 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
2610 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
2614 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
2615 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
2616 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
2619 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
2620 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
2621 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
2622 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
2623 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
2626 sendemail.identity::
2627 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
2628 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
2629 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
2630 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.
2632 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
2633 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
2634 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
2636 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
2637 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
2639 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
2640 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
2641 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
2643 sendemail.<identity>.*::
2644 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
2645 found below, taking precedence over those when the this
2646 identity is selected, through command-line or
2647 'sendemail.identity'.
2649 sendemail.aliasesFile::
2650 sendemail.aliasFileType::
2651 sendemail.annotate::
2655 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
2657 sendemail.envelopeSender::
2659 sendemail.multiEdit::
2660 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
2661 sendemail.smtpPass::
2662 sendemail.suppresscc::
2663 sendemail.suppressFrom::
2665 sendemail.smtpDomain::
2666 sendemail.smtpServer::
2667 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
2668 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
2669 sendemail.smtpUser::
2671 sendemail.transferEncoding::
2672 sendemail.validate::
2674 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
2676 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
2677 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.
2679 showbranch.default::
2680 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2681 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
2683 status.relativePaths::
2684 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
2685 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
2686 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
2690 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2691 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
2694 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
2695 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
2697 status.displayCommentPrefix::
2698 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
2699 prefix before each output line (starting with
2700 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
2701 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
2704 status.showUntrackedFiles::
2705 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
2706 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
2707 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
2708 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
2709 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
2710 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
2711 the untracked files. Possible values are:
2714 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
2715 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
2716 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
2719 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
2720 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
2721 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
2723 status.submoduleSummary::
2725 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
2726 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
2727 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
2728 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
2729 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
2730 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
2731 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
2732 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
2733 submodule changes. To
2734 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
2735 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
2736 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
2737 not honor these settings.
2740 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2741 option will show the stash in patch form. Defaults to false.
2742 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2745 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
2746 option will show diffstat of the stash. Defaults to true.
2747 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
2749 submodule.<name>.path::
2750 submodule.<name>.url::
2751 The path within this project and URL for a submodule. These
2752 variables are initially populated by 'git submodule init'. See
2753 linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for
2756 submodule.<name>.update::
2757 The default update procedure for a submodule. This variable
2758 is populated by `git submodule init` from the
2759 linkgit:gitmodules[5] file. See description of 'update'
2760 command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
2762 submodule.<name>.branch::
2763 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
2764 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
2765 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
2766 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
2768 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
2769 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
2770 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
2771 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
2772 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
2775 submodule.<name>.ignore::
2776 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
2777 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
2778 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
2779 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
2780 to the submodules work tree and
2781 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
2782 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
2783 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
2784 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
2785 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
2786 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
2787 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
2788 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
2789 affected by this setting.
2791 submodule.fetchJobs::
2792 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
2793 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
2794 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
2795 If unset, it defaults to 1.
2797 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
2798 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
2799 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
2800 precedence over this option.
2803 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
2804 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
2805 value of this variable will be used as the default.
2808 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
2809 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
2810 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
2811 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
2812 linkgit:git-archive[1].
2814 transfer.fsckObjects::
2815 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
2816 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2820 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
2821 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
2822 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
2823 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
2824 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
2825 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
2826 program-specific versions of this config.
2828 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
2829 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
2830 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
2831 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
2833 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
2834 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
2835 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
2836 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
2837 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
2838 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
2839 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
2840 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
2842 transfer.unpackLimit::
2843 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
2844 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
2845 The default value is 100.
2847 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
2848 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
2849 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
2850 discussion in the `SECURITY` section of
2851 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
2854 uploadpack.hideRefs::
2855 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2856 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
2857 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
2858 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
2860 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
2861 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
2862 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
2863 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
2864 see also `uploadpack.hideRefs`.
2866 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
2867 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
2868 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
2869 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
2870 Defaults to `false`.
2872 uploadpack.keepAlive::
2873 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
2874 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
2875 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
2876 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
2877 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
2878 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
2879 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
2880 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
2881 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
2883 url.<base>.insteadOf::
2884 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
2885 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
2886 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2887 access methods, and some users need to use different access
2888 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
2889 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
2890 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
2891 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2892 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
2894 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
2895 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
2896 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
2897 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
2898 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
2899 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
2900 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
2901 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
2902 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
2903 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
2904 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
2905 setting for that remote.
2908 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2909 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
2910 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2913 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
2914 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
2915 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
2917 user.useConfigOnly::
2918 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for 'user.email'
2919 and 'user.name', and instead retrieve the values only from the
2920 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
2921 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
2922 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
2923 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
2924 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
2925 Defaults to `false`.
2928 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
2929 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
2930 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
2931 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
2932 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
2934 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix::
2935 When version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], prerelease
2936 tags (e.g. "1.0-rc1") may appear after the main release
2937 "1.0". By specifying the suffix "-rc" in this variable,
2938 "1.0-rc1" will appear before "1.0".
2940 This variable can be specified multiple times, once per suffix. The
2941 order of suffixes in the config file determines the sorting order
2942 (e.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the config file then 1.0-preXX
2943 is sorted before 1.0-rcXX). The sorting order between different
2944 suffixes is undefined if they are in multiple config files.
2947 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
2948 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]