4 The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
5 the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
6 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
7 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
8 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9 can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
11 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
12 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13 the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
14 dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15 dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
16 characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
17 variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
23 The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
24 ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
25 blank lines are ignored.
27 The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
28 the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
29 section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric
30 characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable
31 must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section
32 header before the first setting of a variable.
34 Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
35 put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
36 in the section header, like in the example below:
39 [section "subsection"]
43 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
44 newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
45 by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
46 other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
47 `t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
48 Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
49 can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
52 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
53 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
54 compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
55 restrictions as section names.
57 All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
58 header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
59 'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that
60 the variable is the boolean "true").
61 The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
62 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
64 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
65 ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
66 stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
67 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
68 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in
69 double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained
72 Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters
73 must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
75 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
76 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
77 and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
78 escape sequences) are invalid.
84 The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config
85 directives from another source. These sections behave identically to
86 each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored
87 if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes"
90 You can include a config file from another by setting the special
91 `include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file
92 to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is
93 subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times.
95 The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they
96 had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
97 variable is a relative path, the path is considered to
98 be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive
99 was found. See below for examples.
104 You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a
105 `includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be
108 The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data
109 whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords
114 The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob
115 pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the
116 pattern, the include condition is met.
118 The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR`
119 environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git
120 file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location
121 would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the
124 The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional
125 ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please
126 refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience:
128 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
129 content of the environment variable `HOME`.
131 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory
132 containing the current config file.
134 * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/`
135 will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar`
136 becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`.
138 * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For
139 example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it
140 matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively.
143 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done
144 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems)
146 A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`:
148 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching.
150 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched
151 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to
152 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git`
155 This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in
156 v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that
157 wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs
158 to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions.
160 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is
161 unlikely what you want.
168 ; Don't trust file modes
173 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
178 merge = refs/heads/devel
182 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
183 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
186 path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
187 path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file
188 path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory
190 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git
191 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"]
192 path = /path/to/foo.inc
194 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group
195 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
196 path = /path/to/foo.inc
198 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group
199 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
200 path = /path/to/foo.inc
202 ; relative paths are always relative to the including
203 ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
204 ; affected by the condition
205 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
211 Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there
212 are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules
213 as to how to spell them.
217 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many
218 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
221 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
222 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
225 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
226 `0` and the empty string.
228 When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
229 specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
230 "false" (spelled in lowercase).
233 The value for many variables that specify various sizes can
234 be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
235 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
238 The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of
239 colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background)
240 and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces.
242 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
243 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the
244 foreground; the second is the background.
246 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
247 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If
248 your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as
251 The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`,
252 `italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters).
253 The position of any attributes with respect to the colors
254 (before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may
255 be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`,
258 An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used
259 to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely.
261 For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset
262 at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting
263 `color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a
264 plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g.
265 opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate`
266 output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute.
267 However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered
268 coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there.
271 A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a
272 string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual
273 tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/`
274 is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the
275 specified user's home directory.
281 Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
282 For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
283 in the appropriate manual page.
285 Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
286 inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
287 names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
288 other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
292 These variables control various optional help messages designed to
293 aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
294 can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
298 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable
300 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists',
301 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce'
304 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a
305 non-fast-forward update to the current branch.
307 Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed
308 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or
309 specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and
310 it resulted in a non-fast-forward error.
312 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
313 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.)
315 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
316 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
317 object we do not have.
319 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that
320 tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an
321 object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote
322 ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish.
324 Show directions on how to proceed from the current
325 state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in
326 the template shown when writing commit messages in
327 linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown
328 by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch.
330 Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1]
331 when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked
334 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
335 merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
337 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts
338 prevent the operation from being performed.
340 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
341 your information is guessed from the system username and
344 Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
345 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
346 a local branch after the fact.
348 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
349 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
351 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
352 show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
354 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one
355 git repo inside of another.
357 Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not
360 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for
361 editor input from the user.
365 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
368 Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
369 marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
370 non-executable file with executable bit on.
371 linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
372 to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
373 and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
375 A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
376 the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
377 when created, but later may be made accessible from another
378 environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
379 CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
380 Git for Windows or Eclipse).
381 In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
382 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
384 The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
387 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
388 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
389 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
390 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
393 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
394 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
395 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
396 "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
397 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
400 The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
401 will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
404 core.precomposeUnicode::
405 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
406 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
407 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
408 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
409 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
410 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
411 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
414 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
415 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
416 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
419 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
420 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
422 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
425 If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
426 will identify all files that may have changed since the
427 requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
428 avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
429 See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
432 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
433 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
434 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
435 crawlers and some backup systems).
436 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
439 If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used.
440 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default.
442 core.untrackedCache::
443 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
444 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
445 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
446 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
447 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
448 properly on your system.
449 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default.
452 Determines which stat fields to match between the index
453 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or
454 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check
455 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime.
458 Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will
459 quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
460 pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with
461 backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g.
462 `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with
463 values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in
464 UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than
465 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes,
466 backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless
467 of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is
468 not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames
469 completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value
473 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
474 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false.
475 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
476 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
477 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
481 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
482 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
483 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
484 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
485 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
486 this is not the case for the current setting of
487 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
488 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
489 irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
491 CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
492 When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
493 CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
494 CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
495 files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
496 such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
497 But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
498 conversion can corrupt data.
500 If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
501 setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
502 after committing you still have the original file in your work
503 tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
504 Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
507 Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
508 mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
509 files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
510 in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
511 to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
512 converting CRLFs corrupts data.
514 Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
515 file identical to the original file for a different setting of
516 `core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
517 example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
518 and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
519 resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
520 contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
521 consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
522 file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
526 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
527 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
528 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
529 working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
530 This variable can be set to 'input',
531 in which case no output conversion is performed.
533 core.checkRoundtripEncoding::
534 A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git
535 performs UTF-8 round trip checks on if they are used in an
536 `working-tree-encoding` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
537 The default value is `SHIFT-JIS`.
540 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
541 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
542 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
543 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
546 The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
547 will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
551 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
552 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
553 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
554 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
555 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
556 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
557 the first match wins.
559 Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
560 (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
563 The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
564 specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
565 This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
566 proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
569 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
570 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
571 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
572 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
573 when the environment variable is set.
576 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
577 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
578 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
580 When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
581 the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
582 linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
583 Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
585 This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
586 CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
590 core.preferSymlinkRefs::
591 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
592 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
593 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
594 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
597 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
598 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
599 number of commands that require a working directory will be
600 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
602 This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
603 linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
604 repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
605 false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
609 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
610 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
611 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
612 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
613 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
614 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
615 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
616 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
617 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
618 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
619 the current working directory is regarded as the top level
620 of your working tree.
622 Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
623 file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
624 from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
625 core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
626 misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
627 still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
628 confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
629 read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
630 repository's usual working tree).
632 core.logAllRefUpdates::
633 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
634 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
635 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
636 only when the file exists. If this configuration
637 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
638 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
639 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
640 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
641 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
642 created for any ref under `refs/`.
644 This information can be used to determine what commit
645 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
647 This value is true by default in a repository that has
648 a working directory associated with it, and false by
649 default in a bare repository.
651 core.repositoryFormatVersion::
652 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
655 core.sharedRepository::
656 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
657 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
658 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
659 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
660 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
661 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
662 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
663 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
664 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
665 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
666 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
667 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
668 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
670 core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
671 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
672 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
675 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
676 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
677 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
678 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
679 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
681 core.looseCompression::
682 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
683 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
684 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
685 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
686 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
688 core.packedGitWindowSize::
689 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
690 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
691 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
692 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
693 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
694 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
695 a large number of large pack files.
697 Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
698 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
699 be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
700 not need to adjust this value.
702 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
704 core.packedGitLimit::
705 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
706 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
707 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
708 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
710 Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively
711 unlimited) on 64 bit platforms.
712 This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
713 the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
715 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
717 core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
718 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
719 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
720 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
721 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
722 objects multiple times.
724 Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
725 for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
726 You probably do not need to adjust this value.
728 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
730 core.bigFileThreshold::
731 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
732 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
733 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
734 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
735 larger than this size are always treated as binary.
737 Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
738 for most projects as source code and other text files can still
739 be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
741 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
744 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
745 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
746 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'.
747 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
748 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
749 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
752 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
753 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
754 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
755 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
756 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
757 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
758 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
760 core.attributesFile::
761 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
762 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes
763 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
764 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
765 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
766 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
769 By default Git will look for your hooks in the
770 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path,
771 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in
772 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of
773 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'.
775 The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
776 taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
777 the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
779 This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
780 centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
781 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
782 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
786 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
787 messages by launching an editor use the value of this
788 variable when it is set, and the environment variable
789 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
792 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
793 messages consider a line that begins with this character
794 commented, and removes them after the editor returns
797 If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
798 the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
800 core.filesRefLockTimeout::
801 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
802 lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
803 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
806 core.packedRefsTimeout::
807 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
808 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
809 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
813 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
814 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
815 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
816 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
819 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
820 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
821 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
822 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
823 compile time (usually 'less').
825 When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
826 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
827 all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
828 for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will
829 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
830 command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
831 `S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
832 long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
833 deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
834 command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
835 `less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
836 commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
837 line truncation only for `git blame`.
839 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
840 to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
841 another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`.
844 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
845 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
846 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
847 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
848 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
850 * `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
851 as an error (enabled by default).
852 * `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
853 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
854 error (enabled by default).
855 * `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
856 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
858 * `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
859 the line as an error (not enabled by default).
860 * `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
861 (enabled by default).
862 * `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
864 * `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
865 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
866 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
867 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
868 * `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
869 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
870 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
872 core.fsyncObjectFiles::
873 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
875 This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
876 data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
877 journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
878 and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
881 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
883 This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
884 on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
885 relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
886 index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
887 overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
890 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by
891 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation
892 will not overwrite existing objects.
894 On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable.
895 Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the
896 check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
899 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
900 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
901 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
902 notes should be printed.
904 This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
905 the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
908 Enable git commit graph feature. Allows reading from the
911 core.sparseCheckout::
912 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
913 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
916 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If
917 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is
918 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects
919 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for
920 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time.
921 The minimum length is 4.
924 add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
925 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
926 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
927 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
928 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
932 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
933 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
934 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
935 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
936 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
937 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
938 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them.
940 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
941 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
942 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
943 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
944 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be
945 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
946 not necessarily be the current directory.
947 `GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix'
948 from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
951 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
952 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
953 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
954 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
955 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
958 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
959 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
960 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
961 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
962 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
963 See linkgit:git-am[1].
965 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
966 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
967 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
969 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
970 respect all whitespace differences.
971 See linkgit:git-apply[1].
974 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
975 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
978 Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1].
979 This option defaults to false.
981 blame.blankBoundary::
982 Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in
983 linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.
986 Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].
987 This option defaults to false.
990 Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].
991 If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,
992 see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].
994 branch.autoSetupMerge::
995 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
996 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
997 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
998 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
999 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no
1000 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
1001 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
1002 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
1003 local branch or remote-tracking
1004 branch. This option defaults to true.
1006 branch.autoSetupRebase::
1007 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
1008 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set
1009 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
1010 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
1011 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1012 other local branches.
1013 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of
1014 remote-tracking branches.
1015 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking
1017 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a
1018 branch to track another branch.
1019 This option defaults to never.
1021 branch.<name>.remote::
1022 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'
1023 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to
1024 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).
1025 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further
1026 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is
1027 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to
1028 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.
1029 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository
1030 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.
1032 branch.<name>.pushRemote::
1033 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for
1034 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing
1035 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your
1036 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing
1037 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to
1038 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this
1039 option to override it for a specific branch.
1041 branch.<name>.merge::
1042 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
1043 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which
1044 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
1045 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
1046 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
1047 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
1048 ref which is fetched from the remote given by
1049 "branch.<name>.remote".
1050 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
1051 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
1052 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
1053 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
1054 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
1055 another branch in the local repository, you can point
1056 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path
1057 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
1059 branch.<name>.mergeOptions::
1060 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
1061 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but
1062 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
1065 branch.<name>.rebase::
1066 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
1067 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
1068 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
1069 branch-specific manner.
1071 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
1072 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
1073 by running 'git pull'.
1075 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
1077 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
1078 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
1081 branch.<name>.description::
1082 Branch description, can be edited with
1083 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
1084 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
1085 request-pull summary.
1087 browser.<tool>.cmd::
1088 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
1089 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed
1090 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)
1092 browser.<tool>.path::
1093 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
1094 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
1095 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
1097 clean.requireForce::
1098 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
1099 -i or -n. Defaults to true.
1102 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1103 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1104 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1105 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1106 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1108 color.branch.<slot>::
1109 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
1110 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
1111 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
1112 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
1116 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
1117 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
1118 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
1119 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
1120 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
1121 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
1124 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
1125 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
1126 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
1129 If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
1130 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
1131 see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
1132 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
1133 moved lines are not colored.
1136 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
1137 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
1138 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
1139 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
1140 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
1141 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
1142 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
1143 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
1144 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
1145 and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
1146 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
1148 color.decorate.<slot>::
1149 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
1150 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
1151 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
1154 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
1155 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
1156 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
1157 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1160 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
1161 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
1165 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
1167 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
1169 function name lines (when using `-p`)
1171 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
1173 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
1175 matching text in context lines
1177 matching text in selected lines
1179 non-matching text in selected lines
1181 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
1182 and between hunks (`--`)
1186 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
1187 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
1188 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
1189 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
1190 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
1191 used (`auto` by default).
1193 color.interactive.<slot>::
1194 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
1195 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
1196 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
1197 interactive commands.
1200 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
1201 use (default is true).
1204 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1205 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
1206 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1207 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1208 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1211 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
1212 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
1213 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
1214 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
1215 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
1217 color.status.<slot>::
1218 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
1219 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
1220 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
1221 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1222 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
1223 `branch` (the current branch),
1224 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
1226 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,
1227 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the
1228 status short-format), or
1229 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
1232 This variable determines the default value for variables such
1233 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
1234 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
1235 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
1236 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
1237 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
1238 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
1239 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
1240 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
1241 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.
1244 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
1245 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
1248 These options control when the feature should be enabled
1249 (defaults to 'never'):
1253 always show in columns
1255 never show in columns
1257 show in columns if the output is to the terminal
1260 These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any
1261 of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are
1266 fill columns before rows
1268 fill rows before columns
1273 Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults
1278 make unequal size columns to utilize more space
1280 make equal size columns
1284 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.
1285 See `column.ui` for details.
1288 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always
1289 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.
1292 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.
1293 See `column.ui` for details.
1296 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.
1297 See `column.ui` for details.
1300 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
1301 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
1302 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
1303 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
1304 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
1305 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
1306 template yourself, if you do this).
1310 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.
1311 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can
1312 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be
1313 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase
1317 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
1318 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
1319 message. Defaults to true.
1322 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for
1323 new commit messages.
1326 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.
1327 See linkgit:git-commit[1].
1330 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
1331 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
1332 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note
1333 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]
1336 credential.useHttpPath::
1337 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
1338 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
1339 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
1341 credential.username::
1342 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
1343 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
1344 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
1346 credential.<url>.*::
1347 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
1348 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
1349 would set the default username only for https connections to
1350 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
1353 credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::
1354 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.
1356 include::diff-config.txt[]
1358 difftool.<tool>.path::
1359 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
1360 your tool is not in the PATH.
1362 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
1363 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
1364 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
1365 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary
1366 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'
1367 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
1368 of the diff post-image.
1371 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
1373 fastimport.unpackLimit::
1374 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]
1375 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into
1376 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects
1377 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a
1378 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import
1379 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If
1380 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1382 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
1383 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
1384 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
1385 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not
1386 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default
1387 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule
1388 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's
1392 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched
1393 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
1394 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
1395 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
1399 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native
1400 transfer is below this
1401 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
1402 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
1403 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
1404 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
1405 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
1406 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
1407 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
1410 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
1411 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`
1412 and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1415 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the
1416 `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,
1417 if not set already. This allows for setting both this option
1418 and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream
1419 refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING
1420 section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
1423 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
1424 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
1425 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
1428 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
1429 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
1430 which will enable attachments as the default and set the
1431 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in
1432 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1435 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.
1436 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,
1437 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in
1438 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to
1439 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch
1440 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if
1441 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that
1442 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.
1445 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch
1446 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there
1447 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all
1448 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered
1449 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1452 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
1453 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1457 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
1458 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
1459 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
1461 format.subjectPrefix::
1462 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
1463 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
1466 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
1467 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
1468 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
1469 signature generation.
1471 format.signatureFile::
1472 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the
1473 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.
1476 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
1477 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
1478 include the dot if you want it).
1481 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,
1482 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],
1483 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
1486 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
1487 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
1488 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
1489 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
1490 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
1491 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
1492 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false
1493 value disables threading.
1496 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of
1497 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a
1498 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have
1499 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.
1500 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.
1502 format.coverLetter::
1503 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
1504 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
1505 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
1507 format.outputDirectory::
1508 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
1509 current working directory.
1511 format.useAutoBase::
1512 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
1513 format-patch by default.
1515 filter.<driver>.clean::
1516 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree
1517 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for
1520 filter.<driver>.smudge::
1521 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob
1522 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See
1523 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
1526 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a
1527 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.
1529 For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,
1530 e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means
1531 that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
1533 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
1534 which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.
1537 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
1538 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
1539 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
1540 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
1541 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
1542 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
1544 gc.aggressiveDepth::
1545 The depth parameter used in the delta compression
1546 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1549 gc.aggressiveWindow::
1550 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
1551 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
1555 When there are approximately more than this many loose
1556 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.
1557 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a
1558 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The
1559 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1562 When there are more than this many packs that are not
1563 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
1564 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The
1565 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
1568 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
1569 if the system supports it. Default is true.
1572 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
1573 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
1574 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
1578 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
1579 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
1580 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
1581 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`
1582 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
1583 boolean value. The default is `true`.
1586 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
1587 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
1588 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
1589 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to
1590 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when
1591 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the
1592 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].
1594 gc.worktreePruneExpire::
1595 When 'git gc' is run, it calls
1596 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.
1597 This config variable can be used to set a different grace
1598 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace
1599 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"
1600 may be used to suppress pruning.
1603 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::
1604 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1605 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all
1606 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration
1607 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
1608 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
1609 the refs that match the <pattern>.
1611 gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1612 gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::
1613 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
1614 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
1615 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries
1616 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.
1617 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
1618 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
1619 match the <pattern>.
1622 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
1623 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1624 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1625 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1627 gc.rerereUnresolved::
1628 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
1629 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
1630 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.
1631 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
1633 gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::
1634 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string
1635 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".
1638 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.
1639 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1642 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs
1643 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1645 gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
1646 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
1647 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
1648 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
1649 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
1650 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
1651 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
1652 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
1653 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is
1654 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
1657 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve
1658 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all
1659 unresolved files are sent to the client in
1660 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them
1661 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it
1662 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",
1663 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if
1664 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.
1667 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
1668 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
1669 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
1670 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
1671 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
1672 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
1675 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
1676 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
1677 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
1678 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
1679 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
1680 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
1682 gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::
1683 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,
1684 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
1685 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see
1686 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
1688 gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::
1689 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any
1690 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used
1691 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see
1692 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic
1693 characters will be replaced with underscores.
1695 All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and
1696 `gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as
1697 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'
1698 is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given
1702 gitweb.description::
1705 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.
1713 gitweb.remote_heads::
1716 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
1719 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
1722 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
1723 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
1724 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
1725 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
1727 grep.extendedRegexp::
1728 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
1729 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
1730 other than 'default'.
1733 Number of grep worker threads to use.
1734 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.
1736 grep.fallbackToNoIndex::
1737 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep
1738 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.
1741 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when
1742 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the
1743 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached
1744 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the
1745 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with
1746 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the
1747 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be
1748 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its
1751 gui.commitMsgWidth::
1752 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the
1753 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.
1756 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
1757 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
1759 gui.displayUntracked::
1760 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files
1761 in the file list. The default is "true".
1764 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
1765 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].
1766 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute
1767 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
1768 If this option is not set, the tools default to the
1771 gui.matchTrackingBranch::
1772 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should
1773 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or
1774 not. Default: "false".
1776 gui.newBranchTemplate::
1777 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
1780 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
1781 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when
1782 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".
1785 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification
1786 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.
1788 gui.spellingDictionary::
1789 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in
1790 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned
1794 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
1795 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
1796 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
1798 gui.copyBlameThreshold::
1799 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location
1800 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the
1801 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.
1803 gui.blamehistoryctx::
1804 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in
1805 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History
1806 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this
1807 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.
1809 guitool.<name>.cmd::
1810 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item
1811 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is
1812 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of
1813 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of
1814 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as
1815 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if
1816 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).
1818 guitool.<name>.needsFile::
1819 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees
1820 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.
1822 guitool.<name>.noConsole::
1823 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its
1826 guitool.<name>.noRescan::
1827 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool
1830 guitool.<name>.confirm::
1831 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.
1833 guitool.<name>.argPrompt::
1834 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool
1835 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an
1836 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect
1837 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',
1838 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact
1839 value of the variable is used.
1841 guitool.<name>.revPrompt::
1842 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the
1843 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option
1844 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.
1846 guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::
1847 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.
1848 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not
1849 for things like checkout or reset.
1851 guitool.<name>.title::
1852 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default
1855 guitool.<name>.prompt::
1856 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of
1857 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.
1858 The default value includes the actual command.
1861 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the
1862 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
1865 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].
1866 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is
1867 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.
1870 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after
1871 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more
1872 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing
1873 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,
1874 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the
1875 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.
1876 This is the default.
1879 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths
1880 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when
1881 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation
1882 path of your Git installation.
1885 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
1886 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In
1887 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a
1888 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will
1889 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See
1890 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is
1891 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden
1892 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
1894 http.proxyAuthMethod::
1895 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This
1896 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part
1897 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be
1898 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.
1899 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment
1900 variable. Possible values are:
1903 * `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is
1904 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407
1905 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported
1906 authentication methods. This is the default.
1907 * `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication
1908 * `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being
1909 transmitted to the proxy in clear text
1910 * `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option
1912 * `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)
1916 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This
1917 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying
1918 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for
1922 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled
1923 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell
1924 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user
1925 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:
1928 * `none` - Don't allow any delegation.
1929 * `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the
1930 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.
1931 * `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.
1936 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If
1937 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra
1938 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system
1939 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.
1942 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,
1943 which should be used
1944 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format
1945 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or
1946 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).
1947 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as
1948 input unless http.saveCookies is set.
1951 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by
1952 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.
1955 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you
1956 want to force the default. The available and default version
1957 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the
1958 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally
1959 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl
1960 documentation for more details on the format of this option and
1961 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of
1973 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.
1974 To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any
1975 explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the
1978 http.sslCipherList::
1979 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.
1980 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against
1981 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto
1982 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'
1983 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format
1986 Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.
1987 To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any
1988 explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the
1992 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1993 over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the
1994 `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.
1997 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
1998 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment
2002 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
2003 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment
2006 http.sslCertPasswordProtected::
2007 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise
2008 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the
2009 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the
2010 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.
2013 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
2014 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
2015 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.
2018 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
2019 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
2020 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.
2023 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of
2024 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with
2025 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the
2026 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will
2027 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by
2031 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers
2032 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed
2033 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish
2034 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.
2035 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification
2036 errors on misconfigured servers.
2039 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
2040 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.
2043 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
2044 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
2045 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
2046 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
2049 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
2050 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
2051 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
2052 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
2053 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
2054 sufficient for most requests.
2056 http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
2057 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
2058 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
2059 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and
2060 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.
2063 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
2064 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
2065 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`
2066 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
2069 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
2070 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.
2071 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
2072 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
2073 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
2074 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
2075 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.
2077 http.followRedirects::
2078 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git
2079 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it
2080 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as
2081 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for
2082 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent
2083 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as
2084 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally
2085 sufficient. The default is `initial`.
2088 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.
2089 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is
2090 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:
2093 . Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field
2094 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2096 . Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).
2097 This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is
2098 possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains
2099 at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match
2100 `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.
2102 . Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).
2103 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.
2104 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct
2105 default for the scheme before matching.
2107 . Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The
2108 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL
2109 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means
2110 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only
2111 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config
2112 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config
2113 key with just path `foo/`).
2115 . User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If
2116 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the
2117 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that
2118 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),
2119 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.
2122 The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches
2123 a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,
2124 if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of
2125 `https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of
2126 `https://user@example.com`.
2128 All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,
2129 if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that
2130 equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.
2131 Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are
2132 matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs
2133 visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.
2136 By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use
2137 based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured
2138 using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or
2139 the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is
2140 unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH
2141 options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the
2142 `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use
2143 OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides
2144 the host and remote command (if it fails).
2146 The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.
2147 Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,
2148 `tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).
2149 The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value
2150 `auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be
2151 overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.
2153 The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as
2158 * `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command
2160 * `simple` - [username@]host command
2162 * `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command
2164 * `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command
2168 Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to
2169 change as git gains new features.
2171 i18n.commitEncoding::
2172 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself
2173 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
2174 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
2175 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
2176 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
2178 i18n.logOutputEncoding::
2179 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
2180 running 'git log' and friends.
2183 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
2184 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
2187 Specify the version with which new index files should be
2188 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
2191 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
2192 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
2195 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
2196 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2199 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working
2200 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2203 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will
2204 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
2206 instaweb.modulePath::
2207 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
2208 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
2212 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
2213 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
2215 interactive.singleKey::
2216 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter
2217 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).
2218 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of
2219 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
2220 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
2221 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
2222 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
2224 interactive.diffFilter::
2225 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows
2226 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell
2227 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may
2228 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it
2229 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the
2230 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).
2233 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2234 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may
2235 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.
2238 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
2239 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
2240 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
2243 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
2244 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
2245 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
2246 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
2247 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
2248 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
2249 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
2253 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
2254 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
2255 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
2256 on non-linear history.
2259 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
2260 history lines in `git log --graph`.
2263 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
2264 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
2265 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
2266 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
2269 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2270 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.
2273 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
2274 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.
2277 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
2278 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
2279 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
2280 removes everything from the message body before a scissors
2281 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
2284 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
2285 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
2286 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
2287 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
2288 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
2289 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
2292 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
2293 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and
2294 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from
2295 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this
2296 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it
2300 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
2301 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2304 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
2305 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
2306 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
2309 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
2310 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
2312 include::merge-config.txt[]
2314 mergetool.<tool>.path::
2315 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
2316 your tool is not in the PATH.
2318 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
2319 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The
2320 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
2321 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
2322 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
2323 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
2324 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
2325 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
2326 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
2327 tool should write the results of a successful merge.
2329 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
2330 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
2331 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
2332 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file
2333 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
2334 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
2335 indicate the success of the merge.
2337 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
2338 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
2339 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
2340 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring
2341 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
2342 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
2343 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
2344 and `false` avoids using `--output`.
2346 mergetool.keepBackup::
2347 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
2348 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable
2349 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
2350 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
2352 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
2353 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
2354 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
2355 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
2356 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
2357 exited. Defaults to `false`.
2359 mergetool.writeToTemp::
2360 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
2361 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt
2362 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
2363 Defaults to `false`.
2366 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
2368 notes.mergeStrategy::
2369 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
2370 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
2371 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
2372 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
2374 notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
2375 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
2376 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
2377 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in
2378 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.
2381 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
2382 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
2383 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
2384 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
2385 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
2386 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
2389 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
2390 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2393 The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
2394 GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
2397 notes.rewrite.<command>::
2398 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
2399 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git
2400 automatically copies your notes from the original to the
2401 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
2402 "notes.rewriteRef" below.
2405 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
2406 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
2407 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
2408 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
2409 Defaults to `concatenate`.
2411 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
2412 environment variable.
2415 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
2416 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
2417 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
2418 You may also specify this configuration several times.
2420 Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
2421 enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
2422 rewriting for the default commit notes.
2424 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
2425 environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
2429 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2430 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
2433 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
2434 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
2437 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread
2438 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when
2439 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be
2440 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or
2441 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.
2444 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
2445 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
2446 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
2447 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
2448 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default
2449 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent
2452 Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress
2453 all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
2454 to linkgit:git-repack[1].
2456 pack.deltaCacheSize::
2457 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
2458 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
2459 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not
2460 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match
2461 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines
2462 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,
2463 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.
2464 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be
2465 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.
2467 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
2468 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
2469 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the
2470 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta
2471 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.
2474 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
2475 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
2476 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
2477 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
2478 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
2479 is however multiplied by the number of threads.
2480 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's
2481 and set the number of threads accordingly.
2484 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for
2485 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for
2486 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB
2487 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted
2488 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced
2489 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is
2492 If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,
2493 cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")
2494 that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the
2495 other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your
2496 older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,
2497 you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate
2500 pack.packSizeLimit::
2501 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
2502 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
2503 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`
2504 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results
2505 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents
2506 bitmaps from being created.
2507 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.
2508 The default is unlimited.
2509 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
2513 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing
2514 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to
2515 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless
2516 you are debugging pack bitmaps.
2518 pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
2519 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
2521 pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
2522 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap
2523 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's
2524 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between
2525 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
2526 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
2527 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
2528 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
2529 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
2530 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
2533 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the
2534 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.
2535 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the
2536 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`
2537 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes
2538 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all
2539 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
2542 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
2543 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
2544 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
2545 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`
2546 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
2547 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.
2548 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
2549 will be silently ignored.
2552 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which
2553 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,
2554 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a
2555 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a
2556 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default
2557 policy of `user`. Supported policies:
2561 * `always` - protocol is always able to be used.
2563 * `never` - protocol is never able to be used.
2565 * `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is
2566 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a
2567 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which
2568 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive
2569 submodule initialization.
2573 protocol.<name>.allow::
2574 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push
2575 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.
2577 The protocol names currently used by git are:
2580 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
2583 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
2584 connection (or proxy, if configured)
2586 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
2589 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
2590 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure
2591 both, you must do so individually.
2593 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
2594 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
2598 Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a
2599 server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no
2600 attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a
2601 particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0
2607 * `0` - the original wire protocol.
2609 * `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
2610 in the initial response from the server.
2615 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
2616 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
2617 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
2618 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
2619 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
2620 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
2621 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
2622 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
2625 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
2626 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
2627 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
2630 When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
2631 so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
2632 by running 'git pull'.
2634 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
2636 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
2637 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
2641 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
2645 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
2648 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
2649 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
2650 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
2651 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
2652 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
2656 * `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
2657 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
2658 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
2660 * `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
2661 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
2664 * `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
2665 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
2666 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
2667 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
2668 (i.e. central workflow).
2670 * `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
2672 * `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
2673 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
2674 different from the local one.
2676 When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
2677 pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
2680 This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
2682 * `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
2683 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
2684 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
2685 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
2686 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
2687 'master' will be pushed there).
2689 To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
2690 branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
2691 running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
2692 to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
2693 on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
2694 unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
2695 suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
2696 people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
2697 branches outside your control.
2699 This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
2705 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
2706 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
2710 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
2711 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
2712 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
2713 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
2714 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
2715 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
2716 command-line flag always overrides this config option.
2719 When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
2720 command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
2721 this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
2723 This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
2724 higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
2725 repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
2726 configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
2743 This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
2747 push.recurseSubmodules::
2748 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
2749 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
2750 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
2751 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
2752 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
2753 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
2754 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
2755 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
2756 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
2757 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
2758 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
2759 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
2761 include::rebase-config.txt[]
2763 receive.advertiseAtomic::
2764 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
2765 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
2766 capability, set this variable to false.
2768 receive.advertisePushOptions::
2769 When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
2770 capability to its clients. False by default.
2773 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
2774 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
2775 it by setting this variable to false.
2777 receive.certNonceSeed::
2778 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
2779 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
2780 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
2783 receive.certNonceSlop::
2784 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
2785 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
2786 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
2787 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
2788 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
2789 side to include). This may allow writing checks in
2790 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
2791 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
2792 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
2793 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
2794 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
2796 receive.fsckObjects::
2797 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
2798 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a
2799 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.
2800 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`
2803 receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
2804 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched
2805 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`
2806 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value
2807 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes
2808 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid
2809 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting
2810 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.
2812 This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories
2813 which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing
2814 the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch
2817 receive.fsck.skipList::
2818 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
2819 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
2820 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
2821 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
2822 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
2823 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
2826 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
2827 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
2828 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
2829 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
2830 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
2831 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
2832 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
2834 receive.unpackLimit::
2835 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
2836 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
2837 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
2838 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
2839 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
2840 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
2841 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of
2842 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
2844 receive.maxInputSize::
2845 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
2846 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
2847 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
2850 receive.denyDeletes::
2851 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
2852 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
2854 receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
2855 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
2856 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2858 receive.denyCurrentBranch::
2859 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
2860 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
2861 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
2862 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
2863 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
2864 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
2865 message. Defaults to "refuse".
2867 Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
2868 tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
2869 intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
2870 accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
2871 that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
2872 developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
2874 By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
2875 the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
2876 hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
2878 receive.denyNonFastForwards::
2879 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
2880 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
2881 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
2882 set when initializing a shared repository.
2885 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
2886 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
2887 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
2890 receive.updateServerInfo::
2891 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
2892 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
2894 receive.shallowUpdate::
2895 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
2896 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
2898 remote.pushDefault::
2899 The remote to push to by default. Overrides
2900 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
2901 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.
2904 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
2905 linkgit:git-push[1].
2907 remote.<name>.pushurl::
2908 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].
2910 remote.<name>.proxy::
2911 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to
2912 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to
2913 disable proxying for that remote.
2915 remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::
2916 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for
2917 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in
2918 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.
2920 remote.<name>.fetch::
2921 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
2922 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2924 remote.<name>.push::
2925 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See
2926 linkgit:git-push[1].
2928 remote.<name>.mirror::
2929 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave
2930 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.
2932 remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::
2933 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2934 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2935 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2937 remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::
2938 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
2939 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of
2940 linkgit:git-remote[1].
2942 remote.<name>.receivepack::
2943 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
2944 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].
2946 remote.<name>.uploadpack::
2947 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
2948 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].
2950 remote.<name>.tagOpt::
2951 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when
2952 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every
2953 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
2954 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
2955 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of
2956 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2959 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with
2960 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
2962 remote.<name>.prune::
2963 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2964 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
2965 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
2966 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
2968 remote.<name>.pruneTags::
2969 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also
2970 remove any local tags that no longer exist on the remote if pruning
2971 is activated in general via `remote.<name>.prune`, `fetch.prune` or
2972 `--prune`. Overrides `fetch.pruneTags` settings, if any.
2974 See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
2975 linkgit:git-fetch[1].
2978 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
2979 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
2981 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
2982 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
2983 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with
2984 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb
2985 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to
2986 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the
2987 native protocol are unaffected by this option.
2989 repack.packKeptObjects::
2990 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if
2991 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for
2992 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap
2993 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
2994 `repack.writeBitmaps`).
2996 repack.writeBitmaps::
2997 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
2998 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
2999 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent
3000 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk
3001 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has
3002 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.
3006 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the
3007 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using
3008 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.
3011 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
3012 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
3013 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
3014 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
3015 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
3018 sendemail.identity::
3019 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
3020 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
3021 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
3022 the value of `sendemail.identity`.
3024 sendemail.smtpEncryption::
3025 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
3026 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
3028 sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
3029 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
3031 sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
3032 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
3033 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
3035 sendemail.<identity>.*::
3036 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
3037 found below, taking precedence over those when this
3038 identity is selected, through either the command-line or
3039 `sendemail.identity`.
3041 sendemail.aliasesFile::
3042 sendemail.aliasFileType::
3043 sendemail.annotate::
3047 sendemail.chainReplyTo::
3049 sendemail.envelopeSender::
3051 sendemail.multiEdit::
3052 sendemail.signedoffbycc::
3053 sendemail.smtpPass::
3054 sendemail.suppresscc::
3055 sendemail.suppressFrom::
3058 sendemail.smtpDomain::
3059 sendemail.smtpServer::
3060 sendemail.smtpServerPort::
3061 sendemail.smtpServerOption::
3062 sendemail.smtpUser::
3064 sendemail.transferEncoding::
3065 sendemail.validate::
3067 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
3069 sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
3070 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
3072 sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
3073 Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
3074 will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
3076 See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3078 sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
3079 Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
3080 See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
3082 showbranch.default::
3083 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3084 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
3086 splitIndex.maxPercentChange::
3087 When the split index feature is used, this specifies the
3088 percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the
3089 total number of entries in both the split index and the shared
3090 index before a new shared index is written.
3091 The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then
3092 a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new
3093 shared index is never written.
3094 By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written
3095 if the number of entries in the split index would be greater
3096 than 20 percent of the total number of entries.
3097 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3099 splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::
3100 When the split index feature is used, shared index files that
3101 were not modified since the time this variable specifies will
3102 be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value
3103 "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses
3104 expiration altogether.
3105 The default value is "2.weeks.ago".
3106 Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the
3107 purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is
3108 either created based on it or read from it.
3109 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
3111 status.relativePaths::
3112 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the
3113 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths
3114 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
3118 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3119 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
3122 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
3123 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
3125 status.displayCommentPrefix::
3126 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment
3127 prefix before each output line (starting with
3128 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the
3129 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.
3133 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of
3134 entries currently stashed away.
3137 status.showUntrackedFiles::
3138 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
3139 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
3140 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name
3141 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all
3142 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some
3143 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays
3144 the untracked files. Possible values are:
3147 * `no` - Show no untracked files.
3148 * `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
3149 * `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
3152 If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
3153 This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
3154 of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
3156 status.submoduleSummary::
3158 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
3159 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
3160 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
3161 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note
3162 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all
3163 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only
3164 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only
3165 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged
3166 submodule changes. To
3167 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use
3168 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git
3169 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does
3170 not honor these settings.
3173 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3174 option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false.
3175 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3178 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
3179 option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
3180 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
3182 submodule.<name>.url::
3183 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
3184 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
3185 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
3186 update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
3187 set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
3188 whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
3189 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3191 submodule.<name>.update::
3192 The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
3193 which is the only affected command, others such as
3194 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
3195 historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
3196 interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
3197 and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
3198 `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
3199 See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
3201 submodule.<name>.branch::
3202 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
3203 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
3204 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
3205 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
3207 submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
3208 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
3209 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
3210 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
3211 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
3214 submodule.<name>.ignore::
3215 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
3216 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
3217 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
3218 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes
3219 to the submodules work tree and
3220 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
3221 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
3222 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
3223 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
3224 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
3225 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
3226 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
3227 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
3228 affected by this setting.
3230 submodule.<name>.active::
3231 Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
3232 commands. This config option takes precedence over the
3233 submodule.active config option.
3236 A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
3237 submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
3241 Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
3242 applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
3246 submodule.fetchJobs::
3247 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
3248 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
3249 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
3250 If unset, it defaults to 1.
3252 submodule.alternateLocation::
3253 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
3254 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
3255 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
3256 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
3257 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
3259 submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
3260 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
3261 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
3262 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
3264 tag.forceSignAnnotated::
3265 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
3266 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes
3267 precedence over this option.
3270 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by
3271 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the
3272 value of this variable will be used as the default.
3275 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
3276 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
3277 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
3278 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and
3279 linkgit:git-archive[1].
3281 transfer.fsckObjects::
3282 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are
3283 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3287 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which
3288 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than
3289 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is
3290 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is
3291 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git
3292 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for
3293 program-specific versions of this config.
3295 You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,
3296 explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.
3297 If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
3298 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
3300 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
3301 reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
3302 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
3303 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
3304 is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
3305 `refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
3306 "have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
3307 the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
3309 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
3310 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the
3311 linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a
3312 separate repository.
3314 transfer.unpackLimit::
3315 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
3316 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
3317 The default value is 100.
3319 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
3320 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
3321 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
3322 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of
3323 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to
3326 uploadpack.hideRefs::
3327 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
3328 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).
3329 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See
3330 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.
3332 uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::
3333 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`
3334 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip
3335 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).
3336 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client
3337 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the
3338 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's
3339 best to keep private data in a separate repository.
3341 uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::
3342 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an
3343 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that
3344 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.
3345 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able
3346 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"
3347 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to
3348 keep private data in a separate repository.
3350 uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::
3351 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any
3353 Defaults to `false`.
3355 uploadpack.keepAlive::
3356 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a
3357 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally
3358 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used
3359 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until
3360 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider
3361 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs
3362 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every
3363 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0
3364 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.
3366 uploadpack.packObjectsHook::
3367 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run
3368 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will
3369 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and
3370 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`
3371 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin
3372 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself
3373 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
3374 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
3377 uploadpack.allowFilter::
3378 If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
3379 clone and partial fetch object filtering.
3381 Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
3382 repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
3383 untrusted repositories).
3385 url.<base>.insteadOf::
3386 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to
3387 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a
3388 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3389 access methods, and some users need to use different access
3390 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the
3391 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to
3392 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a
3393 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3394 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
3396 Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten
3397 URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote
3398 helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit
3399 the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules
3400 must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the
3401 description of `protocol.allow` above.
3403 url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::
3404 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;
3405 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the
3406 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves
3407 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple
3408 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature
3409 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git
3410 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a
3411 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
3412 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is
3413 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this
3414 setting for that remote.
3417 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3418 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
3419 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3422 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
3423 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
3424 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
3426 user.useConfigOnly::
3427 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`
3428 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the
3429 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses
3430 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then
3431 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config
3432 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before
3433 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.
3434 Defaults to `false`.
3437 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the
3438 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or
3439 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.
3440 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,
3441 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.
3443 versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::
3444 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if
3445 `versionsort.suffix` is set.
3447 versionsort.suffix::
3448 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames
3449 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted
3450 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing
3451 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This
3452 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags
3453 with different suffixes.
3455 By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing
3456 that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if
3457 the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before
3458 "1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of
3459 suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames
3460 with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the
3461 configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any
3462 "1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags
3463 with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix
3464 among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and
3465 "-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags
3466 are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally
3469 If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will
3470 be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in
3471 the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at
3472 that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the
3473 longest of those suffixes.
3474 The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are
3475 in multiple config files.
3478 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.
3479 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]
3482 worktree.guessRemote::
3483 With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor
3484 `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to
3485 creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is
3486 set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking
3487 branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If
3488 such a branch exists, it is checked out and set as "upstream"
3489 for the new branch. If no such match can be found, it falls
3490 back to creating a new branch from the current HEAD.