1CONFIGURATION FILE 2------------------ 3 4The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect 5the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository 6is used to store the configuration for that repository, and 7`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as 8fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` 9can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. 10 11The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing 12and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein 13the fully qualified variable name of 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, allow only alphanumeric 16characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some 17variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is 18multivalued. 19 20Syntax 21~~~~~~ 22 23The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly 24ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line, 25blank lines are ignored. 26 27The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with 28the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next 29section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric 30characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable 31must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section 32header before the first setting of a variable. 33 34Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection 35put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, 36in the section header, like in the example below: 37 38-------- 39 [section "subsection"] 40 41-------- 42 43Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except 44newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included 45by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding 46other 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. 48Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You 49can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't 50need to. 51 52There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this 53syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also 54compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same 55restrictions as section names. 56 57All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section 58header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form 59'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that 60the variable is the boolean "true"). 61The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters 62and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. 63 64A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by 65ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are 66stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the 67line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing 68whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in 69double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained 70verbatim. 71 72Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters 73must be 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). Other char escape sequences (including octal 78escape sequences) are invalid. 79 80 81Includes 82~~~~~~~~ 83 84The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config 85directives from another source. These sections behave identically to 86each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored 87if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes" 88below. 89 90You can include a config file from another by setting the special 91`include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file 92to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is 93subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times. 94 95The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they 96had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the 97variable is a relative path, the path is considered to 98be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive 99was found. See below for examples. 100 101Conditional includes 102~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 103 104You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a 105`includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be 106included. 107 108The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data 109whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords 110are: 111 112`gitdir`:: 113 114 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. 117+ 118The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR` 119environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git 120file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location 121would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the 122.git file is. 123+ 124The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional 125ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please 126refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience: 127 128 * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the 129 content of the environment variable `HOME`. 130 131 * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory 132 containing the current config file. 133 134 * 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`. 137 138 * 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. 141 142`gitdir/i`:: 143 This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done 144 case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems) 145 146A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`: 147 148 * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching. 149 150 * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched 151 outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to 152 /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git` 153 will match. 154+ 155This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in 156v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that 157wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs 158to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions. 159 160 * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is 161 unlikely what you want. 162 163Example 164~~~~~~~ 165 166 # Core variables 167 [core] 168 ; Don't trust file modes 169 filemode = false 170 171 # Our diff algorithm 172 [diff] 173 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper 174 renames = true 175 176 [branch "devel"] 177 remote = origin 178 merge = refs/heads/devel 179 180 # Proxy settings 181 [core] 182 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" 183 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest 184 185 [include] 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 189 190 ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git 191 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"] 192 path = /path/to/foo.inc 193 194 ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group 195 [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] 196 path = /path/to/foo.inc 197 198 ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group 199 [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"] 200 path = /path/to/foo.inc 201 202 ; 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/"] 206 path = foo.inc 207 208Values 209~~~~~~ 210 211Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there 212are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules 213as to how to spell them. 214 215boolean:: 216 217 When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many 218 synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all 219 case-insensitive. 220 221 true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`, 222 and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` 223 is taken as true. 224 225 false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, 226 `0` and the empty string. 227+ 228When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type 229specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or 230"false" (spelled in lowercase). 231 232integer:: 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. 236 237color:: 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. 241+ 242The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, 243`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the 244foreground; the second is the background. 245+ 246Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI 247256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If 248your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as 249hex, like `#ff0ab3`. 250+ 251The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, 252`italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters). 253The position of any attributes with respect to the colors 254(before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may 255be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, 256`no-ul`, etc). 257+ 258An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used 259to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely. 260+ 261For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset 262at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting 263`color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a 264plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g. 265opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` 266output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. 267However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered 268coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there. 269 270pathname:: 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. 276 277 278Variables 279~~~~~~~~~ 280 281Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. 282For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description 283in the appropriate manual page. 284 285Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When 286inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their 287names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and 288other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. 289 290 291advice.*:: 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': 295+ 296-- 297 pushUpdateRejected:: 298 Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable 299 'pushNonFFCurrent', 300 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists', 301 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce' 302 simultaneously. 303 pushNonFFCurrent:: 304 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a 305 non-fast-forward update to the current branch. 306 pushNonFFMatching:: 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. 311 pushAlreadyExists:: 312 Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that 313 does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.) 314 pushFetchFirst:: 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. 318 pushNeedsForce:: 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. 323 statusHints:: 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. 329 statusUoption:: 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 332 files. 333 commitBeforeMerge:: 334 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to 335 merge to avoid overwriting local changes. 336 resolveConflict:: 337 Advice shown by various commands when conflicts 338 prevent the operation from being performed. 339 implicitIdentity:: 340 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when 341 your information is guessed from the system username and 342 domain name. 343 detachedHead:: 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. 347 checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: 348 Advice shown when the argument to 349 linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a 350 remote tracking branch on more than one remote in 351 situations where an unambiguous argument would have 352 otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be 353 checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote` 354 configuration variable for how to set a given remote 355 to used by default in some situations where this 356 advice would be printed. 357 amWorkDir:: 358 Advice that shows the location of the patch file when 359 linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it. 360 rmHints:: 361 In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1], 362 show directions on how to proceed from the current state. 363 addEmbeddedRepo:: 364 Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one 365 git repo inside of another. 366 ignoredHook:: 367 Advice shown if a hook is ignored because the hook is not 368 set as executable. 369 waitingForEditor:: 370 Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for 371 editor input from the user. 372-- 373 374core.fileMode:: 375 Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree 376 is to be honored. 377+ 378Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is 379marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a 380non-executable file with executable bit on. 381linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem 382to see if it handles the executable bit correctly 383and this variable is automatically set as necessary. 384+ 385A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles 386the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true' 387when created, but later may be made accessible from another 388environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via 389CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with 390Git for Windows or Eclipse). 391In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'. 392See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. 393+ 394The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file). 395 396core.hideDotFiles:: 397 (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose 398 name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/` 399 directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The 400 default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. 401 402core.ignoreCase:: 403 Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable 404 Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, 405 like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing 406 finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume 407 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as 408 "Makefile". 409+ 410The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] 411will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository 412is created. 413+ 414Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating 415and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior. 416 417core.precomposeUnicode:: 418 This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. 419 When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition 420 of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository 421 between Mac OS and Linux or Windows. 422 (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7). 423 When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git, 424 which is backward compatible with older versions of Git. 425 426core.protectHFS:: 427 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would 428 be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem. 429 Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere. 430 431core.protectNTFS:: 432 If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would 433 cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with 434 8.3 "short" names. 435 Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere. 436 437core.fsmonitor:: 438 If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which 439 will identify all files that may have changed since the 440 requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by 441 avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed. 442 See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]. 443 444core.trustctime:: 445 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the 446 working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time 447 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system 448 crawlers and some backup systems). 449 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. 450 451core.splitIndex:: 452 If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used. 453 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default. 454 455core.untrackedCache:: 456 Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the 457 index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to 458 `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And 459 it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before 460 setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working 461 properly on your system. 462 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default. 463 464core.checkStat:: 465 Determines which stat fields to match between the index 466 and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or 467 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check 468 all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. 469 470core.quotePath:: 471 Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will 472 quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the 473 pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with 474 backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. 475 `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with 476 values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in 477 UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than 478 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, 479 backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless 480 of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is 481 not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames 482 completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value 483 is true. 484 485core.eol:: 486 Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for 487 files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false. 488 Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's 489 native line ending. The default value is `native`. See 490 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line 491 conversion. 492 493core.safecrlf:: 494 If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when 495 end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command 496 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly. 497 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the 498 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If 499 this is not the case for the current setting of 500 `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can 501 be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an 502 irreversible conversion but continue the operation. 503+ 504CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. 505When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to 506CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and 507CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text 508files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings 509such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. 510But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the 511conversion can corrupt data. 512+ 513If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by 514setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right 515after committing you still have the original file in your work 516tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell 517Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file 518appropriately. 519+ 520Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with 521mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary 522files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed 523in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing 524to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files 525converting CRLFs corrupts data. 526+ 527Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a 528file identical to the original file for a different setting of 529`core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For 530example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf` 531and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the 532resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file 533contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be 534consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A 535file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf` 536mechanism. 537 538core.autocrlf:: 539 Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting 540 the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf". 541 Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your 542 working directory and the repository has LF line endings. 543 This variable can be set to 'input', 544 in which case no output conversion is performed. 545 546core.checkRoundtripEncoding:: 547 A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git 548 performs UTF-8 round trip checks on if they are used in an 549 `working-tree-encoding` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). 550 The default value is `SHIFT-JIS`. 551 552core.symlinks:: 553 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that 554 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and 555 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular 556 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support 557 symbolic links. 558+ 559The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] 560will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository 561is created. 562 563core.gitProxy:: 564 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead 565 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when 566 using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is 567 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only 568 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable 569 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order; 570 the first match wins. 571+ 572Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable 573(which always applies universally, without the special "for" 574handling). 575+ 576The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to 577specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. 578This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from 579proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. 580 581core.sshCommand:: 582 If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will 583 use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to 584 connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as 585 the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden 586 when the environment variable is set. 587 588core.ignoreStat:: 589 If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have 590 changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files 591 which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree. 592+ 593When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage 594the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in 595linkgit:git-update-index[1]). 596Git will not normally detect changes to those files. 597+ 598This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as 599CIFS/Microsoft Windows. 600+ 601False by default. 602 603core.preferSymlinkRefs:: 604 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD 605 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. 606 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that 607 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. 608 609core.bare:: 610 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no 611 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a 612 number of commands that require a working directory will be 613 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1]. 614+ 615This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or 616linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a 617repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare = 618false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare 619= true). 620 621core.worktree:: 622 Set the path to the root of the working tree. 623 If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree 624 is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. 625 This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment 626 variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option. 627 The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to 628 the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir 629 or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered. 630 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of 631 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified, 632 the current working directory is regarded as the top level 633 of your working tree. 634+ 635Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration 636file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs 637from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has 638core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a 639misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will 640still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause 641confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a 642read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the 643repository's usual working tree). 644 645core.logAllRefUpdates:: 646 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file 647 "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old 648 SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but 649 only when the file exists. If this configuration 650 variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`" 651 file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under 652 `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`), 653 note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`. 654 If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically 655 created for any ref under `refs/`. 656+ 657This information can be used to determine what commit 658was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". 659+ 660This value is true by default in a repository that has 661a working directory associated with it, and false by 662default in a bare repository. 663 664core.repositoryFormatVersion:: 665 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout 666 version. 667 668core.sharedRepository:: 669 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between 670 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are 671 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the 672 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being 673 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions 674 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number, 675 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override 676 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override 677 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make 678 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to 679 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a 680 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable. 681 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default. 682 683core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: 684 If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous 685 and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default. 686 687core.compression:: 688 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. 689 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, 690 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. 691 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, 692 such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`. 693 694core.looseCompression:: 695 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that 696 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no 697 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being 698 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is 699 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed). 700 701core.packedGitWindowSize:: 702 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a 703 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow 704 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files 705 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect 706 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's 707 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing 708 a large number of large pack files. 709+ 710Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32 711MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should 712be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do 713not need to adjust this value. 714+ 715Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 716 717core.packedGitLimit:: 718 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory 719 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many 720 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing 721 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. 722+ 723Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively 724unlimited) on 64 bit platforms. 725This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on 726the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. 727+ 728Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 729 730core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: 731 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects 732 that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the 733 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able 734 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base 735 objects multiple times. 736+ 737Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable 738for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. 739You probably do not need to adjust this value. 740+ 741Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 742 743core.bigFileThreshold:: 744 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without 745 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without 746 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the 747 slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files 748 larger than this size are always treated as binary. 749+ 750Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable 751for most projects as source code and other text files can still 752be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. 753+ 754Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 755 756core.excludesFile:: 757 Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to 758 describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition 759 to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'. 760 Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`. 761 If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore` 762 is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. 763 764core.askPass:: 765 Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively 766 ask for a password can be told to use an external program given 767 via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS` 768 environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the 769 `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password 770 prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as 771 command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. 772 773core.attributesFile:: 774 In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and 775 '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes 776 (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same 777 way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is 778 `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not 779 set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead. 780 781core.hooksPath:: 782 By default Git will look for your hooks in the 783 '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, 784 e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in 785 that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of 786 in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. 787+ 788The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is 789taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see 790the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). 791+ 792This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to 793centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a 794per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized 795alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed 796default hooks. 797 798core.editor:: 799 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit 800 messages by launching an editor use the value of this 801 variable when it is set, and the environment variable 802 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. 803 804core.commentChar:: 805 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit 806 messages consider a line that begins with this character 807 commented, and removes them after the editor returns 808 (default '#'). 809+ 810If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not 811the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. 812 813core.filesRefLockTimeout:: 814 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to 815 lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at 816 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e., 817 retry for 100ms). 818 819core.packedRefsTimeout:: 820 The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to 821 lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at 822 all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., 823 retry for 1 second). 824 825sequence.editor:: 826 Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. 827 The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. 828 It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. 829 When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. 830 831core.pager:: 832 Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value 833 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference 834 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` 835 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at 836 compile time (usually 'less'). 837+ 838When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX` 839(if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at 840all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting 841for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will 842be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final 843command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the 844`S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate 845long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will 846deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the 847command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of 848`less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular 849commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables 850line truncation only for `git blame`. 851+ 852Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it 853to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with 854another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`. 855 856core.whitespace:: 857 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to 858 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to 859 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will 860 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable 861 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`): 862+ 863* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line 864 as an error (enabled by default). 865* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately 866 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an 867 error (enabled by default). 868* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space 869 characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by 870 default). 871* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of 872 the line as an error (not enabled by default). 873* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error 874 (enabled by default). 875* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and 876 `blank-at-eof`. 877* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as 878 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` 879 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return 880 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). 881* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this 882 is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent` 883 errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63. 884 885core.fsyncObjectFiles:: 886 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. 887+ 888This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders 889data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use 890journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata 891and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback"). 892 893core.preloadIndex:: 894 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff' 895+ 896This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially 897on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus 898relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the 899index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing 900overlapping IO's. Defaults to true. 901 902core.createObject:: 903 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by 904 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation 905 will not overwrite existing objects. 906+ 907On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. 908Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the 909check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. 910 911core.notesRef:: 912 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in 913 the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given 914 ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no 915 notes should be printed. 916+ 917This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by 918the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1]. 919 920gc.commitGraph:: 921 If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when 922 linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using linkgit:git-gc[1] 923 '--auto' the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is 924 required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] 925 for details. 926 927core.sparseCheckout:: 928 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in 929 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. 930 931core.abbrev:: 932 Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If 933 unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is 934 computed based on the approximate number of packed objects 935 in your repository, which hopefully is enough for 936 abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time. 937 The minimum length is 4. 938 939add.ignoreErrors:: 940add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: 941 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be 942 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` 943 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, 944 as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration 945 variables. 946 947alias.*:: 948 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. 949 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation 950 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid 951 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that 952 hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by 953 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. 954 A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them. 955+ 956If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, 957it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining 958"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation 959"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command 960"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be 961executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may 962not necessarily be the current directory. 963`GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix' 964from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. 965 966am.keepcr:: 967 If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format 968 with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will 969 not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden 970 by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line. 971 See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. 972 973am.threeWay:: 974 By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When 975 set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if 976 the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and 977 we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way` 978 option from the command line). Defaults to `false`. 979 See linkgit:git-am[1]. 980 981apply.ignoreWhitespace:: 982 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in 983 whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` 984 option. 985 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to 986 respect all whitespace differences. 987 See linkgit:git-apply[1]. 988 989apply.whitespace:: 990 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way 991 as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. 992 993blame.showRoot:: 994 Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1]. 995 This option defaults to false. 996 997blame.blankBoundary:: 998 Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in 999 linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false.10001001blame.showEmail::1002 Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1].1003 This option defaults to false.10041005blame.date::1006 Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1].1007 If unset the iso format is used. For supported values,1008 see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1].10091010branch.autoSetupMerge::1011 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches1012 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the1013 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,1014 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`1015 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no1016 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the1017 starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --1018 automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a1019 local branch or remote-tracking1020 branch. This option defaults to true.10211022branch.autoSetupRebase::1023 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'1024 that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set1025 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").1026 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.1027 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of1028 other local branches.1029 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of1030 remote-tracking branches.1031 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking1032 branches.1033 See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a1034 branch to track another branch.1035 This option defaults to never.10361037branch.<name>.remote::1038 When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push'1039 which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to1040 may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches).1041 The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further1042 overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is1043 configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to1044 `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing.1045 Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository1046 (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below.10471048branch.<name>.pushRemote::1049 When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for1050 pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing1051 from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your1052 upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing1053 repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to1054 specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this1055 option to override it for a specific branch.10561057branch.<name>.merge::1058 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch1059 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which1060 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).1061 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default1062 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is1063 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a1064 ref which is fetched from the remote given by1065 "branch.<name>.remote".1066 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls1067 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without1068 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.1069 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.1070 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from1071 another branch in the local repository, you can point1072 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path1073 setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.10741075branch.<name>.mergeOptions::1076 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and1077 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but1078 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not1079 supported.10801081branch.<name>.rebase::1082 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,1083 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when1084 "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non1085 branch-specific manner.1086+1087When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'1088so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see1089linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).1090+1091When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'1092so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened1093by running 'git pull'.1094+1095When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.1096+1097*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use1098it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]1099for details).11001101branch.<name>.description::1102 Branch description, can be edited with1103 `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is1104 automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or1105 request-pull summary.11061107browser.<tool>.cmd::1108 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The1109 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed1110 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].)11111112browser.<tool>.path::1113 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to1114 browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a1115 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).11161117checkout.defaultRemote::1118 When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one1119 remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and1120 tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon1121 as you have more than one remote with a '<something>'1122 reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a1123 preferred remote that should always win when it comes to1124 disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to1125 `origin`.1126+1127Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout1128<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote,1129and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a1130remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like1131commands or functionality in the future.11321133clean.requireForce::1134 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,1135 -i or -n. Defaults to true.11361137color.advice::1138 A boolean to enable/disable color in hints (e.g. when a push1139 failed, see `advice.*` for a list). May be set to `always`,1140 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors1141 are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. If1142 unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).11431144color.advice.hint::1145 Use customized color for hints.11461147color.branch::1148 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of1149 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,1150 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used1151 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the1152 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).11531154color.branch.<slot>::1155 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of1156 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),1157 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),1158 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other1159 refs).11601161color.diff::1162 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.1163 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],1164 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color1165 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those1166 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.1167 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by1168 default).1169+1170This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the1171'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the1172command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.11731174diff.colorMoved::1175 If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines1176 in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes1177 see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to1178 true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,1179 moved lines are not colored.11801181diff.colorMovedWS::1182 When moved lines are colored using e.g. the `diff.colorMoved` setting,1183 this option controls the `<mode>` how spaces are treated1184 for details of valid modes see '--color-moved-ws' in linkgit:git-diff[1].11851186color.diff.<slot>::1187 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies1188 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one1189 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),1190 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`1191 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),1192 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`1193 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),1194 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,1195 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`1196 and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'1197 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).11981199color.decorate.<slot>::1200 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one1201 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local1202 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively1203 and `grafted` for grafted commits.12041205color.grep::1206 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or1207 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only1208 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the1209 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).12101211color.grep.<slot>::1212 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which1213 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of1214+1215--1216`context`;;1217 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)1218`filename`;;1219 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)1220`function`;;1221 function name lines (when using `-p`)1222`lineNumber`;;1223 line number prefix (when using `-n`)1224`column`;;1225 column number prefix (when using `--column`)1226`match`;;1227 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)1228`matchContext`;;1229 matching text in context lines1230`matchSelected`;;1231 matching text in selected lines1232`selected`;;1233 non-matching text in selected lines1234`separator`;;1235 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)1236 and between hunks (`--`)1237--12381239color.interactive::1240 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts1241 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and1242 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.1243 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is1244 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is1245 used (`auto` by default).12461247color.interactive.<slot>::1248 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean1249 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`1250 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from1251 interactive commands.12521253color.pager::1254 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in1255 use (default is true).12561257color.push::1258 A boolean to enable/disable color in push errors. May be set to1259 `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which1260 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.1261 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).12621263color.push.error::1264 Use customized color for push errors.12651266color.showBranch::1267 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of1268 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,1269 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used1270 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the1271 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).12721273color.status::1274 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of1275 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,1276 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used1277 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the1278 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).12791280color.status.<slot>::1281 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is1282 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),1283 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),1284 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),1285 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),1286 `branch` (the current branch),1287 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting1288 to red),1289 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,1290 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the1291 status short-format), or1292 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).12931294color.blame.repeatedLines::1295 Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that1296 is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id,1297 author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan.12981299color.blame.highlightRecent::1300 This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending1301 on age of the line.1302+1303This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings,1304starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest.1305The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced1306before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.1307+1308Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g.13092.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.1310+1311It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors1312everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and1313one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are1314colored red.13151316blame.coloring::1317 This determines the coloring scheme to be applied to blame1318 output. It can be 'repeatedLines', 'highlightRecent',1319 or 'none' which is the default.13201321color.transport::1322 A boolean to enable/disable color when pushes are rejected. May be1323 set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which1324 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.1325 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).13261327color.transport.rejected::1328 Use customized color when a push was rejected.13291330color.ui::1331 This variable determines the default value for variables such1332 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color1333 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn1334 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it1335 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use1336 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration1337 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all1338 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to1339 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you1340 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.13411342column.ui::1343 Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.1344 This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces1345 or commas:1346+1347These options control when the feature should be enabled1348(defaults to 'never'):1349+1350--1351`always`;;1352 always show in columns1353`never`;;1354 never show in columns1355`auto`;;1356 show in columns if the output is to the terminal1357--1358+1359These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any1360of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are1361specified.1362+1363--1364`column`;;1365 fill columns before rows1366`row`;;1367 fill rows before columns1368`plain`;;1369 show in one column1370--1371+1372Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults1373to 'nodense'):1374+1375--1376`dense`;;1377 make unequal size columns to utilize more space1378`nodense`;;1379 make equal size columns1380--13811382column.branch::1383 Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns.1384 See `column.ui` for details.13851386column.clean::1387 Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always1388 shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details.13891390column.status::1391 Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns.1392 See `column.ui` for details.13931394column.tag::1395 Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns.1396 See `column.ui` for details.13971398commit.cleanup::1399 This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in1400 `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the1401 default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin1402 with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you1403 would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will1404 have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log1405 template yourself, if you do this).14061407commit.gpgSign::14081409 A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed.1410 Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can1411 result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be1412 convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase1413 several times.14141415commit.status::1416 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the1417 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit1418 message. Defaults to true.14191420commit.template::1421 Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for1422 new commit messages.14231424commit.verbose::1425 A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`.1426 See linkgit:git-commit[1].14271428credential.helper::1429 Specify an external helper to be called when a username or1430 password credential is needed; the helper may consult external1431 storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note1432 that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7]1433 for details.14341435credential.useHttpPath::1436 When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http1437 or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See1438 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.14391440credential.username::1441 If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username1442 by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and1443 linkgit:gitcredentials[7].14441445credential.<url>.*::1446 Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to1447 some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"1448 would set the default username only for https connections to1449 example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are1450 matched.14511452credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP::1453 Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting.14541455completion.commands::1456 This is only used by git-completion.bash to add or remove1457 commands from the list of completed commands. Normally only1458 porcelain commands and a few select others are completed. You1459 can add more commands, separated by space, in this1460 variable. Prefixing the command with '-' will remove it from1461 the existing list.14621463include::diff-config.txt[]14641465difftool.<tool>.path::1466 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case1467 your tool is not in the PATH.14681469difftool.<tool>.cmd::1470 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.1471 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following1472 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary1473 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE'1474 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents1475 of the diff post-image.14761477difftool.prompt::1478 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.14791480fastimport.unpackLimit::1481 If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1]1482 is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into1483 loose object files. However if the number of imported objects1484 equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a1485 pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import1486 operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If1487 not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.14881489fetch.recurseSubmodules::1490 This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.1491 Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to1492 unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not1493 recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default1494 value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule1495 when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's1496 reference.14971498fetch.fsckObjects::1499 If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched1500 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a1501 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.1502 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`1503 is used instead.15041505fetch.unpackLimit::1506 If the number of objects fetched over the Git native1507 transfer is below this1508 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object1509 files. However if the number of received objects equals or1510 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as1511 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the1512 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,1513 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of1514 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.15151516fetch.prune::1517 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`1518 option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`1519 and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].15201521fetch.pruneTags::1522 If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the1523 `refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*` refspec was provided when pruning,1524 if not set already. This allows for setting both this option1525 and `fetch.prune` to maintain a 1=1 mapping to upstream1526 refs. See also `remote.<name>.pruneTags` and the PRUNING1527 section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].15281529fetch.output::1530 Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are1531 `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section1532 OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.15331534fetch.negotiationAlgorithm::1535 Control how information about the commits in the local repository is1536 sent when negotiating the contents of the packfile to be sent by the1537 server. Set to "skipping" to use an algorithm that skips commits in an1538 effort to converge faster, but may result in a larger-than-necessary1539 packfile; any other value instructs Git to use the default algorithm1540 that never skips commits (unless the server has acknowledged it or one1541 of its descendants).15421543format.attach::1544 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for1545 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string1546 which will enable attachments as the default and set the1547 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in1548 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].15491550format.from::1551 Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch.1552 Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false,1553 format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in1554 the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to1555 `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch1556 mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if1557 different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that1558 value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false.15591560format.numbered::1561 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch1562 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there1563 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all1564 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered1565 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].15661567format.headers::1568 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted1569 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].15701571format.to::1572format.cc::1573 Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted1574 by mail. See the --to and --cc options in1575 linkgit:git-format-patch[1].15761577format.subjectPrefix::1578 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'1579 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.15801581format.signature::1582 The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing1583 the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.1584 Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress1585 signature generation.15861587format.signatureFile::1588 Works just like format.signature except the contents of the1589 file specified by this variable will be used as the signature.15901591format.suffix::1592 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix1593 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to1594 include the dot if you want it).15951596format.pretty::1597 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command,1598 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1],1599 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].16001601format.thread::1602 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be1603 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading1604 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,1605 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the1606 `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.1607 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.1608 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false1609 value disables threading.16101611format.signOff::1612 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of1613 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a1614 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have1615 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license.1616 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion.16171618format.coverLetter::1619 A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when1620 format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to1621 generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.16221623format.outputDirectory::1624 Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the1625 current working directory.16261627format.useAutoBase::1628 A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of1629 format-patch by default.16301631filter.<driver>.clean::1632 The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree1633 file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for1634 details.16351636filter.<driver>.smudge::1637 The command which is used to convert the content of a blob1638 object to a worktree file upon checkout. See1639 linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.16401641fsck.<msg-id>::1642 Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a1643 specific message ID such as `missingEmail`.1644+1645For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID,1646e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means1647that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.1648+1649This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories1650which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes.16511652fsck.skipList::1653 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per1654 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should1655 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project1656 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that1657 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.1658 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.16591660gc.aggressiveDepth::1661 The depth parameter used in the delta compression1662 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults1663 to 50.16641665gc.aggressiveWindow::1666 The window size parameter used in the delta compression1667 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults1668 to 250.16691670gc.auto::1671 When there are approximately more than this many loose1672 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them.1673 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a1674 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The1675 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it.16761677gc.autoPackLimit::1678 When there are more than this many packs that are not1679 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc1680 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The1681 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.16821683gc.autoDetach::1684 Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background1685 if the system supports it. Default is true.16861687gc.bigPackThreshold::1688 If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when1689 `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack`1690 except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not1691 just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of1692 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.1693+1694Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit,1695this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack1696will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below1697gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again.16981699gc.logExpiry::1700 If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run1701 unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is1702 "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its1703 value.17041705gc.packRefs::1706 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it1707 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb1708 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether1709 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare`1710 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a1711 boolean value. The default is `true`.17121713gc.pruneExpire::1714 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.1715 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value1716 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune1717 unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to1718 suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when1719 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the1720 repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1].17211722gc.worktreePruneExpire::1723 When 'git gc' is run, it calls1724 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'.1725 This config variable can be used to set a different grace1726 period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace1727 period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never"1728 may be used to suppress pruning.17291730gc.reflogExpire::1731gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire::1732 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than1733 this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all1734 entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration1735 altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g.1736 "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to1737 the refs that match the <pattern>.17381739gc.reflogExpireUnreachable::1740gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable::1741 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than1742 this time and are not reachable from the current tip;1743 defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries1744 immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether.1745 With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")1746 in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that1747 match the <pattern>.17481749gc.rerereResolved::1750 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are1751 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.1752 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.1753 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].17541755gc.rerereUnresolved::1756 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are1757 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.1758 You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc.1759 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].17601761gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation::1762 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string1763 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator".17641765gitcvs.enabled::1766 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository.1767 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].17681769gitcvs.logFile::1770 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs1771 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].17721773gitcvs.usecrlfattr::1774 If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion1775 attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If1776 the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,1777 the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will1778 treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file1779 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging1780 the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow1781 the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is1782 used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].17831784gitcvs.allBinary::1785 This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve1786 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all1787 unresolved files are sent to the client in1788 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them1789 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it1790 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess",1791 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if1792 it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`.17931794gitcvs.dbName::1795 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information1796 derived from the Git repository. The exact meaning depends on the1797 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this1798 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see1799 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`).1800 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite'18011802gitcvs.dbDriver::1803 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver1804 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested1805 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and1806 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature.1807 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'.1808 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].18091810gitcvs.dbUser, gitcvs.dbPass::1811 Database user and password. Only useful if setting `gitcvs.dbDriver`,1812 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords.1813 'gitcvs.dbUser' supports variable substitution (see1814 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details).18151816gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix::1817 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any1818 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used1819 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see1820 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic1821 characters will be replaced with underscores.18221823All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and1824`gitcvs.allBinary` can also be specified as1825'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'1826is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given1827access method.18281829gitweb.category::1830gitweb.description::1831gitweb.owner::1832gitweb.url::1833 See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description.18341835gitweb.avatar::1836gitweb.blame::1837gitweb.grep::1838gitweb.highlight::1839gitweb.patches::1840gitweb.pickaxe::1841gitweb.remote_heads::1842gitweb.showSizes::1843gitweb.snapshot::1844 See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.18451846grep.lineNumber::1847 If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.18481849grep.column::1850 If set to true, enable the `--column` option by default.18511852grep.patternType::1853 Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',1854 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,1855 `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the1856 value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.18571858grep.extendedRegexp::1859 If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This1860 option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value1861 other than 'default'.18621863grep.threads::1864 Number of grep worker threads to use.1865 See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information.18661867grep.fallbackToNoIndex::1868 If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep1869 is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false.18701871gpg.program::1872 Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when1873 making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the1874 same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached1875 signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the1876 program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with1877 code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the1878 standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be1879 signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its1880 standard output.18811882gui.commitMsgWidth::1883 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the1884 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.18851886gui.diffContext::1887 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff1888 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".18891890gui.displayUntracked::1891 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files1892 in the file list. The default is "true".18931894gui.encoding::1895 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of1896 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].1897 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute1898 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).1899 If this option is not set, the tools default to the1900 locale encoding.19011902gui.matchTrackingBranch::1903 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should1904 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or1905 not. Default: "false".19061907gui.newBranchTemplate::1908 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the1909 linkgit:git-gui[1].19101911gui.pruneDuringFetch::1912 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when1913 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".19141915gui.trustmtime::1916 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification1917 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.19181919gui.spellingDictionary::1920 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in1921 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned1922 off.19231924gui.fastCopyBlame::1925 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original1926 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge1927 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.19281929gui.copyBlameThreshold::1930 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location1931 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the1932 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.19331934gui.blamehistoryctx::1935 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in1936 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History1937 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this1938 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.19391940guitool.<name>.cmd::1941 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item1942 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is1943 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of1944 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of1945 the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as1946 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if1947 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).19481949guitool.<name>.needsFile::1950 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees1951 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.19521953guitool.<name>.noConsole::1954 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its1955 output.19561957guitool.<name>.noRescan::1958 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool1959 finishes execution.19601961guitool.<name>.confirm::1962 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.19631964guitool.<name>.argPrompt::1965 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool1966 through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an1967 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect1968 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',1969 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact1970 value of the variable is used.19711972guitool.<name>.revPrompt::1973 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the1974 `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option1975 is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it.19761977guitool.<name>.revUnmerged::1978 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog.1979 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not1980 for things like checkout or reset.19811982guitool.<name>.title::1983 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default1984 is the tool name.19851986guitool.<name>.prompt::1987 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of1988 the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'.1989 The default value includes the actual command.19901991help.browser::1992 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the1993 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].19941995help.format::1996 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].1997 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is1998 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.19992000help.autoCorrect::2001 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after2002 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more2003 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing2004 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,2005 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the2006 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.2007 This is the default.20082009help.htmlPath::2010 Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths2011 and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when2012 help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation2013 path of your Git installation.20142015http.proxy::2016 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',2017 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In2018 addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a2019 proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will2020 attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See2021 linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is2022 '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden2023 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy20242025http.proxyAuthMethod::2026 Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This2027 only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part2028 (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be2029 overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`.2030 Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment2031 variable. Possible values are:2032+2033--2034* `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is2035 assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 4072036 status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported2037 authentication methods. This is the default.2038* `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication2039* `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being2040 transmitted to the proxy in clear text2041* `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option2042 of `curl(1)`)2043* `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`)2044--20452046http.emptyAuth::2047 Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This2048 can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying2049 a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for2050 authentication.20512052http.delegation::2053 Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled2054 by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell2055 the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user2056 credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are:2057+2058--2059* `none` - Don't allow any delegation.2060* `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the2061 Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy.2062* `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate.2063--206420652066http.extraHeader::2067 Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If2068 more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra2069 headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system2070 config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list.20712072http.cookieFile::2073 The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines,2074 which should be used2075 in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format2076 of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or2077 the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`).2078 NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as2079 input unless http.saveCookies is set.20802081http.saveCookies::2082 If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by2083 http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset.20842085http.sslVersion::2086 The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you2087 want to force the default. The available and default version2088 depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the2089 particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally2090 this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl2091 documentation for more details on the format of this option and2092 for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of2093 this option are:20942095 - sslv22096 - sslv32097 - tlsv12098 - tlsv1.02099 - tlsv1.12100 - tlsv1.22101 - tlsv1.321022103+2104Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable.2105To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any2106explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the2107empty string.21082109http.sslCipherList::2110 A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection.2111 The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against2112 NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto2113 library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST'2114 option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format2115 of this list.2116+2117Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable.2118To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any2119explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the2120empty string.21212122http.sslVerify::2123 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing2124 over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the2125 `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.21262127http.sslCert::2128 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing2129 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CERT` environment2130 variable.21312132http.sslKey::2133 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing2134 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_KEY` environment2135 variable.21362137http.sslCertPasswordProtected::2138 Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise2139 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the2140 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the2141 `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` environment variable.21422143http.sslCAInfo::2144 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when2145 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the2146 `GIT_SSL_CAINFO` environment variable.21472148http.sslCAPath::2149 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer2150 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden2151 by the `GIT_SSL_CAPATH` environment variable.21522153http.pinnedpubkey::2154 Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of2155 a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with2156 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the2157 public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will2158 exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by2159 cURL.21602161http.sslTry::2162 Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers2163 when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed2164 if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish2165 to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it.2166 Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification2167 errors on misconfigured servers.21682169http.maxRequests::2170 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden2171 by the `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS` environment variable. Default is 5.21722173http.minSessions::2174 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across2175 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until2176 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this2177 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.21782179http.postBuffer::2180 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP2181 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.2182 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and2183 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a2184 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is2185 sufficient for most requests.21862187http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::2188 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'2189 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.2190 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT` and2191 `GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME` environment variables.21922193http.noEPSV::2194 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.2195 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't2196 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the `GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV`2197 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).21982199http.userAgent::2200 The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default2201 value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1.2202 This option allows you to override this value to a more common value2203 such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if2204 connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set2205 of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).2206 Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable.22072208http.followRedirects::2209 Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git2210 will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it2211 encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as2212 errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for2213 the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent2214 follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as2215 the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally2216 sufficient. The default is `initial`.22172218http.<url>.*::2219 Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs.2220 For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is2221 compared to that of the URL, in the following order:2222+2223--2224. Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field2225 must match exactly between the config key and the URL.22262227. Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`).2228 This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is2229 possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains2230 at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match2231 `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`.22322233. Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`).2234 This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL.2235 Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct2236 default for the scheme before matching.22372238. Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The2239 path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL2240 either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means2241 a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only2242 match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config2243 key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config2244 key with just path `foo/`).22452246. User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If2247 the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the2248 URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that2249 config key will match a URL with any user name (including none),2250 but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name.2251--2252+2253The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches2254a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example,2255if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of2256`https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of2257`https://user@example.com`.2258+2259All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part,2260if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that2261equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly.2262Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are2263matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs2264visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching.22652266ssh.variant::2267 By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use2268 based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured2269 using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or2270 the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is2271 unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH2272 options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the2273 `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use2274 OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides2275 the host and remote command (if it fails).2276+2277The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection.2278Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`,2279`tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command).2280The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value2281`auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be2282overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`.2283+2284The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as2285follows:2286+2287--22882289* `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command22902291* `simple` - [username@]host command22922293* `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command22942295* `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command22962297--2298+2299Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to2300change as git gains new features.23012302i18n.commitEncoding::2303 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; Git itself2304 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when2305 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history2306 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other2307 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.23082309i18n.logOutputEncoding::2310 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when2311 running 'git log' and friends.23122313imap::2314 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described2315 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].23162317index.version::2318 Specify the version with which new index files should be2319 initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.23202321init.templateDir::2322 Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.2323 (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)23242325instaweb.browser::2326 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working2327 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].23282329instaweb.httpd::2330 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working2331 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].23322333instaweb.local::2334 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will2335 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).23362337instaweb.modulePath::2338 The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use2339 instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd2340 is Apache.23412342instaweb.port::2343 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See2344 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].23452346interactive.singleKey::2347 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter2348 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).2349 Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of2350 linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],2351 linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this2352 setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input2353 is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.23542355interactive.diffFilter::2356 When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows2357 a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell2358 command defined by this configuration variable. The command may2359 mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it2360 retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the2361 original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering).23622363log.abbrevCommit::2364 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and2365 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may2366 override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`.23672368log.date::2369 Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.2370 Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s2371 `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details.23722373log.decorate::2374 Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log2375 command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',2376 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is2377 specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.2378 If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,2379 the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref2380 names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option2381 of the `git log`.23822383log.follow::2384 If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when2385 a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,2386 i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well2387 on non-linear history.23882389log.graphColors::2390 A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw2391 history lines in `git log --graph`.23922393log.showRoot::2394 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.2395 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.2396 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which2397 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.23982399log.showSignature::2400 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and2401 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`.24022403log.mailmap::2404 If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and2405 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`.24062407mailinfo.scissors::2408 If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore2409 linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option2410 was provided on the command-line. When active, this features2411 removes everything from the message body before a scissors2412 line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").24132414mailmap.file::2415 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default2416 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded2417 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.2418 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository2419 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.2420 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].24212422mailmap.blob::2423 Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a2424 blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and2425 `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from2426 `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this2427 defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it2428 defaults to empty.24292430man.viewer::2431 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the2432 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].24332434man.<tool>.cmd::2435 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The2436 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page2437 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)24382439man.<tool>.path::2440 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to2441 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].24422443include::merge-config.txt[]24442445mergetool.<tool>.path::2446 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case2447 your tool is not in the PATH.24482449mergetool.<tool>.cmd::2450 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The2451 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following2452 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file2453 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;2454 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of2455 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary2456 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being2457 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge2458 tool should write the results of a successful merge.24592460mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::2461 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of2462 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was2463 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file2464 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful2465 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to2466 indicate the success of the merge.24672468mergetool.meld.hasOutput::2469 Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.2470 Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`2471 by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring2472 `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and2473 use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`2474 to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,2475 and `false` avoids using `--output`.24762477mergetool.keepBackup::2478 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers2479 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable2480 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to2481 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).24822483mergetool.keepTemporaries::2484 When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary2485 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this2486 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be2487 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has2488 exited. Defaults to `false`.24892490mergetool.writeToTemp::2491 Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of2492 conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt2493 to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.2494 Defaults to `false`.24952496mergetool.prompt::2497 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.24982499notes.mergeStrategy::2500 Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes2501 conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or2502 `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"2503 section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.25042505notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::2506 Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into2507 refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general2508 "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in2509 linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies.25102511notes.displayRef::2512 The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when2513 showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set2514 to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be2515 shown. You may also specify this configuration variable2516 several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not2517 exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently2518 ignored.2519+2520This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`2521environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or2522globs.2523+2524The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by2525GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be2526displayed.25272528notes.rewrite.<command>::2529 When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or2530 `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git2531 automatically copies your notes from the original to the2532 rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see2533 "notes.rewriteRef" below.25342535notes.rewriteMode::2536 When copying notes during a rewrite (see the2537 "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if2538 the target commit already has a note. Must be one of2539 `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.2540 Defaults to `concatenate`.2541+2542This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`2543environment variable.25442545notes.rewriteRef::2546 When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully2547 qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a2548 glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.2549 You may also specify this configuration several times.2550+2551Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to2552enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable2553rewriting for the default commit notes.2554+2555This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`2556environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or2557globs.25582559pack.window::2560 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no2561 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.25622563pack.depth::2564 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no2565 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.2566 Maximum value is 4095.25672568pack.windowMemory::2569 The maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread2570 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when2571 no limit is given on the command line. The value can be2572 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or2573 set explicitly to 0), there will be no limit.25742575pack.compression::2576 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects2577 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no2578 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being2579 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is2580 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default2581 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent2582 to level 6)."2583+2584Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress2585all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option2586to linkgit:git-repack[1].25872588pack.island::2589 An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta2590 islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]2591 for details.25922593pack.islandCore::2594 Specify an island name which gets to have its objects be2595 packed first. This creates a kind of pseudo-pack at the front2596 of one pack, so that the objects from the specified island are2597 hopefully faster to copy into any pack that should be served2598 to a user requesting these objects. In practice this means2599 that the island specified should likely correspond to what is2600 the most commonly cloned in the repo. See also "DELTA ISLANDS"2601 in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].26022603pack.deltaCacheSize::2604 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in2605 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.2606 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not2607 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match2608 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines2609 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,2610 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.2611 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be2612 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.26132614pack.deltaCacheLimit::2615 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in2616 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the2617 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta2618 result once the best match for all objects is found.2619 Defaults to 1000. Maximum value is 65535.26202621pack.threads::2622 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best2623 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]2624 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a2625 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor2626 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window2627 is however multiplied by the number of threads.2628 Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's2629 and set the number of threads accordingly.26302631pack.indexVersion::2632 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for2633 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for2634 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB2635 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted2636 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced2637 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is2638 larger than 2 GB.2639+2640If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file,2641cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http")2642that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the2643other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your2644older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,2645you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate2646the `*.idx` file.26472648pack.packSizeLimit::2649 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects2650 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol2651 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size`2652 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results2653 in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents2654 bitmaps from being created.2655 The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB.2656 The default is unlimited.2657 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are2658 supported.26592660pack.useBitmaps::2661 When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing2662 to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to2663 true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless2664 you are debugging pack bitmaps.26652666pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::2667 This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.26682669pack.writeBitmapHashCache::2670 When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap2671 index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's2672 delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between2673 bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch2674 between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been2675 pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 42676 bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap2677 implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if2678 Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.26792680pager.<cmd>::2681 If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the2682 output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty.2683 Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the2684 pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate`2685 or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes2686 precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all2687 commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.26882689pretty.<name>::2690 Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in2691 linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just2692 as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,2693 running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"`2694 would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`2695 to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`.2696 Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format2697 will be silently ignored.26982699protocol.allow::2700 If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which2701 don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default,2702 if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a2703 default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a2704 default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default2705 policy of `user`. Supported policies:2706+2707--27082709* `always` - protocol is always able to be used.27102711* `never` - protocol is never able to be used.27122713* `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is2714 either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a2715 protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which2716 execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive2717 submodule initialization.27182719--27202721protocol.<name>.allow::2722 Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push2723 commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies.2724+2725The protocol names currently used by git are:2726+2727--2728 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,2729 or local paths)27302731 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP2732 connection (or proxy, if configured)27332734 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,2735 `ssh://`, etc).27362737 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".2738 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure2739 both, you must do so individually.27402741 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use2742 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)2743--27442745protocol.version::2746 Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a2747 server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no2748 attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a2749 particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 02750 being used.2751 Supported versions:2752+2753--27542755* `0` - the original wire protocol.27562757* `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string2758 in the initial response from the server.27592760--27612762pull.ff::2763 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging2764 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the2765 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,2766 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such2767 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command2768 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are2769 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the2770 command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.27712772pull.rebase::2773 When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead2774 of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git2775 pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a2776 per-branch basis.2777+2778When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'2779so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see2780linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).2781+2782When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'2783so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened2784by running 'git pull'.2785+2786When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.2787+2788*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use2789it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]2790for details).27912792pull.octopus::2793 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches2794 at once.27952796pull.twohead::2797 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.27982799push.default::2800 Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is2801 explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for2802 specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow2803 (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),2804 `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:2805+2806--28072808* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is2809 explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to2810 avoid mistakes by always being explicit.28112812* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same2813 name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central2814 workflows.28152816* `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose2817 changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is2818 called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are2819 pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from2820 (i.e. central workflow).28212822* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.28232824* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an2825 added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is2826 different from the local one.2827+2828When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally2829pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited2830for beginners.2831+2832This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.28332834* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.2835 This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of2836 branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'2837 and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push2838 to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and2839 'master' will be pushed there).2840+2841To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the2842branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before2843running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you2844to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work2845on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are2846unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not2847suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other2848people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing2849branches outside your control.2850+2851This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the2852new default).28532854--28552856push.followTags::2857 If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You2858 may override this configuration at time of push by specifying2859 `--no-follow-tags`.28602861push.gpgSign::2862 May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true2863 value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is2864 passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes2865 pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if2866 `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may2867 override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit2868 command-line flag always overrides this config option.28692870push.pushOption::2871 When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the2872 command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of2873 this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.2874+2875This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a2876higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a2877repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority2878configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).2879+2880--28812882Example:28832884/etc/gitconfig2885 push.pushoption = a2886 push.pushoption = b28872888~/.gitconfig2889 push.pushoption = c28902891repo/.git/config2892 push.pushoption =2893 push.pushoption = b28942895This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).28962897--28982899push.recurseSubmodules::2900 Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed2901 are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'2902 then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the2903 revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the2904 submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and2905 exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all2906 submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be2907 pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions2908 it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value2909 is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing2910 is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by2911 specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.29122913include::rebase-config.txt[]29142915receive.advertiseAtomic::2916 By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push2917 capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this2918 capability, set this variable to false.29192920receive.advertisePushOptions::2921 When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options2922 capability to its clients. False by default.29232924receive.autogc::2925 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after2926 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop2927 it by setting this variable to false.29282929receive.certNonceSeed::2930 By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`2931 will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using2932 a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret2933 key.29342935receive.certNonceSlop::2936 When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a2937 "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same2938 repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"2939 found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the2940 hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending2941 side to include). This may allow writing checks in2942 `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of2943 checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable2944 that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to2945 decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only2946 can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.29472948receive.fsckObjects::2949 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received2950 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a2951 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.2952 Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects`2953 is used instead.29542955receive.fsck.<msg-id>::2956 When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched2957 to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>`2958 setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value2959 is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes2960 the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid2961 author/committer line - missing email" means that setting2962 `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue.2963+2964This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories2965which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing2966the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch2967other issues.29682969receive.fsck.skipList::2970 The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per2971 line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should2972 be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project2973 should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that2974 can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.2975 Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.29762977receive.keepAlive::2978 After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may2979 produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing2980 the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.2981 With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit2982 any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will2983 send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set2984 to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.29852986receive.unpackLimit::2987 If the number of objects received in a push is below this2988 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object2989 files. However if the number of received objects equals or2990 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as2991 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the2992 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,2993 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of2994 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.29952996receive.maxInputSize::2997 If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this2998 limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of2999 accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size3000 is unlimited.30013002receive.denyDeletes::3003 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes3004 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.30053006receive.denyDeleteCurrent::3007 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that3008 deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.30093010receive.denyCurrentBranch::3011 If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update3012 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.3013 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD3014 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",3015 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to3016 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no3017 message. Defaults to "refuse".3018+3019Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working3020tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is3021intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily3022accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement3023that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when3024developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.3025+3026By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or3027the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`3028hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].30293030receive.denyNonFastForwards::3031 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is3032 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,3033 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is3034 set when initializing a shared repository.30353036receive.hideRefs::3037 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies3038 only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).3039 An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is3040 rejected.30413042receive.updateServerInfo::3043 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info3044 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.30453046receive.shallowUpdate::3047 If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs3048 require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.30493050remote.pushDefault::3051 The remote to push to by default. Overrides3052 `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by3053 `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches.30543055remote.<name>.url::3056 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or3057 linkgit:git-push[1].30583059remote.<name>.pushurl::3060 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].30613062remote.<name>.proxy::3063 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to3064 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to3065 disable proxying for that remote.30663067remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod::3068 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for3069 authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in3070 `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`.30713072remote.<name>.fetch::3073 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See3074 linkgit:git-fetch[1].30753076remote.<name>.push::3077 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See3078 linkgit:git-push[1].30793080remote.<name>.mirror::3081 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave3082 as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line.30833084remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::3085 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating3086 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of3087 linkgit:git-remote[1].30883089remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::3090 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating3091 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of3092 linkgit:git-remote[1].30933094remote.<name>.receivepack::3095 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See3096 option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].30973098remote.<name>.uploadpack::3099 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See3100 option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].31013102remote.<name>.tagOpt::3103 Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when3104 fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every3105 tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote3106 branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can3107 override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of3108 linkgit:git-fetch[1].31093110remote.<name>.vcs::3111 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with3112 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.31133114remote.<name>.prune::3115 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also3116 remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the3117 remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).3118 Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.31193120remote.<name>.pruneTags::3121 When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also3122 remove any local tags that no longer exist on the remote if pruning3123 is activated in general via `remote.<name>.prune`, `fetch.prune` or3124 `--prune`. Overrides `fetch.pruneTags` settings, if any.3125+3126See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of3127linkgit:git-fetch[1].31283129remotes.<group>::3130 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update3131 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].31323133repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::3134 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use3135 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with3136 Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb3137 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to3138 "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the3139 native protocol are unaffected by this option.31403141repack.packKeptObjects::3142 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if3143 `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for3144 details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap3145 index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or3146 `repack.writeBitmaps`).31473148repack.useDeltaIslands::3149 If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if `--delta-islands`3150 was passed. Defaults to `false`.31513152repack.writeBitmaps::3153 When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all3154 objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This3155 index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent3156 packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk3157 space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has3158 no effect if multiple packfiles are created.3159 Defaults to false.31603161rerere.autoUpdate::3162 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the3163 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using3164 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.31653166rerere.enabled::3167 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical3168 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be3169 encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is3170 enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the3171 `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the3172 repository.31733174sendemail.identity::3175 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the3176 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over3177 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is3178 the value of `sendemail.identity`.31793180sendemail.smtpEncryption::3181 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this3182 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.31833184sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::3185 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.31863187sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::3188 Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).3189 Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.31903191sendemail.<identity>.*::3192 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters3193 found below, taking precedence over those when this3194 identity is selected, through either the command-line or3195 `sendemail.identity`.31963197sendemail.aliasesFile::3198sendemail.aliasFileType::3199sendemail.annotate::3200sendemail.bcc::3201sendemail.cc::3202sendemail.ccCmd::3203sendemail.chainReplyTo::3204sendemail.confirm::3205sendemail.envelopeSender::3206sendemail.from::3207sendemail.multiEdit::3208sendemail.signedoffbycc::3209sendemail.smtpPass::3210sendemail.suppresscc::3211sendemail.suppressFrom::3212sendemail.to::3213sendemail.tocmd::3214sendemail.smtpDomain::3215sendemail.smtpServer::3216sendemail.smtpServerPort::3217sendemail.smtpServerOption::3218sendemail.smtpUser::3219sendemail.thread::3220sendemail.transferEncoding::3221sendemail.validate::3222sendemail.xmailer::3223 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.32243225sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::3226 Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.32273228sendemail.smtpBatchSize::3229 Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin3230 will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in3231 one connection.3232 See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].32333234sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::3235 Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.3236 See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].32373238showbranch.default::3239 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].3240 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].32413242splitIndex.maxPercentChange::3243 When the split index feature is used, this specifies the3244 percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the3245 total number of entries in both the split index and the shared3246 index before a new shared index is written.3247 The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then3248 a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new3249 shared index is never written.3250 By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written3251 if the number of entries in the split index would be greater3252 than 20 percent of the total number of entries.3253 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].32543255splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire::3256 When the split index feature is used, shared index files that3257 were not modified since the time this variable specifies will3258 be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value3259 "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses3260 expiration altogether.3261 The default value is "2.weeks.ago".3262 Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the3263 purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is3264 either created based on it or read from it.3265 See linkgit:git-update-index[1].32663267status.relativePaths::3268 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the3269 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths3270 relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git3271 prior to v1.5.4).32723273status.short::3274 Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].3275 The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.32763277status.branch::3278 Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].3279 The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.32803281status.displayCommentPrefix::3282 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment3283 prefix before each output line (starting with3284 `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the3285 behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous.3286 Defaults to false.32873288status.renameLimit::3289 The number of files to consider when performing rename detection3290 in linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. Defaults to3291 the value of diff.renameLimit.32923293status.renames::3294 Whether and how Git detects renames in linkgit:git-status[1] and3295 linkgit:git-commit[1] . If set to "false", rename detection is3296 disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled.3297 If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will detect copies, as well.3298 Defaults to the value of diff.renames.32993300status.showStash::3301 If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of3302 entries currently stashed away.3303 Defaults to false.33043305status.showUntrackedFiles::3306 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show3307 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which3308 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name3309 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all3310 the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some3311 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays3312 the untracked files. Possible values are:3313+3314--3315* `no` - Show no untracked files.3316* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.3317* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.3318--3319+3320If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.3321This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option3322of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].33233324status.submoduleSummary::3325 Defaults to false.3326 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an3327 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a3328 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see3329 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note3330 that the summary output command will be suppressed for all3331 submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only3332 for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only3333 exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged3334 submodule changes. To3335 also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use3336 the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git3337 submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does3338 not honor these settings.33393340stash.showPatch::3341 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an3342 option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false.3343 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].33443345stash.showStat::3346 If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an3347 option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.3348 See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].33493350submodule.<name>.url::3351 The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules3352 file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change3353 the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule3354 update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are3355 set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate3356 whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.3357 See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.33583359submodule.<name>.update::3360 The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',3361 which is the only affected command, others such as3362 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for3363 historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to3364 interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`3365 and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by3366 `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.3367 See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].33683369submodule.<name>.branch::3370 The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule3371 update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in3372 the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and3373 linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.33743375submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::3376 This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this3377 submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules3378 command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".3379 This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]3380 file.33813382submodule.<name>.ignore::3383 Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show3384 a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered3385 modified (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and3386 commit when it has been staged), "dirty" will ignore all changes3387 to the submodules work tree and3388 takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit3389 recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally3390 let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.3391 Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows3392 submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.3393 This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,3394 both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the3395 "--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not3396 affected by this setting.33973398submodule.<name>.active::3399 Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git3400 commands. This config option takes precedence over the3401 submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for3402 details.34033404submodule.active::3405 A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a3406 submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git3407 commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.34083409submodule.recurse::3410 Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This3411 applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,3412 except `clone`.3413 Defaults to false.34143415submodule.fetchJobs::3416 Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.3417 A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched3418 in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.3419 If unset, it defaults to 1.34203421submodule.alternateLocation::3422 Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are3423 cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.3424 By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the3425 value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes3426 its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.34273428submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::3429 Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule3430 as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are3431 `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.34323433tag.forceSignAnnotated::3434 A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.3435 If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes3436 precedence over this option.34373438tag.sort::3439 This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by3440 linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the3441 value of this variable will be used as the default.34423443tar.umask::3444 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of3445 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the3446 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the3447 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and3448 linkgit:git-archive[1].34493450transfer.fsckObjects::3451 When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are3452 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.3453 Defaults to false.34543455transfer.hideRefs::3456 String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which3457 refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than3458 one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is3459 under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is3460 excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git3461 fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for3462 program-specific versions of this config.3463+3464You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry,3465explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden.3466If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones3467(and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).3468+3469If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each3470reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.3471For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and3472the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`3473is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and3474`refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called3475"have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of3476the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.3477+3478Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target3479objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the3480linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a3481separate repository.34823483transfer.unpackLimit::3484 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are3485 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.3486 The default value is 100.34873488uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::3489 If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request3490 any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the3491 discussion in the "SECURITY" section of3492 linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to3493 `false`.34943495uploadpack.hideRefs::3496 This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies3497 only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes).3498 An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See3499 also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`.35003501uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant::3502 When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack`3503 to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip3504 of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected).3505 See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client3506 may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the3507 "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's3508 best to keep private data in a separate repository.35093510uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant::3511 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an3512 object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that3513 calculating object reachability is computationally expensive.3514 Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able3515 to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY"3516 section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to3517 keep private data in a separate repository.35183519uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant::3520 Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any3521 object at all.3522 Defaults to `false`.35233524uploadpack.keepAlive::3525 When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a3526 quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally3527 it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used3528 for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until3529 the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider3530 the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs3531 `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every3532 `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 03533 disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds.35343535uploadpack.packObjectsHook::3536 If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run3537 `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will3538 run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and3539 arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects`3540 at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin3541 and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself3542 was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for3543 `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on3544 stdout.35453546uploadpack.allowFilter::3547 If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial3548 clone and partial fetch object filtering.3549+3550Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the3551repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from3552untrusted repositories).35533554uploadpack.allowRefInWant::3555 If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want`3556 feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature3557 is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may3558 not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to3559 replication delay.35603561url.<base>.insteadOf::3562 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to3563 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a3564 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple3565 access methods, and some users need to use different access3566 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the3567 equivalent URLs and have Git automatically rewrite the URL to3568 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a3569 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one3570 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.3571+3572Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten3573URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote3574helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit3575the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules3576must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the3577description of `protocol.allow` above.35783579url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::3580 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;3581 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the3582 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves3583 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple3584 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature3585 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git3586 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a3587 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one3588 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is3589 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this3590 setting for that remote.35913592user.email::3593 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.3594 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and3595 `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].35963597user.name::3598 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.3599 Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`3600 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].36013602user.useConfigOnly::3603 Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`3604 and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the3605 configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses3606 and would like to use a different one for each repository, then3607 with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config3608 along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before3609 making new commits in a newly cloned repository.3610 Defaults to `false`.36113612user.signingKey::3613 If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the3614 key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or3615 commit, you can override the default selection with this variable.3616 This option is passed unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter,3617 so you may specify a key using any method that gpg supports.36183619versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated)::3620 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if3621 `versionsort.suffix` is set.36223623versionsort.suffix::3624 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames3625 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted3626 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing3627 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This3628 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags3629 with different suffixes.3630+3631By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing3632that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if3633the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before3634"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of3635suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames3636with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the3637configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any3638"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags3639with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix3640among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and3641"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags3642are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally3643"v4.8-bfsX".3644+3645If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will3646be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in3647the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at3648that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the3649longest of those suffixes.3650The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are3651in multiple config files.36523653web.browser::3654 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.3655 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]3656 may use it.36573658worktree.guessRemote::3659 With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor3660 `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to3661 creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is3662 set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking3663 branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If3664 such a branch exists, it is checked out and set as "upstream"3665 for the new branch. If no such match can be found, it falls3666 back to creating a new branch from the current HEAD.