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1CONFIGURATION FILE
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3
4The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
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5the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
6is used to store the information for that repository, and
7`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
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8fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
9can be used to store system-wide defaults.
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10
11They can be used by both the git plumbing
b8936cf0 12and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
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13in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
14dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
15dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
16characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
17
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18Syntax
19~~~~~~
20
1ab661dd 21The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
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22ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
23blank lines are ignored.
24
25The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
26the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
27section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
28characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable
29must belong to some section, which means that there must be section
30header before first setting of a variable.
31
32Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
33put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
34in the section header, like in example below:
35
36--------
37 [section "subsection"]
38
39--------
40
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41Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote
42'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`',
3dff5379 43respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple
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44lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
45You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
46don't need to.
47
48There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
49In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
50name.
51
52All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
53'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
54is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
55The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
56characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value
57for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
58
59Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
60Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
61
62The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
63a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
640/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
65converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
e0d10e1c 66`git-config` will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
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68String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
69You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to
70preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains
71beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';').
72Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must
73be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'.
74
75The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized:
76'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
77and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
78char sequences are valid.
79
80Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
81customary UNIX fashion.
82
83Some variables may require special value format.
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85Example
86~~~~~~~
87
88 # Core variables
89 [core]
90 ; Don't trust file modes
91 filemode = false
92
93 # Our diff algorithm
94 [diff]
95 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
96 renames = true
97
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98 [branch "devel"]
99 remote = origin
100 merge = refs/heads/devel
101
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102 # Proxy settings
103 [core]
104 gitProxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
105 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
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107Variables
108~~~~~~~~~
109
110Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
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111For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
112in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
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113porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
114
115core.fileMode::
116 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
117 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
118 See gitlink:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
119
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120core.autocrlf::
121 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
122 `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
123 writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
124 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
125 reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
126 `LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider
127 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is
128 decided purely based on the contents.
129
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130core.symlinks::
131 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
132 contain the link text. gitlink:git-update-index[1] and
133 gitlink:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
134 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
135 symbolic links. True by default.
136
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137core.gitProxy::
138 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
139 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
140 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
141 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
142 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
143 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
144 the first match wins.
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146Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
147(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
148handling).
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149
150core.ignoreStat::
151 The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
152 mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes
153 by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very
154 slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See gitlink:git-update-index[1].
155 False by default.
156
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157core.preferSymlinkRefs::
158 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
159 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
160 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
161 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
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163core.bare::
164 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
165 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
166 number of commands that require a working directory will be
167 disabled, such as gitlink:git-add[1] or gitlink:git-merge[1].
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169This setting is automatically guessed by gitlink:git-clone[1] or
170gitlink:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
171repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
172false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
173= true).
174
6de08ae6 175core.logAllRefUpdates::
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176 Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
177 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
178 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
179 only when the file exists. If this configuration
180 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
181 file is automatically created for branch heads.
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183This information can be used to determine what commit
184was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
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186This value is true by default in a repository that has
187a working directory associated with it, and false by
188default in a bare repository.
6de08ae6 189
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190core.repositoryFormatVersion::
191 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
192 version.
193
194core.sharedRepository::
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195 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
196 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
197 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
198 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
199 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
5c94f87e 200 reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init[1]. False by default.
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201
202core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
203 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
204 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
205
3d3e95af 206core.compression::
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207 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
208 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
209 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
210
211core.loosecompression::
12f6c308 212 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
960ccca6 213 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
12f6c308 214 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
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215 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
216 not set, defaults to 0 (best speed).
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218core.packedGitWindowSize::
219 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
220 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
221 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
222 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
eb92242f 223 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
60bb8b14 224 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
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227Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
228MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
229be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
230not need to adjust this value.
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232Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
60bb8b14 233
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234core.packedGitLimit::
235 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
236 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
237 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
238 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
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240Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms.
241This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
242the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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244Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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246core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
247 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
248 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
249 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
250 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
251 objects multiple times.
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253Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
254for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
255You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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257Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
258
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259core.excludeFile::
260 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
261 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
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262 of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
263 gitlink:gitignore[5].
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265alias.*::
266 Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
267 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
268 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
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269 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
270 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
271 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
272 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
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274 If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
275 it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
276 "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
277 "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
278 "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
279
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280apply.whitespace::
281 Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
282 as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
283
9902387d 284branch.autosetupmerge::
5fdcf75c 285 Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches
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286 so that gitlink:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
287 remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
288 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
289 and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to false.
290
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291branch.<name>.remote::
292 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
62b339a5 293 If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
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5372806a 295branch.<name>.merge::
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296 When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
297 be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
298 a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
299 given by "branch.<name>.remote".
300 The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
301 `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
302 this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
303 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
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304 If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from
305 another branch in the local repository, you can point
306 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
307 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
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309clean.requireForce::
310 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n. Defaults
311 to false.
312
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313color.branch::
314 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
315 gitlink:git-branch[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
316 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
317 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
318
319color.branch.<slot>::
320 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
321 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
322 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
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325The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
326two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
327accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
328`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
329`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
330second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
331doesn't matter.
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a159ca0c 333color.diff::
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334 When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
335 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
336 colors only when the output is to the terminal.
337
a159ca0c 338color.diff.<slot>::
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339 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
340 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
341 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
342 (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines),
343 `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting dubious
344 whitespace). The values of these variables may be specified as
345 in color.branch.<slot>.
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347color.pager::
348 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
349 use (default is true).
350
351color.status::
352 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
353 gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
354 `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
355 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
356
357color.status.<slot>::
358 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
359 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
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360 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
361 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
1d77043b 362 or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
f3673988 363 these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
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365diff.renameLimit::
366 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
367 detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
368
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369diff.renames::
370 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
371 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
372 "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
373
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374fetch.unpackLimit::
375 If the number of objects fetched over the git native
376 transfer is below this
377 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
378 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
379 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
380 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
381 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
382 especially on slow filesystems.
383
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384format.headers::
385 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
386 by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
387
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388format.suffix::
389 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
390 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
391 include the dot if you want it).
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393gc.aggressiveWindow::
394 The window size parameter used in the delta compression
395 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
396 to 10.
397
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398gc.packrefs::
399 `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
400 default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
401 from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git
402 gc` to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
403 `git gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
404 `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
405 support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
406 at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
407 prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`.
408
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409gc.reflogexpire::
410 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
411 this time; defaults to 90 days.
412
413gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
414 `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
415 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
416 defaults to 30 days.
417
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418gc.rerereresolved::
419 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
420 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
421 The default is 60 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
422
423gc.rerereunresolved::
424 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
425 kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run.
426 The default is 15 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1].
427
1ab661dd 428gitcvs.enabled::
5007af8c 429 Whether the cvs server interface is enabled for this repository.
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430 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
431
432gitcvs.logfile::
5007af8c 433 Path to a log file where the cvs server interface well... logs
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434 various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
435
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436gitcvs.allbinary::
437 If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This
438 causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses
439 any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the
440 fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'.
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442gitcvs.dbname::
443 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information
444 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the
445 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this
446 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see
447 gitlink:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).
448 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'
449
450gitcvs.dbdriver::
451 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver
452 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested
453 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and
454 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.
455 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.
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456 See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1].
457
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458gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass::
459 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver',
460 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.
461 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see
462 gitlink:git-cvsserver[1] for details).
463
464All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also specifed
465as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' is one
466of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given access
467method.
468
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469http.sslVerify::
470 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
37425065 471 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment
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472 variable.
473
474http.sslCert::
475 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
37425065 476 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment
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477 variable.
478
479http.sslKey::
480 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing
abda1ef5 481 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment
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482 variable.
483
484http.sslCAInfo::
485 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when
abda1ef5 486 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the
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487 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.
488
489http.sslCAPath::
490 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer
37425065 491 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden
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492 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.
493
494http.maxRequests::
abda1ef5 495 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
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496 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
497
498http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
499 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
500 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
abda1ef5 501 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
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502 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
503
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504http.noEPSV::
505 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
befc9c42 506 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't
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507 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
508 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
509
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510i18n.commitEncoding::
511 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
512 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
513 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history
514 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
515 porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
516
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517i18n.logOutputEncoding::
518 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
519 running `git-log` and friends.
520
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521log.showroot::
522 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
523 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
524 Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which
525 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
526
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527merge.summary::
528 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
529 merge commit messages. False by default.
530
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531merge.tool::
532 Controls which merge resolution program is used by
533 gitlink:git-mergetool[l]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff",
e4e92b3f 534 "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", and "opendiff"
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536merge.verbosity::
537 Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
538 strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
539 message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
540 conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
541 above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
542
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543merge.<driver>.name::
544 Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
545 merge driver. See gitlink:gitattributes[5] for details.
546
547merge.<driver>.driver::
548 Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
549 merge driver. See gitlink:gitattributes[5] for details.
550
551merge.<driver>.recursive::
552 Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
553 performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
554 See gitlink:gitattributes[5] for details.
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556pack.window::
557 The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
558 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
559
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561 The maximum delta depth used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
618e613a 562 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.
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565 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects
566 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
567 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
568 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
569 not set, defaults to -1.
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572 The maxium memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
573 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1].
574 A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
575
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576pack.deltaCacheLimit::
577 The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
578 gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
579
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580pull.octopus::
581 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
582 at once.
583
584pull.twohead::
585 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
586
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587remote.<name>.url::
588 The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
589 gitlink:git-push[1].
590
591remote.<name>.fetch::
592 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
593 gitlink:git-fetch[1].
594
595remote.<name>.push::
596 The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
597 gitlink:git-push[1].
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600 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating
601 using the remote subcommand of gitlink:git-remote[1].
602
060aafc1 603remote.<name>.receivepack::
5dee29ac 604 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
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606
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607remote.<name>.uploadpack::
608 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
609 option \--exec of gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1].
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611remote.<name>.tagopt::
612 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching
613 from remote <name>
614
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615remotes.<group>::
616 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
617 <group>". See gitlink:git-remote[1].
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619repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
620 Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
621 delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
622
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623show.difftree::
624 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
625 for gitlink:git-show[1].
626
627showbranch.default::
628 The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
629 See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
630
ce1a79b6 631tar.umask::
7fe08af4 632 By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
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633 to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
634 such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
635 With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
7fe08af4 636 gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
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637 The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
638 be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
7fe08af4 639 the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
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640 value remains 0, which means world read-write.
641
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643 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
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644 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
645 'EMAIL' environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
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647user.name::
648 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
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652user.signingkey::
653 If gitlink:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
654 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
655 default selection with this variable. This option is passed
656 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
657 using any method that gpg supports.
658
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659whatchanged.difftree::
660 The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
661 for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
662
663imap::
664 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
665 in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
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668 If the number of objects received in a push is below this
669 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
670 files. However if the number of received objects equals or
671 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
672 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
673 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
674 especially on slow filesystems.
675
676receive.denyNonFastForwards::
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678 not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
679 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
680 set when initializing a shared repository.
681
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682transfer.unpackLimit::
683 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
684 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
685
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