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1 | CONFIGURATION FILE |
2 | ------------------ | |
3 | ||
4 | The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect | |
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5 | the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository |
6 | is 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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8 | fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` |
9 | can be used to store system-wide defaults. | |
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10 | |
11 | They can be used by both the git plumbing | |
b8936cf0 | 12 | and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where |
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13 | in the fully qualified variable name 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 and only alphanumeric | |
16 | characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times. | |
17 | ||
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18 | Syntax |
19 | ~~~~~~ | |
20 | ||
1ab661dd | 21 | The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly |
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22 | ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line, |
23 | blank lines are ignored. | |
24 | ||
25 | The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with | |
26 | the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next | |
27 | section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric | |
28 | characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable | |
29 | must belong to some section, which means that there must be section | |
30 | header before first setting of a variable. | |
31 | ||
32 | Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection | |
33 | put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, | |
34 | in the section header, like in example below: | |
35 | ||
36 | -------- | |
37 | [section "subsection"] | |
38 | ||
39 | -------- | |
40 | ||
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41 | Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote |
42 | '`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', | |
3dff5379 | 43 | respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple |
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44 | lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. |
45 | You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you | |
46 | don't need to. | |
47 | ||
48 | There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. | |
49 | In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section | |
50 | name. | |
51 | ||
52 | All 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 | |
54 | is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". | |
55 | The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric | |
56 | characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value | |
57 | for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. | |
58 | ||
59 | Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. | |
60 | Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. | |
61 | ||
62 | The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either | |
63 | a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, | |
64 | 0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when | |
65 | converting 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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67 | |
68 | String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. | |
69 | You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to | |
70 | preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains | |
71 | beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). | |
72 | Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must | |
73 | be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. | |
74 | ||
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). No other char escape sequence, nor octal | |
78 | char sequences are valid. | |
79 | ||
80 | Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the | |
81 | customary UNIX fashion. | |
82 | ||
83 | Some variables may require special value format. | |
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84 | |
85 | Example | |
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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107 | Variables |
108 | ~~~~~~~~~ | |
109 | ||
110 | Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. | |
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111 | For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description |
112 | in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core | |
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113 | porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation. |
114 | ||
115 | core.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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120 | core.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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130 | core.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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137 | core.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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145 | + |
146 | Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable | |
147 | (which always applies universally, without the special "for" | |
148 | handling). | |
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149 | |
150 | core.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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157 | core.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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163 | core.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]. | |
168 | + | |
169 | This setting is automatically guessed by gitlink:git-clone[1] or | |
170 | gitlink:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a | |
171 | repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare = | |
172 | false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare | |
173 | = true). | |
174 | ||
6de08ae6 | 175 | core.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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182 | + |
183 | This information can be used to determine what commit | |
184 | was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". | |
185 | + | |
186 | This value is true by default in a repository that has | |
187 | a working directory associated with it, and false by | |
188 | default in a bare repository. | |
6de08ae6 | 189 | |
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190 | core.repositoryFormatVersion:: |
191 | Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout | |
192 | version. | |
193 | ||
194 | core.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 | |
202 | core.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 | 206 | core.compression:: |
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207 | An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that |
208 | are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no | |
209 | compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being | |
210 | slowest. | |
211 | ||
93821bd9 | 212 | core.legacyheaders:: |
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213 | A boolean which |
214 | changes the format of loose objects so that they are more | |
215 | efficient to pack and to send out of the repository over git | |
216 | native protocol, since v1.4.2. However, loose objects | |
217 | written in the new format cannot be read by git older than | |
218 | that version; people fetching from your repository using | |
219 | older versions of git over dumb transports (e.g. http) | |
220 | will also be affected. | |
221 | + | |
222 | To let git use the new loose object format, you have to | |
223 | set core.legacyheaders to false. | |
93821bd9 | 224 | |
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225 | core.packedGitWindowSize:: |
226 | Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a | |
227 | single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow | |
228 | your system to process a smaller number of large pack files | |
229 | more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect | |
eb92242f | 230 | performance due to increased calls to the operating system's |
60bb8b14 | 231 | memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing |
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232 | a large number of large pack files. |
233 | + | |
234 | Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32 | |
235 | MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should | |
236 | be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do | |
237 | not need to adjust this value. | |
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238 | + |
239 | Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. | |
60bb8b14 | 240 | |
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241 | core.packedGitLimit:: |
242 | Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory | |
243 | from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many | |
244 | bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing | |
245 | regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. | |
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246 | + |
247 | Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms. | |
248 | This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on | |
249 | the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. | |
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250 | + |
251 | Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. | |
77ccc5bb | 252 | |
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253 | core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: |
254 | Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects | |
255 | that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the | |
256 | entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able | |
257 | to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base | |
258 | objects multiple times. | |
259 | + | |
260 | Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable | |
261 | for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. | |
262 | You probably do not need to adjust this value. | |
263 | + | |
264 | Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. | |
265 | ||
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266 | alias.*:: |
267 | Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. | |
268 | after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation | |
269 | "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid | |
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270 | confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that |
271 | hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by | |
272 | spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. | |
273 | quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them. | |
4514ad4f | 274 | |
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275 | If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, |
276 | it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining | |
277 | "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation | |
278 | "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command | |
279 | "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". | |
280 | ||
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281 | apply.whitespace:: |
282 | Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way | |
283 | as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1]. | |
284 | ||
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285 | branch.<name>.remote:: |
286 | When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. | |
62b339a5 | 287 | If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin". |
648ad18f | 288 | |
5372806a | 289 | branch.<name>.merge:: |
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290 | When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to |
291 | be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match | |
292 | a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote | |
293 | given by "branch.<name>.remote". | |
294 | The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls | |
295 | `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without | |
296 | this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. | |
297 | Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. | |
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298 | If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from |
299 | another branch in the local repository, you can point | |
300 | branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting | |
301 | `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. | |
5372806a | 302 | |
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303 | color.branch:: |
304 | A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of | |
305 | gitlink:git-branch[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`), | |
306 | `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used | |
307 | only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. | |
308 | ||
309 | color.branch.<slot>:: | |
310 | Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of | |
311 | `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), | |
312 | `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other | |
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313 | refs). |
314 | + | |
315 | The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most | |
316 | two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors | |
317 | accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, | |
318 | `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, | |
319 | `blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the | |
320 | second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, | |
321 | doesn't matter. | |
f3673988 | 322 | |
a159ca0c | 323 | color.diff:: |
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324 | When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch. |
325 | When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use | |
326 | colors only when the output is to the terminal. | |
327 | ||
a159ca0c | 328 | color.diff.<slot>:: |
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329 | Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies |
330 | which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one | |
331 | of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` | |
332 | (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), | |
333 | `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting dubious | |
334 | whitespace). The values of these variables may be specified as | |
335 | in color.branch.<slot>. | |
b5376648 | 336 | |
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337 | color.pager:: |
338 | A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in | |
339 | use (default is true). | |
340 | ||
341 | color.status:: | |
342 | A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of | |
343 | gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`), | |
344 | `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used | |
345 | only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. | |
346 | ||
347 | color.status.<slot>:: | |
348 | Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is | |
349 | one of `header` (the header text of the status message), | |
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350 | `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed), |
351 | `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index), | |
1d77043b | 352 | or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of |
f3673988 | 353 | these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. |
1d77043b | 354 | |
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355 | diff.renameLimit:: |
356 | The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename | |
357 | detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'. | |
358 | ||
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359 | diff.renames:: |
360 | Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it | |
361 | will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or | |
362 | "copy", it will detect copies, as well. | |
363 | ||
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364 | fetch.unpackLimit:: |
365 | If the number of objects fetched over the git native | |
366 | transfer is below this | |
367 | limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object | |
368 | files. However if the number of received objects equals or | |
369 | exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as | |
370 | a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the | |
371 | pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster, | |
372 | especially on slow filesystems. | |
373 | ||
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374 | format.headers:: |
375 | Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted | |
376 | by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1]. | |
377 | ||
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378 | format.suffix:: |
379 | The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix | |
380 | `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to | |
381 | include the dot if you want it). | |
1ab661dd | 382 | |
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383 | gc.packrefs:: |
384 | `git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by | |
385 | default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch | |
386 | from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git | |
387 | gc` to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells | |
388 | `git gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is | |
389 | `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to | |
390 | support such clients. The default setting will change to `true` | |
391 | at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to | |
392 | prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`. | |
393 | ||
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394 | gc.reflogexpire:: |
395 | `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than | |
396 | this time; defaults to 90 days. | |
397 | ||
398 | gc.reflogexpireunreachable:: | |
399 | `git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than | |
400 | this time and are not reachable from the current tip; | |
401 | defaults to 30 days. | |
402 | ||
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403 | gc.rerereresolved:: |
404 | Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are | |
405 | kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run. | |
406 | The default is 60 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1]. | |
407 | ||
408 | gc.rerereunresolved:: | |
409 | Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are | |
410 | kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run. | |
411 | The default is 15 days. See gitlink:git-rerere[1]. | |
412 | ||
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413 | gitcvs.enabled:: |
414 | Whether the cvs pserver interface is enabled for this repository. | |
415 | See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1]. | |
416 | ||
417 | gitcvs.logfile:: | |
418 | Path to a log file where the cvs pserver interface well... logs | |
419 | various stuff. See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1]. | |
420 | ||
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421 | gitcvs.allbinary:: |
422 | If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This | |
423 | causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses | |
424 | any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the | |
425 | fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'. | |
426 | See gitlink:git-cvsserver[1]. | |
427 | ||
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428 | http.sslVerify:: |
429 | Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing | |
37425065 | 430 | over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment |
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431 | variable. |
432 | ||
433 | http.sslCert:: | |
434 | File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing | |
37425065 | 435 | over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment |
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436 | variable. |
437 | ||
438 | http.sslKey:: | |
439 | File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing | |
abda1ef5 | 440 | over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment |
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441 | variable. |
442 | ||
443 | http.sslCAInfo:: | |
444 | File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when | |
abda1ef5 | 445 | fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the |
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446 | 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable. |
447 | ||
448 | http.sslCAPath:: | |
449 | Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer | |
37425065 | 450 | with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden |
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451 | by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable. |
452 | ||
453 | http.maxRequests:: | |
abda1ef5 | 454 | How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden |
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455 | by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. |
456 | ||
457 | http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: | |
458 | If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' | |
459 | for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. | |
abda1ef5 | 460 | Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and |
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461 | 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables. |
462 | ||
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463 | http.noEPSV:: |
464 | A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl. | |
465 | This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't | |
466 | support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV' | |
467 | environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV). | |
468 | ||
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469 | i18n.commitEncoding:: |
470 | Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself | |
471 | does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when | |
472 | importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history | |
473 | browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other | |
474 | porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'. | |
475 | ||
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476 | i18n.logOutputEncoding:: |
477 | Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when | |
478 | running `git-log` and friends. | |
479 | ||
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480 | log.showroot:: |
481 | If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event. | |
482 | This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree. | |
483 | Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which | |
484 | normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default. | |
485 | ||
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486 | merge.summary:: |
487 | Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created | |
488 | merge commit messages. False by default. | |
489 | ||
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490 | merge.tool:: |
491 | Controls which merge resolution program is used by | |
492 | gitlink:git-mergetool[l]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff", | |
9cec6539 | 493 | "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff" |
c4b4a5af | 494 | |
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495 | merge.verbosity:: |
496 | Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge | |
497 | strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error | |
498 | message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only | |
499 | conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and | |
500 | above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2. | |
501 | ||
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502 | pack.window:: |
503 | The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no | |
504 | window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. | |
505 | ||
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506 | pull.octopus:: |
507 | The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches | |
508 | at once. | |
509 | ||
510 | pull.twohead:: | |
511 | The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch. | |
512 | ||
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513 | remote.<name>.url:: |
514 | The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or | |
515 | gitlink:git-push[1]. | |
516 | ||
517 | remote.<name>.fetch:: | |
518 | The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See | |
519 | gitlink:git-fetch[1]. | |
520 | ||
521 | remote.<name>.push:: | |
522 | The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See | |
523 | gitlink:git-push[1]. | |
524 | ||
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525 | remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate:: |
526 | If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating | |
527 | using the remote subcommand of gitlink:git-remote[1]. | |
528 | ||
060aafc1 | 529 | remote.<name>.receivepack:: |
5dee29ac | 530 | The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See |
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531 | option \--exec of gitlink:git-push[1]. |
532 | ||
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533 | remote.<name>.uploadpack:: |
534 | The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See | |
535 | option \--exec of gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1]. | |
536 | ||
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537 | remote.<name>.tagopt:: |
538 | Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching | |
539 | from remote <name> | |
540 | ||
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541 | remotes.<group>:: |
542 | The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update | |
543 | <group>". See gitlink:git-remote[1]. | |
544 | ||
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545 | repack.usedeltabaseoffset:: |
546 | Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses | |
547 | delta-base offset. Defaults to false. | |
548 | ||
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549 | show.difftree:: |
550 | The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used | |
551 | for gitlink:git-show[1]. | |
552 | ||
553 | showbranch.default:: | |
554 | The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1]. | |
555 | See gitlink:git-show-branch[1]. | |
556 | ||
ce1a79b6 | 557 | tar.umask:: |
7fe08af4 | 558 | By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes |
ce1a79b6 WT |
559 | to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects |
560 | such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects. | |
561 | With this variable, it becomes possible to tell | |
7fe08af4 | 562 | gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above. |
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563 | The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will |
564 | be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to | |
7fe08af4 | 565 | the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default |
ce1a79b6 WT |
566 | value remains 0, which means world read-write. |
567 | ||
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568 | user.email:: |
569 | Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. | |
abda1ef5 | 570 | Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL' |
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571 | environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]. |
572 | ||
573 | user.name:: | |
574 | Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. | |
abda1ef5 | 575 | Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME' |
1ab661dd PB |
576 | environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]. |
577 | ||
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578 | user.signingkey:: |
579 | If gitlink:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to | |
580 | automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the | |
581 | default selection with this variable. This option is passed | |
582 | unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key | |
583 | using any method that gpg supports. | |
584 | ||
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585 | whatchanged.difftree:: |
586 | The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used | |
587 | for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]. | |
588 | ||
589 | imap:: | |
590 | The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described | |
591 | in gitlink:git-imap-send[1]. | |
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593 | receive.unpackLimit:: |
594 | If the number of objects received in a push is below this | |
595 | limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object | |
596 | files. However if the number of received objects equals or | |
597 | exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as | |
598 | a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the | |
599 | pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster, | |
600 | especially on slow filesystems. | |
601 | ||
602 | receive.denyNonFastForwards:: | |
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603 | If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is |
604 | not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, | |
605 | even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is | |
606 | set when initializing a shared repository. | |
607 | ||
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608 | transfer.unpackLimit:: |
609 | When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are | |
610 | not set, the value of this variable is used instead. | |
611 | ||
612 |