4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
45 as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
46 lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
47 You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
50 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
51 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
52 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
53 restrictions as section names.
55 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
56 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
57 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
58 the variable is the boolean "true").
59 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
60 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
62 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
63 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
64 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
65 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
66 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
67 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
70 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
71 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
73 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
74 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
75 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
76 escape sequences) are invalid.
82 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
83 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
84 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
85 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
88 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
89 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
90 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
91 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
93 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
94 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
95 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
96 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
97 was found. See below for examples.
102 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
103 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
106 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
107 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
112 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
113 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
114 pattern, the include condition is met.
116 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
117 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
118 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
119 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
122 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
123 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
124 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
126 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
127 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
129 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
130 containing the current config file.
132 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
133 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
134 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
136 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
137 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
138 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
141 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
142 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems)
144 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
146 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
148 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
149 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
150 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
153 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
154 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
155 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
156 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
158 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
159 unlikely what you want.
166 ; Don't trust file modes
171 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
176 merge = refs/heads/devel
180 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
181 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
184 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
185 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
186 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
188 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
189 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
190 path = /path/to/foo.inc
192 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
193 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
194 path = /path/to/foo.inc
196 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
197 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
198 path = /path/to/foo.inc
200 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
201 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
202 ; affected by the condition
203 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
209 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
210 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
211 as to how to spell them.
215 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
216 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
219 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
220 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
223 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
224 `0` and the empty string.
226 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
227 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
228 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
231 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
232 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
233 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
236 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
237 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
238 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
240 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
241 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
242 foreground; the second is the background.
244 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
245 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
246 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
249 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
250 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
251 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
252 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
253 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
256 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
257 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
259 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
260 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
261 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
262 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
263 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
264 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
265 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
266 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
269 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
270 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
271 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
272 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
273 specified user's home directory.
279 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
280 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
281 in the appropriate manual page.
283 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
284 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
285 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
286 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
290 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
291 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
292 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
296 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
298 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
299 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
302 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
303 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
305 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
306 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
307 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
308 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
310 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
311 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
313 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
314 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
315 object we do not have.
317 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
318 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
319 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
320 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
322 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
323 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
324 the template shown when writing commit messages in
325 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
326 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
328 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
329 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
332 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
333 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
335 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
336 prevent the operation from being performed.
338 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
339 your information is guessed from the system username and
342 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
343 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
344 a local branch after the fact.
346 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
347 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
349 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
350 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
352 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
353 git repo inside of another.
355 Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not
360 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
363 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
364 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
365 non-executable file with executable bit on.
366 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
367 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
368 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
370 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
371 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
372 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
373 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
374 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
375 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
376 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
377 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
379 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
382 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
383 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
384 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
385 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
388 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
389 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
390 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
391 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
392 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
395 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
396 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
399 core.precomposeUnicode::
400 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
401 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
402 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
403 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
404 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
405 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
406 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
409 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
410 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
411 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
414 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
415 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
417 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
420 If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
421 will identify all files that may have changed since the
422 requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
423 avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
424 See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
427 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
428 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
429 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
430 crawlers and some backup systems).
431 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
434 If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used.
435 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default.
437 core.untrackedCache::
438 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
439 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
440 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
441 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
442 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
443 properly on your system.
444 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
447 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
448 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
449 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
450 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
453 Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will
454 quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
455 pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with
456 backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g.
457 `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with
458 values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in
459 UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than
460 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes,
461 backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless
462 of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is
463 not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames
464 completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value
468 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
469 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
470 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
471 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
472 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
476 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
477 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
478 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
479 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
480 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
481 this is not the case for the current setting of
482 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
483 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
484 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
486 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
487 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
488 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
489 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
490 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
491 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
492 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
493 conversion can corrupt data.
495 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
496 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
497 after committing you still have the original file in your work
498 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
499 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
502 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
503 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
504 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
505 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
506 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
507 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
509 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
510 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
511 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
512 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
513 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
514 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
515 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
516 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
517 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
521 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
522 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
523 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
524 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
525 This variable can be set to 'input',
526 in which case no output conversion is performed.
529 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
530 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
531 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
532 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
535 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
536 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
540 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
541 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
542 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
543 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
544 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
545 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
546 the first match wins.
548 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
549 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
552 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
553 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
554 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
555 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
558 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
559 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
560 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
561 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
562 when the environment variable is set.
565 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
566 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
567 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
569 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
570 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
571 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
572 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
574 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
575 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
579 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
580 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
581 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
582 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
583 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
586 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
587 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
588 number of commands that require a working directory will be
589 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
591 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
592 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
593 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
594 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
598 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
599 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
600 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
601 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
602 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
603 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
604 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
605 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
606 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
607 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
608 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
609 of your working tree.
611 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
612 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
613 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
614 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
615 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
616 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
617 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
618 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
619 repository's usual working tree).
621 core.logAllRefUpdates::
622 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
623 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
624 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
625 only when the file exists. If this configuration
626 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
627 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
628 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
629 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
630 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
631 created for any ref under `refs/`.
633 This information can be used to determine what commit
634 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
636 This value is true by default in a repository that has
637 a working directory associated with it, and false by
638 default in a bare repository.
640 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
641 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
644 core.sharedRepository::
645 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
646 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
647 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
648 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
649 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
650 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
651 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
652 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
653 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
654 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
655 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
656 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
657 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
659 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
660 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
661 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
664 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
665 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
666 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
667 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
668 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
670 core.looseCompression::
671 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
672 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
673 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
674 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
675 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
677 core.packedGitWindowSize::
678 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
679 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
680 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
681 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
682 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
683 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
684 a large number of large pack files.
686 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
687 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
688 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
689 not need to adjust this value.
691 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
693 core.packedGitLimit::
694 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
695 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
696 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
697 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
699 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively
700 unlimited) on 64 bit platforms.
701 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
702 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
704 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
706 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
707 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
708 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
709 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
710 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
711 objects multiple times.
713 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
714 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
715 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
717 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
719 core.bigFileThreshold::
720 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
721 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
722 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
723 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
724 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
726 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
727 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
728 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
730 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
733 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
734 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
735 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
736 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
737 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
738 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
741 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
742 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
743 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
744 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
745 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
746 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
747 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
749 core.attributesFile::
750 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
751 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
752 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
753 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
754 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
755 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
758 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
759 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
760 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
761 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
762 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
764 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
765 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
766 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
768 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
769 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
770 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
771 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
775 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
776 messages by launching an editor use the value of this
777 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
778 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
781 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
782 messages consider a line that begins with this character
783 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
786 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
787 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
789 core.filesRefLockTimeout::
790 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
791 lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
792 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
795 core.packedRefsTimeout::
796 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
797 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
798 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
802 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
803 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
804 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
805 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
808 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
809 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
810 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
811 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
812 compile time (usually 'less').
814 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
815 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
816 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
817 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
818 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
819 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
820 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
821 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
822 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
823 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
824 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
825 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
826 line truncation only for `git blame`.
828 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
829 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
830 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
833 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
834 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
835 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
836 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
837 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
839 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
840 as an error (enabled by default).
841 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
842 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
843 error (enabled by default).
844 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
845 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
847 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
848 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
849 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
850 (enabled by default).
851 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
853 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
854 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
855 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
856 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
857 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
858 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
859 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
861 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
862 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
864 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
865 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
866 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
867 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
870 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
872 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
873 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
874 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
875 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
876 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
879 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
880 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
881 will not overwrite existing objects.
883 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
884 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
885 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
888 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
889 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
890 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
891 notes should be printed.
893 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
894 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
896 core.sparseCheckout::
897 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
898 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
901 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
902 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is
903 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects
904 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for
905 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
906 The minimum length is 4.
909 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
910 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
911 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
912 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
913 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
917 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
918 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
919 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
920 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
921 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
922 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
923 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
925 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
926 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
927 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
928 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
929 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
930 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
931 not necessarily be the current directory.
932 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
933 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
936 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
937 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
938 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
939 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
940 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
943 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
944 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
945 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
946 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
947 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
948 See linkgit:git-am[1].
950 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
951 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
952 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
954 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
955 respect all whitespace differences.
956 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
959 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
960 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
963 Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
964 This option defaults to false.
966 blame.blankBoundary::
967 Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in
968 linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.
971 Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].
972 This option defaults to false.
975 Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].
976 If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,
977 see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
979 branch.autoSetupMerge::
980 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
981 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
982 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
983 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
984 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
985 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
986 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
987 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
988 local branch or remote-tracking
989 branch. This option defaults to true.
991 branch.autoSetupRebase::
992 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
993 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
994 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
995 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
996 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
997 other local branches.
998 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
999 remote-tracking branches.
1000 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
1002 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
1003 branch to track another branch.
1004 This option defaults to never.
1006 branch.<name>.remote::
1007 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
1008 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
1009 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
1010 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
1011 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
1012 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
1013 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
1014 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
1015 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
1017 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
1018 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
1019 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
1020 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
1021 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
1022 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
1023 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
1024 option to override it for a specific branch.
1026 branch.<name>.merge::
1027 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
1028 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
1029 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
1030 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
1031 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
1032 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
1033 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
1034 "branch.<name>.remote".
1035 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
1036 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
1037 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
1038 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
1039 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
1040 another branch in the local repository, you can point
1041 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
1042 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
1044 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
1045 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
1046 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
1047 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
1050 branch.<name>.rebase::
1051 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
1052 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
1053 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
1054 branch-specific manner.
1056 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1057 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1058 by running 'git pull'.
1060 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
1062 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1063 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1066 branch.<name>.description::
1067 Branch description, can be edited with
1068 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
1069 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
1070 request-pull summary.
1072 browser.<tool>.cmd::
1073 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
1074 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
1075 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
1077 browser.<tool>.path::
1078 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1079 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
1080 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
1082 clean.requireForce::
1083 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
1084 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
1087 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1088 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1089 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1090 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1091 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1093 color.branch.<slot>::
1094 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
1095 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
1096 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
1097 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
1101 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
1102 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
1103 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
1104 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
1105 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
1106 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
1109 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
1110 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
1111 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
1114 If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
1115 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
1116 see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
1117 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
1118 moved lines are not colored.
1121 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
1122 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
1123 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
1124 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
1125 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
1126 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
1127 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
1128 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
1129 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
1130 and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
1131 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
1133 color.decorate.<slot>::
1134 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
1135 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
1136 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
1139 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
1140 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
1141 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
1142 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1145 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
1146 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
1150 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
1152 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
1154 function name lines (when using `-p`)
1156 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
1158 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1160 matching text in context lines
1162 matching text in selected lines
1164 non-matching text in selected lines
1166 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1167 and between hunks (`--`)
1171 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1172 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1173 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1174 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1175 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
1176 used (`auto` by default).
1178 color.interactive.<slot>::
1179 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1180 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1181 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1182 interactive commands.
1185 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1186 use (default is true).
1189 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1190 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1191 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1192 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1193 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1196 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1197 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1198 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1199 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1200 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1202 color.status.<slot>::
1203 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1204 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1205 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1206 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1207 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1208 `branch` (the current branch),
1209 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1211 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,
1212 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the
1213 status short-format), or
1214 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1217 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1218 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1219 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1220 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1221 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1222 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1223 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1224 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1225 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1226 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1229 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1230 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1233 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1234 (defaults to 'never'):
1238 always show in columns
1240 never show in columns
1242 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1245 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1246 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1251 fill columns before rows
1253 fill rows before columns
1258 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1263 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1265 make equal size columns
1269 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1270 See `column.ui` for details.
1273 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1274 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1277 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1278 See `column.ui` for details.
1281 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1282 See `column.ui` for details.
1285 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1286 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1287 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1288 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1289 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1290 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1291 template yourself, if you do this).
1295 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1296 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1297 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1298 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1302 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1303 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1304 message. Defaults to true.
1307 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1308 new commit messages.
1311 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1312 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1315 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1316 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1317 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1318 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1321 credential.useHttpPath::
1322 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1323 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1324 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1326 credential.username::
1327 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1328 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1329 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1331 credential.<url>.*::
1332 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1333 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1334 would set the default username only for https connections to
1335 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1338 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1339 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1341 include::diff-config.txt[]
1343 difftool.<tool>.path::
1344 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1345 your tool is not in the PATH.
1347 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1348 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1349 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1350 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1351 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1352 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1353 of the diff post-image.
1356 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1358 fastimport.unpackLimit::
1359 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]
1360 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into
1361 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects
1362 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a
1363 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import
1364 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
1365 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1367 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1368 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1369 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1370 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1371 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1372 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1373 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1377 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1378 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1379 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1380 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1384 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1385 transfer is below this
1386 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1387 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1388 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1389 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1390 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1391 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1392 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1395 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1396 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
1399 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
1400 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
1401 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
1404 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1405 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1406 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1407 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1408 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1411 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
1412 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
1413 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
1414 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
1415 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
1416 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
1417 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
1418 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
1421 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1422 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1423 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1424 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1425 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1428 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1429 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1433 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1434 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1435 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1437 format.subjectPrefix::
1438 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1439 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1442 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1443 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1444 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1445 signature generation.
1447 format.signatureFile::
1448 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1449 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1452 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1453 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1454 include the dot if you want it).
1457 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1458 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1459 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1462 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1463 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1464 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1465 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1466 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1467 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1468 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1469 value disables threading.
1472 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1473 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1474 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1475 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1476 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1478 format.coverLetter::
1479 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1480 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1481 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1483 format.outputDirectory::
1484 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1485 current working directory.
1487 format.useAutoBase::
1488 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1489 format-patch by default.
1491 filter.<driver>.clean::
1492 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1493 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1496 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1497 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1498 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1499 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1502 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1503 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1505 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1506 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1507 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1509 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1510 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1513 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1514 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1515 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1516 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1517 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1518 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1520 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1521 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1522 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1525 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1526 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1527 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1531 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1532 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1533 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1534 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1535 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1538 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1539 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1540 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1541 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1544 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1545 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1548 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
1549 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
1550 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
1554 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1555 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1556 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1557 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1558 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1559 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1562 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1563 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1564 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1565 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1566 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when
1567 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the
1568 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].
1570 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1571 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1572 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1573 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1574 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1575 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1576 may be used to suppress pruning.
1579 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1580 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1581 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1582 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1583 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1584 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1585 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1587 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1588 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1589 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1590 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1591 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1592 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1593 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1594 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1595 match the <pattern>.
1598 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1599 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1600 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1601 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1603 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1604 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1605 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1606 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1607 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1609 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1610 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1611 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1614 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1615 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1618 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1619 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1621 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1622 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1623 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1624 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1625 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1626 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1627 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1628 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1629 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1630 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1633 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1634 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1635 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1636 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1637 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1638 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1639 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1640 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1643 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1644 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1645 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1646 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1647 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1648 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1651 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1652 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1653 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1654 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1655 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1656 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1658 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1659 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1660 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1661 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1662 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1664 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1665 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1666 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1667 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1668 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1669 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1671 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1672 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1673 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1674 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1678 gitweb.description::
1681 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1689 gitweb.remote_heads::
1692 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1695 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1698 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1699 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1700 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1701 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1703 grep.extendedRegexp::
1704 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1705 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1706 other than 'default'.
1709 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1710 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1712 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1713 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1714 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1717 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1718 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1719 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1720 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1721 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1722 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1723 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1724 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1727 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1728 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1729 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1732 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1733 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1735 gui.displayUntracked::
1736 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1737 in the file list. The default is "true".
1740 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1741 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1742 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1743 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1744 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1747 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1748 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1749 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1750 not. Default: "false".
1752 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1753 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1756 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1757 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1758 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1761 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1762 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1764 gui.spellingDictionary::
1765 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1766 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1770 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1771 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1772 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1774 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1775 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1776 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1777 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1779 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1780 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1781 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1782 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1783 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1785 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1786 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1787 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1788 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1789 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1790 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1791 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1792 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1794 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1795 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1796 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1798 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1799 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1802 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1803 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1806 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1807 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1809 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1810 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1811 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1812 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1813 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1814 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1815 value of the variable is used.
1817 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1818 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1819 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1820 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1822 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1823 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1824 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1825 for things like checkout or reset.
1827 guitool.<name>.title::
1828 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1831 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1832 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1833 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1834 The default value includes the actual command.
1837 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1838 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1841 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1842 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1843 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1846 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1847 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1848 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1849 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1850 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1851 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1852 This is the default.
1855 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1856 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1857 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1858 path of your Git installation.
1861 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1862 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1863 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1864 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1865 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1866 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1867 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1868 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1870 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1871 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1872 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1873 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1874 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1875 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1876 variable. Possible values are:
1879 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1880 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1881 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1882 authentication methods. This is the default.
1883 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1884 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1885 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1886 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1888 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1892 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1893 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1894 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1898 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
1899 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
1900 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
1901 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
1904 * `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
1905 * `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
1906 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
1907 * `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
1912 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1913 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1914 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1915 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1918 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1919 which should be used
1920 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1921 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1922 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1923 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1924 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1927 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1928 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1931 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1932 want to force the default. The available and default version
1933 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1934 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1935 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1936 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1937 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1948 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
1949 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1950 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
1953 http.sslCipherList::
1954 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1955 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1956 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1957 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1958 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1961 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
1962 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1963 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
1967 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1968 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment
1972 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1973 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
1977 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
1978 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
1981 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
1982 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
1983 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
1984 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
1985 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
1988 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
1989 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
1990 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
1993 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
1994 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
1995 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
1998 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
1999 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
2000 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
2001 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
2002 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
2006 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
2007 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
2008 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
2009 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
2010 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
2011 errors on misconfigured servers.
2014 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
2015 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
2018 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
2019 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
2020 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
2021 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
2024 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
2025 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
2026 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
2027 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
2028 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
2029 sufficient for most requests.
2031 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
2032 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
2033 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
2034 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
2035 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
2038 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
2039 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
2040 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
2041 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
2044 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
2045 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
2046 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
2047 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
2048 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
2049 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
2050 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
2052 http.followRedirects::
2053 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
2054 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
2055 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
2056 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
2057 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
2058 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
2059 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
2060 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
2063 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
2064 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
2065 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
2068 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
2069 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2071 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
2072 This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is
2073 possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains
2074 at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match
2075 `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.
2077 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
2078 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2079 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
2080 default for the scheme before matching.
2082 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
2083 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
2084 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
2085 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
2086 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
2087 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
2088 key with just path `foo/`).
2090 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
2091 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
2092 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
2093 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
2094 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
2097 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
2098 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
2099 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
2100 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
2101 `https://user@example.com`.
2103 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
2104 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
2105 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
2106 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
2107 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
2108 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
2111 By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use
2112 based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured
2113 using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or
2114 the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is
2115 unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH
2116 options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the
2117 `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use
2118 OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides
2119 the host and remote command (if it fails).
2121 The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.
2122 Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,
2123 `tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).
2124 The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value
2125 `auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be
2126 overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
2128 The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
2133 * `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command
2135 * `simple` - [username@]host command
2137 * `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command
2139 * `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command
2143 Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to
2144 change as git gains new features.
2146 i18n.commitEncoding::
2147 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
2148 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
2149 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
2150 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
2151 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
2153 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
2154 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
2155 running 'git log' and friends.
2158 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
2159 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
2162 Specify the version with which new index files should be
2163 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
2166 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
2167 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
2170 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
2171 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2174 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
2175 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2178 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
2179 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
2181 instaweb.modulePath::
2182 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
2183 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
2187 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
2188 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2190 interactive.singleKey::
2191 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
2192 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
2193 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
2194 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
2195 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
2196 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
2197 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
2199 interactive.diffFilter::
2200 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
2201 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
2202 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
2203 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
2204 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
2205 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
2208 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2209 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
2210 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
2213 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
2214 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
2215 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
2218 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
2219 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
2220 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
2221 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
2222 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
2223 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
2224 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
2228 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
2229 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
2230 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
2231 on non-linear history.
2234 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
2235 history lines in `git log --graph`.
2238 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
2239 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
2240 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
2241 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
2244 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2245 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
2248 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2249 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
2252 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
2253 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
2254 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
2255 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
2256 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
2259 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
2260 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
2261 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
2262 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2263 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2264 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2267 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2268 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2269 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2270 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2271 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2275 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2276 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2279 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2280 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2281 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2284 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2285 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2287 include::merge-config.txt[]
2289 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2290 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2291 your tool is not in the PATH.
2293 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2294 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2295 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2296 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2297 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2298 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2299 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2300 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2301 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2302 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2304 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2305 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2306 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2307 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2308 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2309 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2310 indicate the success of the merge.
2312 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2313 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2314 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2315 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2316 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2317 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2318 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2319 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2321 mergetool.keepBackup::
2322 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2323 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2324 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2325 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2327 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2328 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2329 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2330 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2331 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2332 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2334 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2335 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2336 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2337 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2338 Defaults to `false`.
2341 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2343 notes.mergeStrategy::
2344 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2345 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2346 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2347 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2349 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2350 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2351 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2352 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2353 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2356 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2357 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2358 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2359 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2360 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2361 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2364 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2365 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2368 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2369 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2372 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2373 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2374 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2375 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2376 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2377 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2380 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2381 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2382 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2383 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2384 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2386 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2387 environment variable.
2390 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2391 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2392 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2393 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2395 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2396 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2397 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2399 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2400 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2404 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2405 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2408 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2409 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2412 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2413 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2414 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2415 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2416 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2419 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2420 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2421 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2422 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2423 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2424 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2427 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2428 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2429 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2431 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2432 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2433 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2434 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2435 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2436 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2437 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2438 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2439 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2440 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2442 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2443 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2444 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2445 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2446 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2449 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2450 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2451 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2452 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2453 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2454 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2455 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2456 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2459 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2460 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2461 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2462 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2463 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2464 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2467 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2468 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2469 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2470 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2471 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2472 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2475 pack.packSizeLimit::
2476 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2477 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2478 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2479 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2480 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2481 bitmaps from being created.
2482 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2483 The default is unlimited.
2484 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2488 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2489 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2490 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2491 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2493 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2494 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2496 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2497 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2498 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2499 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2500 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2501 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2502 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2503 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2504 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2505 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2508 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2509 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2510 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2511 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2512 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2513 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2514 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2517 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2518 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2519 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2520 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2521 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2522 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2523 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2524 will be silently ignored.
2527 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
2528 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
2529 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
2530 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
2531 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
2532 policy of `user`. Supported policies:
2536 * `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
2538 * `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
2540 * `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
2541 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
2542 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
2543 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
2544 submodule initialization.
2548 protocol.<name>.allow::
2549 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
2550 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
2552 The protocol names currently used by git are:
2555 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
2558 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
2559 connection (or proxy, if configured)
2561 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
2564 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
2565 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
2566 both, you must do so individually.
2568 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
2569 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
2573 Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
2574 server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
2575 attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
2576 particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
2582 * `0` - the original wire protocol.
2584 * `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
2585 in the initial response from the server.
2590 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2591 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2592 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2593 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2594 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2595 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2596 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2597 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2600 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2601 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2602 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2605 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2606 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2607 by running 'git pull'.
2609 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2611 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2612 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2616 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2620 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2623 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2624 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2625 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2626 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2627 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2631 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2632 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2633 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2635 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2636 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2639 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2640 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2641 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2642 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2643 (i.e. central workflow).
2645 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
2647 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2648 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2649 different from the local one.
2651 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2652 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2655 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2657 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2658 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2659 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2660 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2661 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2662 'master' will be pushed there).
2664 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2665 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2666 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2667 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2668 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2669 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2670 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2671 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2672 branches outside your control.
2674 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2680 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2681 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2685 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2686 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2687 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2688 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2689 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2690 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2691 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2694 When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
2695 command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
2696 this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
2698 This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
2699 higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
2700 repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
2701 configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
2718 This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
2722 push.recurseSubmodules::
2723 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2724 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2725 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2726 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2727 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2728 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2729 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2730 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2731 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2732 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2733 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2734 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2737 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
2738 rebase. False by default.
2741 If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default.
2744 When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash entry
2745 before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation
2746 ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree.
2747 However, use with care: the final stash application after a
2748 successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts.
2751 rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
2752 If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some
2753 commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the
2754 rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print
2755 the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase
2756 --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to
2757 "ignore", no checking is done.
2758 To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop`
2759 command in the todo-list.
2760 Defaults to "ignore".
2762 rebase.instructionFormat::
2763 A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for
2764 the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically
2765 have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
2767 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2768 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2769 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2770 capability, set this variable to false.
2772 receive.advertisePushOptions::
2773 When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
2774 capability to its clients. False by default.
2777 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2778 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2779 it by setting this variable to false.
2781 receive.certNonceSeed::
2782 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2783 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2784 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2787 receive.certNonceSlop::
2788 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2789 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2790 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2791 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2792 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2793 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2794 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2795 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2796 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2797 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2798 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2800 receive.fsckObjects::
2801 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2802 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2803 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2804 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2807 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2808 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2809 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2810 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2811 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2812 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2813 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2814 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2816 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2817 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2818 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2821 receive.fsck.skipList::
2822 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2823 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2824 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2825 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2826 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2827 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2830 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
2831 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
2832 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
2833 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
2834 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
2835 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
2836 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
2838 receive.unpackLimit::
2839 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2840 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2841 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2842 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2843 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2844 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2845 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2846 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2848 receive.maxInputSize::
2849 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
2850 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
2851 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
2854 receive.denyDeletes::
2855 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2856 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2858 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2859 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2860 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2862 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2863 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2864 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2865 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2866 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2867 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2868 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2869 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2871 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2872 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2873 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2874 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2875 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2876 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2878 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2879 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2880 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2882 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2883 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2884 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2885 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2886 set when initializing a shared repository.
2889 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2890 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2891 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2894 receive.updateServerInfo::
2895 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2896 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2898 receive.shallowUpdate::
2899 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2900 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2902 remote.pushDefault::
2903 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2904 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2905 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2908 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2909 linkgit:git-push[1].
2911 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2912 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2914 remote.<name>.proxy::
2915 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2916 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2917 disable proxying for that remote.
2919 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2920 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2921 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2922 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2924 remote.<name>.fetch::
2925 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2926 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2928 remote.<name>.push::
2929 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2930 linkgit:git-push[1].
2932 remote.<name>.mirror::
2933 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2934 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2936 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2937 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2938 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2939 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2941 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2942 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2943 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2944 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2946 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2947 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2948 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2950 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2951 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2952 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2954 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2955 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2956 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2957 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2958 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2959 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2960 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2963 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2964 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2966 remote.<name>.prune::
2967 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2968 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2969 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2970 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2973 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2974 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2976 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2977 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2978 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2979 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2980 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2981 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2982 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2984 repack.packKeptObjects::
2985 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2986 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2987 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2988 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2989 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2991 repack.writeBitmaps::
2992 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2993 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2994 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
2995 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
2996 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
2997 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
3001 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
3002 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
3003 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
3006 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
3007 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
3008 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
3009 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
3010 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
3013 sendemail.identity::
3014 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
3015 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
3016 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
3017 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
3019 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
3020 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
3021 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
3023 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
3024 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
3026 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
3027 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
3028 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
3030 sendemail.<identity>.*::
3031 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
3032 found below, taking precedence over those when this
3033 identity is selected, through either the command-line or
3034 `sendemail.identity`.
3036 sendemail.aliasesFile::
3037 sendemail.aliasFileType::
3038 sendemail.annotate::
3042 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
3044 sendemail.envelopeSender::
3046 sendemail.multiEdit::
3047 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
3048 sendemail.smtpPass::
3049 sendemail.suppresscc::
3050 sendemail.suppressFrom::
3053 sendemail.smtpDomain::
3054 sendemail.smtpServer::
3055 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
3056 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
3057 sendemail.smtpUser::
3059 sendemail.transferEncoding::
3060 sendemail.validate::
3062 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
3064 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
3065 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
3067 sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
3068 Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
3069 will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
3071 See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3073 sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
3074 Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
3075 See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3077 showbranch.default::
3078 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3079 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3081 splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
3082 When the split index feature is used, this specifies the
3083 percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the
3084 total number of entries in both the split index and the shared
3085 index before a new shared index is written.
3086 The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then
3087 a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new
3088 shared index is never written.
3089 By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written
3090 if the number of entries in the split index would be greater
3091 than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
3092 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3094 splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
3095 When the split index feature is used, shared index files that
3096 were not modified since the time this variable specifies will
3097 be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value
3098 "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses
3099 expiration altogether.
3100 The default value is "2.weeks.ago".
3101 Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the
3102 purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is
3103 either created based on it or read from it.
3104 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3106 status.relativePaths::
3107 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
3108 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
3109 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
3113 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3114 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
3117 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3118 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
3120 status.displayCommentPrefix::
3121 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
3122 prefix before each output line (starting with
3123 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
3124 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
3128 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of
3129 entries currently stashed away.
3132 status.showUntrackedFiles::
3133 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
3134 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
3135 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
3136 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
3137 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
3138 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
3139 the untracked files. Possible values are:
3142 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
3143 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
3144 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
3147 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
3148 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
3149 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
3151 status.submoduleSummary::
3153 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
3154 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
3155 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
3156 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
3157 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
3158 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
3159 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
3160 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
3161 submodule changes. To
3162 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
3163 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
3164 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
3165 not honor these settings.
3168 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3169 option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false.
3170 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3173 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3174 option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
3175 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3177 submodule.<name>.url::
3178 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
3179 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
3180 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
3181 update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
3182 set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
3183 whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
3184 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3186 submodule.<name>.update::
3187 The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
3188 which is the only affected command, others such as
3189 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
3190 historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
3191 interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
3192 and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
3193 `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
3194 See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
3196 submodule.<name>.branch::
3197 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
3198 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
3199 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
3200 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3202 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
3203 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
3204 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
3205 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
3206 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
3209 submodule.<name>.ignore::
3210 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
3211 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
3212 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
3213 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
3214 to the submodules work tree and
3215 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
3216 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
3217 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
3218 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
3219 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
3220 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
3221 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
3222 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
3223 affected by this setting.
3225 submodule.<name>.active::
3226 Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
3227 commands. This config option takes precedence over the
3228 submodule.active config option.
3231 A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
3232 submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
3236 Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
3237 applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option.
3240 submodule.fetchJobs::
3241 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
3242 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
3243 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
3244 If unset, it defaults to 1.
3246 submodule.alternateLocation::
3247 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
3248 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
3249 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
3250 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
3251 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
3253 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
3254 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
3255 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
3256 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
3258 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
3259 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
3260 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
3261 precedence over this option.
3264 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
3265 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
3266 value of this variable will be used as the default.
3269 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
3270 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
3271 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
3272 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
3273 linkgit:git-archive[1].
3275 transfer.fsckObjects::
3276 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
3277 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3281 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
3282 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
3283 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
3284 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
3285 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
3286 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
3287 program-specific versions of this config.
3289 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
3290 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
3291 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
3292 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
3294 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
3295 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
3296 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
3297 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
3298 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
3299 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
3300 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
3301 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
3303 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
3304 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the
3305 linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a
3306 separate repository.
3308 transfer.unpackLimit::
3309 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
3310 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3311 The default value is 100.
3313 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
3314 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
3315 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
3316 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of
3317 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
3320 uploadpack.hideRefs::
3321 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
3322 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
3323 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
3324 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
3326 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
3327 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
3328 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
3329 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
3330 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client
3331 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the
3332 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's
3333 best to keep private data in a separate repository.
3335 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
3336 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
3337 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
3338 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
3339 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able
3340 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"
3341 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to
3342 keep private data in a separate repository.
3344 uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::
3345 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any
3347 Defaults to `false`.
3349 uploadpack.keepAlive::
3350 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
3351 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
3352 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
3353 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
3354 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
3355 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
3356 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
3357 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
3358 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
3360 uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
3361 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run
3362 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will
3363 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and
3364 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`
3365 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin
3366 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself
3367 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
3368 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
3371 Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
3372 repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
3373 untrusted repositories).
3375 url.<base>.insteadOf::
3376 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
3377 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
3378 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3379 access methods, and some users need to use different access
3380 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
3381 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
3382 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
3383 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3384 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
3386 Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten
3387 URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote
3388 helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit
3389 the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules
3390 must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the
3391 description of `protocol.allow` above.
3393 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
3394 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
3395 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
3396 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
3397 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3398 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
3399 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
3400 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
3401 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3402 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
3403 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
3404 setting for that remote.
3407 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3408 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
3409 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3412 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3413 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
3414 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3416 user.useConfigOnly::
3417 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
3418 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
3419 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
3420 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
3421 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
3422 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
3423 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
3424 Defaults to `false`.
3427 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
3428 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
3429 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
3430 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
3431 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
3433 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
3434 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
3435 `versionsort.suffix` is set.
3437 versionsort.suffix::
3438 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
3439 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
3440 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
3441 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
3442 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
3443 with different suffixes.
3445 By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
3446 that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
3447 the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
3448 "1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
3449 suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
3450 with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
3451 configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
3452 "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
3453 with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
3454 among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
3455 "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
3456 are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
3459 If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
3460 be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
3461 the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
3462 that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
3463 longest of those suffixes.
3464 The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
3465 in multiple config files.
3468 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
3469 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]