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 and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
45 by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
46 other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
47 `t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
48 Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
49 can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
52 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
53 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
54 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
55 restrictions as section names.
57 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
58 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
59 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
60 the variable is the boolean "true").
61 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
62 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
64 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
65 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
66 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
67 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
68 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
69 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
72 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
73 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
75 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
76 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
77 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
78 escape sequences) are invalid.
84 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
85 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
86 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
87 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
90 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
91 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
92 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
93 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
95 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
96 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
97 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
98 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
99 was found. See below for examples.
104 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
105 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
108 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
109 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
114 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
115 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
116 pattern, the include condition is met.
118 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
119 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
120 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
121 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
124 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
125 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
126 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
128 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
129 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
131 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
132 containing the current config file.
134 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
135 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
136 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
138 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
139 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
140 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
143 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
144 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems)
146 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
148 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
150 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
151 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
152 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
155 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
156 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
157 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
158 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
160 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
161 unlikely what you want.
168 ; Don't trust file modes
173 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
178 merge = refs/heads/devel
182 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
183 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
186 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
187 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
188 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
190 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
191 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
192 path = /path/to/foo.inc
194 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
195 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
196 path = /path/to/foo.inc
198 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
199 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
200 path = /path/to/foo.inc
202 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
203 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
204 ; affected by the condition
205 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
211 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
212 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
213 as to how to spell them.
217 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
218 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
221 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
222 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
225 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
226 `0` and the empty string.
228 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
229 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
230 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
233 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
234 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
235 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
238 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
239 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
240 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
242 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
243 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
244 foreground; the second is the background.
246 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
247 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
248 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
251 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
252 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
253 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
254 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
255 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
258 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
259 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
261 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
262 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
263 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
264 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
265 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
266 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
267 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
268 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
271 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
272 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
273 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
274 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
275 specified user's home directory.
281 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
282 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
283 in the appropriate manual page.
285 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
286 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
287 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
288 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
292 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
293 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
294 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
298 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
300 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
301 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
304 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
305 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
307 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
308 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
309 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
310 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
312 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
313 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
315 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
316 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
317 object we do not have.
319 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
320 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
321 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
322 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
324 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
325 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
326 the template shown when writing commit messages in
327 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
328 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
330 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
331 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
334 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
335 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
337 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
338 prevent the operation from being performed.
340 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
341 your information is guessed from the system username and
344 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
345 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
346 a local branch after the fact.
348 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
349 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
351 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
352 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
354 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
355 git repo inside of another.
357 Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not
360 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
361 editor input from the user.
365 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
368 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
369 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
370 non-executable file with executable bit on.
371 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
372 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
373 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
375 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
376 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
377 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
378 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
379 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
380 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
381 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
382 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
384 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
387 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
388 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
389 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
390 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
393 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
394 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
395 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
396 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
397 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
400 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
401 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
404 core.precomposeUnicode::
405 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
406 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
407 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
408 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
409 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
410 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
411 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
414 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
415 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
416 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
419 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
420 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
422 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
425 If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
426 will identify all files that may have changed since the
427 requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
428 avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
429 See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
432 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
433 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
434 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
435 crawlers and some backup systems).
436 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
439 If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used.
440 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default.
442 core.untrackedCache::
443 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
444 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
445 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
446 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
447 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
448 properly on your system.
449 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
452 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
453 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
454 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
455 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
458 Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will
459 quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
460 pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with
461 backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g.
462 `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with
463 values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in
464 UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than
465 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes,
466 backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless
467 of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is
468 not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames
469 completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value
473 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
474 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
475 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
476 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
477 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
481 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
482 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
483 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
484 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
485 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
486 this is not the case for the current setting of
487 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
488 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
489 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
491 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
492 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
493 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
494 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
495 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
496 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
497 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
498 conversion can corrupt data.
500 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
501 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
502 after committing you still have the original file in your work
503 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
504 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
507 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
508 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
509 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
510 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
511 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
512 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
514 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
515 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
516 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
517 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
518 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
519 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
520 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
521 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
522 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
526 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
527 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
528 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
529 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
530 This variable can be set to 'input',
531 in which case no output conversion is performed.
534 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
535 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
536 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
537 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
540 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
541 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
545 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
546 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
547 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
548 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
549 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
550 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
551 the first match wins.
553 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
554 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
557 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
558 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
559 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
560 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
563 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
564 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
565 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
566 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
567 when the environment variable is set.
570 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
571 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
572 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
574 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
575 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
576 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
577 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
579 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
580 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
584 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
585 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
586 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
587 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
588 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
591 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
592 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
593 number of commands that require a working directory will be
594 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
596 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
597 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
598 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
599 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
603 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
604 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
605 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
606 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
607 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
608 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
609 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
610 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
611 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
612 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
613 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
614 of your working tree.
616 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
617 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
618 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
619 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
620 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
621 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
622 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
623 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
624 repository's usual working tree).
626 core.logAllRefUpdates::
627 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
628 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
629 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
630 only when the file exists. If this configuration
631 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
632 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
633 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
634 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
635 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
636 created for any ref under `refs/`.
638 This information can be used to determine what commit
639 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
641 This value is true by default in a repository that has
642 a working directory associated with it, and false by
643 default in a bare repository.
645 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
646 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
649 core.sharedRepository::
650 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
651 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
652 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
653 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
654 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
655 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
656 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
657 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
658 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
659 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
660 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
661 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
662 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
664 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
665 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
666 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
669 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
670 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
671 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
672 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
673 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
675 core.looseCompression::
676 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
677 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
678 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
679 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
680 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
682 core.packedGitWindowSize::
683 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
684 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
685 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
686 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
687 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
688 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
689 a large number of large pack files.
691 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
692 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
693 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
694 not need to adjust this value.
696 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
698 core.packedGitLimit::
699 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
700 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
701 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
702 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
704 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively
705 unlimited) on 64 bit platforms.
706 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
707 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
709 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
711 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
712 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
713 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
714 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
715 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
716 objects multiple times.
718 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
719 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
720 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
722 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
724 core.bigFileThreshold::
725 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
726 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
727 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
728 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
729 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
731 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
732 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
733 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
735 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
738 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
739 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
740 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
741 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
742 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
743 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
746 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
747 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
748 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
749 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
750 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
751 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
752 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
754 core.attributesFile::
755 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
756 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
757 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
758 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
759 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
760 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
763 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
764 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
765 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
766 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
767 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
769 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
770 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
771 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
773 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
774 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
775 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
776 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
780 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
781 messages by launching an editor use the value of this
782 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
783 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
786 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
787 messages consider a line that begins with this character
788 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
791 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
792 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
794 core.filesRefLockTimeout::
795 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
796 lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
797 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
800 core.packedRefsTimeout::
801 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
802 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
803 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
807 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
808 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
809 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
810 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
813 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
814 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
815 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
816 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
817 compile time (usually 'less').
819 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
820 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
821 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
822 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
823 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
824 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
825 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
826 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
827 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
828 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
829 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
830 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
831 line truncation only for `git blame`.
833 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
834 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
835 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
838 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
839 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
840 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
841 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
842 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
844 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
845 as an error (enabled by default).
846 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
847 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
848 error (enabled by default).
849 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
850 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
852 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
853 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
854 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
855 (enabled by default).
856 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
858 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
859 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
860 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
861 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
862 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
863 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
864 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
866 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
867 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
869 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
870 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
871 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
872 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
875 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
877 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
878 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
879 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
880 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
881 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
884 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
885 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
886 will not overwrite existing objects.
888 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
889 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
890 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
893 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
894 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
895 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
896 notes should be printed.
898 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
899 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
901 core.sparseCheckout::
902 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
903 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
906 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
907 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is
908 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects
909 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for
910 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
911 The minimum length is 4.
914 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
915 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
916 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
917 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
918 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
922 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
923 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
924 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
925 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
926 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
927 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
928 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
930 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
931 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
932 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
933 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
934 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
935 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
936 not necessarily be the current directory.
937 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
938 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
941 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
942 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
943 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
944 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
945 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
948 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
949 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
950 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
951 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
952 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
953 See linkgit:git-am[1].
955 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
956 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
957 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
959 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
960 respect all whitespace differences.
961 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
964 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
965 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
968 Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
969 This option defaults to false.
971 blame.blankBoundary::
972 Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in
973 linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.
976 Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].
977 This option defaults to false.
980 Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].
981 If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,
982 see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
984 branch.autoSetupMerge::
985 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
986 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
987 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
988 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
989 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
990 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
991 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
992 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
993 local branch or remote-tracking
994 branch. This option defaults to true.
996 branch.autoSetupRebase::
997 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
998 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
999 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
1000 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
1001 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1002 other local branches.
1003 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1004 remote-tracking branches.
1005 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
1007 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
1008 branch to track another branch.
1009 This option defaults to never.
1011 branch.<name>.remote::
1012 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
1013 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
1014 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
1015 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
1016 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
1017 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
1018 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
1019 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
1020 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
1022 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
1023 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
1024 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
1025 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
1026 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
1027 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
1028 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
1029 option to override it for a specific branch.
1031 branch.<name>.merge::
1032 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
1033 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
1034 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
1035 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
1036 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
1037 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
1038 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
1039 "branch.<name>.remote".
1040 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
1041 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
1042 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
1043 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
1044 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
1045 another branch in the local repository, you can point
1046 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
1047 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
1049 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
1050 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
1051 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
1052 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
1055 branch.<name>.rebase::
1056 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
1057 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
1058 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
1059 branch-specific manner.
1061 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1062 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1063 by running 'git pull'.
1065 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
1067 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1068 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1071 branch.<name>.description::
1072 Branch description, can be edited with
1073 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
1074 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
1075 request-pull summary.
1077 browser.<tool>.cmd::
1078 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
1079 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
1080 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
1082 browser.<tool>.path::
1083 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1084 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
1085 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
1087 clean.requireForce::
1088 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
1089 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
1092 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1093 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1094 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1095 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1096 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1098 color.branch.<slot>::
1099 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
1100 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
1101 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
1102 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
1106 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
1107 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
1108 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
1109 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
1110 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
1111 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
1114 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
1115 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
1116 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
1119 If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
1120 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
1121 see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
1122 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
1123 moved lines are not colored.
1126 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
1127 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
1128 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
1129 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
1130 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
1131 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
1132 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
1133 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
1134 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
1135 and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
1136 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
1138 color.decorate.<slot>::
1139 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
1140 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
1141 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
1144 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
1145 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
1146 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
1147 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1150 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
1151 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
1155 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
1157 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
1159 function name lines (when using `-p`)
1161 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
1163 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1165 matching text in context lines
1167 matching text in selected lines
1169 non-matching text in selected lines
1171 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1172 and between hunks (`--`)
1176 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1177 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1178 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1179 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1180 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
1181 used (`auto` by default).
1183 color.interactive.<slot>::
1184 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1185 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1186 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1187 interactive commands.
1190 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1191 use (default is true).
1194 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1195 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1196 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1197 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1198 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1201 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1202 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1203 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1204 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1205 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1207 color.status.<slot>::
1208 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1209 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1210 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1211 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1212 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1213 `branch` (the current branch),
1214 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1216 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,
1217 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the
1218 status short-format), or
1219 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1222 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1223 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1224 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1225 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1226 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1227 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1228 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1229 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1230 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1231 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1234 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1235 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1238 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1239 (defaults to 'never'):
1243 always show in columns
1245 never show in columns
1247 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1250 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1251 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1256 fill columns before rows
1258 fill rows before columns
1263 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1268 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1270 make equal size columns
1274 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1275 See `column.ui` for details.
1278 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1279 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1282 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1283 See `column.ui` for details.
1286 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1287 See `column.ui` for details.
1290 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1291 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1292 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1293 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1294 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1295 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1296 template yourself, if you do this).
1300 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1301 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1302 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1303 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1307 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1308 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1309 message. Defaults to true.
1312 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1313 new commit messages.
1316 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1317 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1320 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1321 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1322 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1323 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1326 credential.useHttpPath::
1327 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1328 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1329 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1331 credential.username::
1332 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1333 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1334 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1336 credential.<url>.*::
1337 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1338 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1339 would set the default username only for https connections to
1340 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1343 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1344 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1346 completion.commands::
1347 This is only used by git-completion.bash to add or remove
1348 commands from the list of completed commands. Normally only
1349 porcelain commands and a few select others are completed. You
1350 can add more commands, separated by space, in this
1351 variable. Prefixing the command with '-' will remove it from
1354 include::diff-config.txt[]
1356 difftool.<tool>.path::
1357 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1358 your tool is not in the PATH.
1360 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1361 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1362 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1363 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1364 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1365 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1366 of the diff post-image.
1369 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1371 fastimport.unpackLimit::
1372 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]
1373 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into
1374 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects
1375 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a
1376 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import
1377 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
1378 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1380 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1381 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1382 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1383 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1384 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1385 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1386 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1390 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1391 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1392 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1393 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1397 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1398 transfer is below this
1399 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1400 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1401 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1402 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1403 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1404 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1405 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1408 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1409 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`
1410 and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1413 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the
1414 `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,
1415 if not set already. This allows for setting both this option
1416 and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream
1417 refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING
1418 section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1421 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
1422 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
1423 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
1426 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1427 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1428 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1429 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1430 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1433 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
1434 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
1435 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
1436 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
1437 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
1438 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
1439 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
1440 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
1443 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1444 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1445 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1446 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1447 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1450 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1451 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1455 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1456 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1457 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1459 format.subjectPrefix::
1460 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1461 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1464 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1465 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1466 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1467 signature generation.
1469 format.signatureFile::
1470 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1471 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1474 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1475 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1476 include the dot if you want it).
1479 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1480 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1481 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1484 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1485 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1486 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1487 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1488 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1489 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1490 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1491 value disables threading.
1494 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1495 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1496 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1497 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1498 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1500 format.coverLetter::
1501 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1502 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1503 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1505 format.outputDirectory::
1506 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1507 current working directory.
1509 format.useAutoBase::
1510 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1511 format-patch by default.
1513 filter.<driver>.clean::
1514 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1515 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1518 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1519 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1520 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1521 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1524 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1525 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1527 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1528 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1529 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1531 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1532 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1535 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1536 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1537 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1538 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1539 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1540 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1542 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1543 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1544 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1547 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1548 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1549 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1553 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1554 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1555 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1556 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1557 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1560 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1561 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1562 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1563 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1566 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1567 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1570 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
1571 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
1572 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
1576 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1577 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1578 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1579 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1580 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1581 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1584 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1585 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1586 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1587 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1588 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when
1589 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the
1590 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].
1592 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1593 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1594 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1595 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1596 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1597 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1598 may be used to suppress pruning.
1601 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1602 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1603 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1604 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1605 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1606 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1607 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1609 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1610 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1611 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1612 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1613 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1614 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1615 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1616 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1617 match the <pattern>.
1620 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1621 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1622 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1623 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1625 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1626 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1627 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1628 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1629 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1631 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1632 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1633 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1636 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1637 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1640 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1641 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1643 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1644 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1645 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1646 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1647 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1648 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1649 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1650 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1651 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1652 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1655 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1656 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1657 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1658 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1659 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1660 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1661 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1662 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1665 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1666 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1667 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1668 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1669 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1670 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1673 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1674 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1675 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1676 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1677 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1678 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1680 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1681 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1682 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1683 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1684 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1686 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1687 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1688 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1689 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1690 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1691 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1693 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1694 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1695 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1696 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1700 gitweb.description::
1703 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1711 gitweb.remote_heads::
1714 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1717 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1720 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1721 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1722 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1723 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1725 grep.extendedRegexp::
1726 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1727 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1728 other than 'default'.
1731 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1732 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1734 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1735 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1736 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1739 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1740 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1741 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1742 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1743 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1744 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1745 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1746 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1749 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1750 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1751 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1754 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1755 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1757 gui.displayUntracked::
1758 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1759 in the file list. The default is "true".
1762 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1763 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1764 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1765 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1766 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1769 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1770 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1771 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1772 not. Default: "false".
1774 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1775 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1778 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1779 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1780 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1783 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1784 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1786 gui.spellingDictionary::
1787 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1788 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1792 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1793 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1794 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1796 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1797 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1798 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1799 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1801 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1802 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1803 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1804 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1805 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1807 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1808 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1809 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1810 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1811 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1812 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1813 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1814 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1816 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1817 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1818 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1820 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1821 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1824 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1825 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1828 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1829 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1831 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1832 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1833 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1834 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1835 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1836 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1837 value of the variable is used.
1839 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1840 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1841 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1842 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1844 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1845 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1846 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1847 for things like checkout or reset.
1849 guitool.<name>.title::
1850 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1853 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1854 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1855 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1856 The default value includes the actual command.
1859 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1860 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1863 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1864 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1865 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1868 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1869 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1870 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1871 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1872 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1873 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1874 This is the default.
1877 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1878 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1879 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1880 path of your Git installation.
1883 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1884 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1885 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1886 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1887 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1888 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1889 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1890 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1892 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1893 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1894 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1895 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1896 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1897 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1898 variable. Possible values are:
1901 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1902 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1903 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1904 authentication methods. This is the default.
1905 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1906 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1907 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1908 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1910 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1914 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1915 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1916 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1920 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
1921 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
1922 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
1923 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
1926 * `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
1927 * `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
1928 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
1929 * `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
1934 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1935 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1936 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1937 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1940 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1941 which should be used
1942 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1943 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1944 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1945 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1946 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1949 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1950 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1953 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1954 want to force the default. The available and default version
1955 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1956 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1957 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1958 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1959 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1971 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
1972 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1973 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
1976 http.sslCipherList::
1977 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1978 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1979 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1980 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1981 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1984 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
1985 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1986 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
1990 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1991 over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the
1992 `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.
1995 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1996 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
2000 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
2001 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
2004 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
2005 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
2006 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
2007 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
2008 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
2011 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
2012 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
2013 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
2016 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
2017 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
2018 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
2021 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
2022 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
2023 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
2024 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
2025 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
2029 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
2030 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
2031 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
2032 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
2033 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
2034 errors on misconfigured servers.
2037 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
2038 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
2041 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
2042 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
2043 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
2044 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
2047 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
2048 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
2049 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
2050 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
2051 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
2052 sufficient for most requests.
2054 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
2055 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
2056 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
2057 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
2058 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
2061 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
2062 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
2063 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
2064 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
2067 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
2068 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
2069 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
2070 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
2071 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
2072 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
2073 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
2075 http.followRedirects::
2076 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
2077 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
2078 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
2079 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
2080 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
2081 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
2082 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
2083 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
2086 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
2087 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
2088 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
2091 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
2092 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2094 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
2095 This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is
2096 possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains
2097 at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match
2098 `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.
2100 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
2101 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2102 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
2103 default for the scheme before matching.
2105 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
2106 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
2107 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
2108 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
2109 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
2110 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
2111 key with just path `foo/`).
2113 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
2114 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
2115 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
2116 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
2117 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
2120 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
2121 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
2122 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
2123 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
2124 `https://user@example.com`.
2126 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
2127 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
2128 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
2129 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
2130 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
2131 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
2134 By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use
2135 based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured
2136 using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or
2137 the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is
2138 unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH
2139 options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the
2140 `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use
2141 OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides
2142 the host and remote command (if it fails).
2144 The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.
2145 Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,
2146 `tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).
2147 The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value
2148 `auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be
2149 overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
2151 The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
2156 * `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command
2158 * `simple` - [username@]host command
2160 * `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command
2162 * `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command
2166 Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to
2167 change as git gains new features.
2169 i18n.commitEncoding::
2170 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
2171 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
2172 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
2173 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
2174 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
2176 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
2177 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
2178 running 'git log' and friends.
2181 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
2182 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
2185 Specify the version with which new index files should be
2186 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
2189 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
2190 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
2193 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
2194 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2197 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
2198 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2201 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
2202 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
2204 instaweb.modulePath::
2205 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
2206 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
2210 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
2211 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2213 interactive.singleKey::
2214 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
2215 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
2216 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
2217 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
2218 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
2219 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
2220 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
2222 interactive.diffFilter::
2223 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
2224 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
2225 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
2226 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
2227 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
2228 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
2231 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2232 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
2233 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
2236 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
2237 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
2238 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
2241 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
2242 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
2243 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
2244 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
2245 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
2246 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
2247 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
2251 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
2252 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
2253 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
2254 on non-linear history.
2257 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
2258 history lines in `git log --graph`.
2261 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
2262 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
2263 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
2264 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
2267 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2268 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
2271 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2272 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
2275 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
2276 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
2277 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
2278 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
2279 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
2282 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
2283 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
2284 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
2285 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2286 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2287 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2290 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2291 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2292 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2293 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2294 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2298 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2299 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2302 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2303 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2304 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2307 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2308 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2310 include::merge-config.txt[]
2312 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2313 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2314 your tool is not in the PATH.
2316 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2317 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2318 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2319 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2320 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2321 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2322 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2323 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2324 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2325 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2327 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2328 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2329 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2330 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2331 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2332 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2333 indicate the success of the merge.
2335 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2336 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2337 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2338 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2339 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2340 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2341 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2342 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2344 mergetool.keepBackup::
2345 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2346 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2347 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2348 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2350 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2351 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2352 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2353 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2354 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2355 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2357 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2358 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2359 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2360 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2361 Defaults to `false`.
2364 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2366 notes.mergeStrategy::
2367 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2368 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2369 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2370 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2372 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2373 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2374 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2375 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2376 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2379 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2380 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2381 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2382 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2383 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2384 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2387 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2388 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2391 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2392 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2395 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2396 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2397 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2398 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2399 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2400 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2403 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2404 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2405 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2406 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2407 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2409 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2410 environment variable.
2413 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2414 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2415 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2416 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2418 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2419 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2420 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2422 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2423 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2427 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2428 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2431 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2432 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2435 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2436 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2437 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2438 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2439 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2442 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2443 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2444 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2445 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2446 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2447 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2450 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2451 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2452 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2454 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2455 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2456 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2457 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2458 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2459 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2460 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2461 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2462 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2463 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2465 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2466 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2467 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2468 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2469 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2472 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2473 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2474 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2475 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2476 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2477 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2478 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2479 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2482 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2483 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2484 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2485 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2486 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2487 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2490 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2491 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2492 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2493 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2494 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2495 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2498 pack.packSizeLimit::
2499 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2500 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2501 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2502 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2503 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2504 bitmaps from being created.
2505 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2506 The default is unlimited.
2507 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2511 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2512 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2513 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2514 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2516 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2517 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2519 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2520 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2521 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2522 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2523 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2524 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2525 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2526 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2527 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2528 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2531 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2532 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2533 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2534 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2535 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2536 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2537 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2540 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2541 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2542 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2543 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2544 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2545 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2546 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2547 will be silently ignored.
2550 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
2551 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
2552 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
2553 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
2554 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
2555 policy of `user`. Supported policies:
2559 * `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
2561 * `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
2563 * `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
2564 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
2565 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
2566 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
2567 submodule initialization.
2571 protocol.<name>.allow::
2572 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
2573 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
2575 The protocol names currently used by git are:
2578 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
2581 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
2582 connection (or proxy, if configured)
2584 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
2587 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
2588 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
2589 both, you must do so individually.
2591 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
2592 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
2596 Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
2597 server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
2598 attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
2599 particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
2605 * `0` - the original wire protocol.
2607 * `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
2608 in the initial response from the server.
2613 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2614 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2615 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2616 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2617 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2618 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2619 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2620 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2623 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2624 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2625 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2628 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2629 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2630 by running 'git pull'.
2632 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2634 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2635 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2639 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2643 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2646 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2647 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2648 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2649 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2650 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2654 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2655 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2656 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2658 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2659 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2662 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2663 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2664 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2665 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2666 (i.e. central workflow).
2668 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
2670 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2671 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2672 different from the local one.
2674 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2675 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2678 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2680 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2681 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2682 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2683 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2684 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2685 'master' will be pushed there).
2687 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2688 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2689 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2690 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2691 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2692 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2693 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2694 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2695 branches outside your control.
2697 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2703 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2704 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2708 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2709 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2710 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2711 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2712 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2713 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2714 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2717 When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
2718 command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
2719 this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
2721 This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
2722 higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
2723 repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
2724 configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
2741 This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
2745 push.recurseSubmodules::
2746 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2747 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2748 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2749 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2750 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2751 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2752 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2753 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2754 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2755 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2756 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2757 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2759 include::rebase-config.txt[]
2761 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2762 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2763 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2764 capability, set this variable to false.
2766 receive.advertisePushOptions::
2767 When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
2768 capability to its clients. False by default.
2771 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2772 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2773 it by setting this variable to false.
2775 receive.certNonceSeed::
2776 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2777 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2778 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2781 receive.certNonceSlop::
2782 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2783 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2784 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2785 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2786 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2787 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2788 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2789 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2790 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2791 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2792 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2794 receive.fsckObjects::
2795 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2796 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2797 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2798 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2801 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2802 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2803 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2804 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2805 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2806 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2807 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2808 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2810 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2811 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2812 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2815 receive.fsck.skipList::
2816 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2817 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2818 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2819 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2820 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2821 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2824 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
2825 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
2826 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
2827 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
2828 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
2829 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
2830 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
2832 receive.unpackLimit::
2833 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2834 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2835 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2836 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2837 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2838 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2839 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2840 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2842 receive.maxInputSize::
2843 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
2844 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
2845 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
2848 receive.denyDeletes::
2849 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2850 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2852 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2853 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2854 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2856 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2857 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2858 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2859 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2860 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2861 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2862 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2863 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2865 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2866 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2867 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2868 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2869 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2870 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2872 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2873 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2874 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2876 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2877 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2878 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2879 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2880 set when initializing a shared repository.
2883 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2884 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2885 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2888 receive.updateServerInfo::
2889 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2890 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2892 receive.shallowUpdate::
2893 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2894 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2896 remote.pushDefault::
2897 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2898 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2899 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2902 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2903 linkgit:git-push[1].
2905 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2906 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2908 remote.<name>.proxy::
2909 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2910 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2911 disable proxying for that remote.
2913 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2914 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2915 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2916 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2918 remote.<name>.fetch::
2919 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2920 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2922 remote.<name>.push::
2923 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2924 linkgit:git-push[1].
2926 remote.<name>.mirror::
2927 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2928 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2930 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2931 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2932 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2933 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2935 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2936 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2937 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2938 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2940 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2941 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2942 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2944 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2945 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2946 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2948 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2949 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2950 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2951 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2952 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2953 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2954 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2957 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2958 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2960 remote.<name>.prune::
2961 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2962 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2963 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2964 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2966 remote.<name>.pruneTags::
2967 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2968 remove any local tags that no longer exist on the remote if pruning
2969 is activated in general via `remote.<name>.prune`, `fetch.prune` or
2970 `--prune`. Overrides `fetch.pruneTags` settings, if any.
2972 See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
2973 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2976 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2977 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2979 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2980 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2981 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2982 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2983 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2984 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2985 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2987 repack.packKeptObjects::
2988 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2989 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2990 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2991 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2992 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2994 repack.writeBitmaps::
2995 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2996 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2997 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2998 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2999 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
3000 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
3004 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
3005 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
3006 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
3009 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
3010 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
3011 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
3012 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
3013 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
3016 sendemail.identity::
3017 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
3018 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
3019 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
3020 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
3022 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
3023 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
3024 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
3026 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
3027 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
3029 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
3030 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
3031 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
3033 sendemail.<identity>.*::
3034 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
3035 found below, taking precedence over those when this
3036 identity is selected, through either the command-line or
3037 `sendemail.identity`.
3039 sendemail.aliasesFile::
3040 sendemail.aliasFileType::
3041 sendemail.annotate::
3045 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
3047 sendemail.envelopeSender::
3049 sendemail.multiEdit::
3050 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
3051 sendemail.smtpPass::
3052 sendemail.suppresscc::
3053 sendemail.suppressFrom::
3056 sendemail.smtpDomain::
3057 sendemail.smtpServer::
3058 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
3059 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
3060 sendemail.smtpUser::
3062 sendemail.transferEncoding::
3063 sendemail.validate::
3065 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
3067 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
3068 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
3070 sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
3071 Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
3072 will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
3074 See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3076 sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
3077 Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
3078 See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3080 showbranch.default::
3081 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3082 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3084 splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
3085 When the split index feature is used, this specifies the
3086 percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the
3087 total number of entries in both the split index and the shared
3088 index before a new shared index is written.
3089 The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then
3090 a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new
3091 shared index is never written.
3092 By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written
3093 if the number of entries in the split index would be greater
3094 than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
3095 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3097 splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
3098 When the split index feature is used, shared index files that
3099 were not modified since the time this variable specifies will
3100 be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value
3101 "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses
3102 expiration altogether.
3103 The default value is "2.weeks.ago".
3104 Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the
3105 purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is
3106 either created based on it or read from it.
3107 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3109 status.relativePaths::
3110 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
3111 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
3112 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
3116 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3117 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
3120 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3121 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
3123 status.displayCommentPrefix::
3124 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
3125 prefix before each output line (starting with
3126 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
3127 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
3131 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of
3132 entries currently stashed away.
3135 status.showUntrackedFiles::
3136 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
3137 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
3138 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
3139 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
3140 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
3141 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
3142 the untracked files. Possible values are:
3145 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
3146 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
3147 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
3150 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
3151 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
3152 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
3154 status.submoduleSummary::
3156 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
3157 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
3158 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
3159 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
3160 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
3161 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
3162 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
3163 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
3164 submodule changes. To
3165 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
3166 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
3167 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
3168 not honor these settings.
3171 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3172 option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false.
3173 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3176 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3177 option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
3178 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3180 submodule.<name>.url::
3181 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
3182 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
3183 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
3184 update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
3185 set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
3186 whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
3187 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3189 submodule.<name>.update::
3190 The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
3191 which is the only affected command, others such as
3192 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
3193 historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
3194 interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
3195 and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
3196 `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
3197 See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
3199 submodule.<name>.branch::
3200 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
3201 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
3202 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
3203 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3205 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
3206 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
3207 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
3208 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
3209 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
3212 submodule.<name>.ignore::
3213 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
3214 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
3215 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
3216 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
3217 to the submodules work tree and
3218 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
3219 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
3220 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
3221 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
3222 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
3223 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
3224 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
3225 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
3226 affected by this setting.
3228 submodule.<name>.active::
3229 Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
3230 commands. This config option takes precedence over the
3231 submodule.active config option.
3234 A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
3235 submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
3239 Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
3240 applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
3244 submodule.fetchJobs::
3245 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
3246 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
3247 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
3248 If unset, it defaults to 1.
3250 submodule.alternateLocation::
3251 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
3252 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
3253 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
3254 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
3255 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
3257 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
3258 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
3259 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
3260 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
3262 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
3263 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
3264 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
3265 precedence over this option.
3268 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
3269 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
3270 value of this variable will be used as the default.
3273 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
3274 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
3275 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
3276 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
3277 linkgit:git-archive[1].
3279 transfer.fsckObjects::
3280 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
3281 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3285 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
3286 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
3287 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
3288 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
3289 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
3290 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
3291 program-specific versions of this config.
3293 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
3294 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
3295 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
3296 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
3298 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
3299 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
3300 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
3301 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
3302 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
3303 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
3304 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
3305 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
3307 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
3308 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the
3309 linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a
3310 separate repository.
3312 transfer.unpackLimit::
3313 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
3314 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3315 The default value is 100.
3317 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
3318 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
3319 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
3320 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of
3321 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
3324 uploadpack.hideRefs::
3325 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
3326 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
3327 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
3328 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
3330 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
3331 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
3332 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
3333 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
3334 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client
3335 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the
3336 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's
3337 best to keep private data in a separate repository.
3339 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
3340 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
3341 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
3342 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
3343 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able
3344 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"
3345 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to
3346 keep private data in a separate repository.
3348 uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::
3349 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any
3351 Defaults to `false`.
3353 uploadpack.keepAlive::
3354 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
3355 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
3356 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
3357 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
3358 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
3359 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
3360 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
3361 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
3362 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
3364 uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
3365 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run
3366 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will
3367 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and
3368 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`
3369 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin
3370 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself
3371 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
3372 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
3375 uploadpack.allowFilter::
3376 If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
3377 clone and partial fetch object filtering.
3379 Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
3380 repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
3381 untrusted repositories).
3383 url.<base>.insteadOf::
3384 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
3385 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
3386 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3387 access methods, and some users need to use different access
3388 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
3389 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
3390 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
3391 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3392 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
3394 Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten
3395 URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote
3396 helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit
3397 the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules
3398 must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the
3399 description of `protocol.allow` above.
3401 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
3402 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
3403 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
3404 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
3405 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3406 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
3407 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
3408 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
3409 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3410 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
3411 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
3412 setting for that remote.
3415 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3416 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
3417 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3420 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3421 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
3422 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3424 user.useConfigOnly::
3425 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
3426 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
3427 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
3428 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
3429 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
3430 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
3431 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
3432 Defaults to `false`.
3435 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
3436 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
3437 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
3438 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
3439 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
3441 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
3442 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
3443 `versionsort.suffix` is set.
3445 versionsort.suffix::
3446 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
3447 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
3448 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
3449 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
3450 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
3451 with different suffixes.
3453 By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
3454 that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
3455 the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
3456 "1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
3457 suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
3458 with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
3459 configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
3460 "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
3461 with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
3462 among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
3463 "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
3464 are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
3467 If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
3468 be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
3469 the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
3470 that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
3471 longest of those suffixes.
3472 The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
3473 in multiple config files.
3476 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
3477 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
3480 worktree.guessRemote::
3481 With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor
3482 `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to
3483 creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is
3484 set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking
3485 branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If
3486 such a branch exists, it is checked out and set as "upstream"
3487 for the new branch. If no such match can be found, it falls
3488 back to creating a new branch from the current HEAD.