1CONFIGURATION FILE 2------------------ 3 4The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect 5the git command's 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 and only alphanumeric 16characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times. 17 18Syntax 19~~~~~~ 20 21The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly 22ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line, 23blank lines are ignored. 24 25The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with 26the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next 27section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric 28characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable 29must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section 30header before the first setting of a variable. 31 32Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection 33put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, 34in the section header, like in the example below: 35 36-------- 37 [section "subsection"] 38 39-------- 40 41Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except 42newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`, 43respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple 44lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. 45You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you 46don't need to. 47 48There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. 49In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section 50names. 51 52All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section 53header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form 54'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line 55is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". 56The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric 57characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value 58for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. 59 60Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. 61Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. 62 63The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either 64a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, 650/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when 66converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier; 67'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false". 68 69String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. 70You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to 71preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if the variable value contains 72comment characters (i.e. it contains '#' or ';'). 73Double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters in variable values must 74be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. 75 76The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: 77`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) 78and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal 79char sequences are valid. 80 81Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the 82customary UNIX fashion. 83 84Some variables may require a special value format. 85 86Example 87~~~~~~~ 88 89 # Core variables 90 [core] 91 ; Don't trust file modes 92 filemode = false 93 94 # Our diff algorithm 95 [diff] 96 external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper 97 renames = true 98 99 [branch "devel"] 100 remote = origin 101 merge = refs/heads/devel 102 103 # Proxy settings 104 [core] 105 gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" 106 gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest 107 108Variables 109~~~~~~~~~ 110 111Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. 112For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description 113in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core 114porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation. 115 116advice.*:: 117 When set to 'true', display the given optional help message. 118 When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables 119 are: 120+ 121-- 122 pushNonFastForward:: 123 Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses 124 non-fast-forward refs. Default: true. 125 statusHints:: 126 Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the 127 output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown 128 when writing commit messages. Default: true. 129 commitBeforeMerge:: 130 Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to 131 merge to avoid overwritting local changes. 132 Default: true. 133 resolveConflict:: 134 Advices shown by various commands when conflicts 135 prevent the operation from being performed. 136 Default: true. 137 implicitIdentity:: 138 Advice on how to set your identity configuration when 139 your information is guessed from the system username and 140 domain name. Default: true. 141 142 detachedHead:: 143 Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to 144 move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create 145 a local branch after the fact. Default: true. 146-- 147 148core.fileMode:: 149 If false, the executable bit differences between the index and 150 the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. 151 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. 152+ 153The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] 154will probe and set core.fileMode false if appropriate when the 155repository is created. 156 157core.ignoreCygwinFSTricks:: 158 This option is only used by Cygwin implementation of Git. If false, 159 the Cygwin stat() and lstat() functions are used. This may be useful 160 if your repository consists of a few separate directories joined in 161 one hierarchy using Cygwin mount. If true, Git uses native Win32 API 162 whenever it is possible and falls back to Cygwin functions only to 163 handle symbol links. The native mode is more than twice faster than 164 normal Cygwin l/stat() functions. True by default, unless core.filemode 165 is true, in which case ignoreCygwinFSTricks is ignored as Cygwin's 166 POSIX emulation is required to support core.filemode. 167 168core.ignorecase:: 169 If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable 170 git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, 171 like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds 172 "makefile" when git expects "Makefile", git will assume 173 it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as 174 "Makefile". 175+ 176The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] 177will probe and set core.ignorecase true if appropriate when the repository 178is created. 179 180core.trustctime:: 181 If false, the ctime differences between the index and the 182 working copy are ignored; useful when the inode change time 183 is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system 184 crawlers and some backup systems). 185 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. 186 187core.quotepath:: 188 The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 189 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote 190 "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the 191 pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the 192 same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this 193 variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are 194 not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double 195 quote, backslash and control characters are always 196 quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this 197 variable. 198 199core.autocrlf:: 200 If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to 201 `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when 202 writing to the work tree. The variable can be set to 203 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while 204 reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work 205 tree with `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered 206 "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on 207 the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified, 208 based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. 209 210core.safecrlf:: 211 If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by 212 `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command 213 modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly. 214 For example, committing a file followed by checking out the 215 same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If 216 this is not the case for the current setting of 217 `core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can 218 be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an 219 irreversible conversion but continue the operation. 220+ 221CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. 222autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to 223CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and 224CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text 225files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings 226such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. 227But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the 228conversion can corrupt data. 229+ 230If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by 231setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right 232after committing you still have the original file in your work 233tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell 234git that this file is binary and git will handle the file 235appropriately. 236+ 237Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with 238mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary 239files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed 240in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing 241to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files 242converting CRLFs corrupts data. 243+ 244Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a 245file identical to the original file for a different setting of 246`core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text 247file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could 248later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the 249resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file 250contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be 251consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A 252file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf` 253mechanism. 254 255core.symlinks:: 256 If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that 257 contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and 258 linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular 259 file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support 260 symbolic links. 261+ 262The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] 263will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository 264is created. 265 266core.gitProxy:: 267 A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead 268 of establishing direct connection to the remote server when 269 using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is 270 in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only 271 on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable 272 may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order; 273 the first match wins. 274+ 275Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable 276(which always applies universally, without the special "for" 277handling). 278+ 279The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to 280specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. 281This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from 282proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. 283 284core.ignoreStat:: 285 If true, commands which modify both the working tree and the index 286 will mark the updated paths with the "assume unchanged" bit in the 287 index. These marked files are then assumed to stay unchanged in the 288 working copy, until you mark them otherwise manually - Git will not 289 detect the file changes by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems 290 where those are very slow, such as Microsoft Windows. 291 See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. 292 False by default. 293 294core.preferSymlinkRefs:: 295 Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD 296 and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. 297 This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that 298 expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. 299 300core.bare:: 301 If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no 302 working directory associated with it. If this is the case a 303 number of commands that require a working directory will be 304 disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1]. 305+ 306This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or 307linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a 308repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare = 309false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare 310= true). 311 312core.worktree:: 313 Set the path to the root of the work tree. 314 This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment 315 variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be 316 an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory, 317 either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically 318 discovered. 319 If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of 320 --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified, 321 the current working directory is regarded as the root of the 322 work tree. 323+ 324Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration 325file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs 326from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has 327core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a 328misconfiguration. Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will 329still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause 330great confusion to the users. 331 332core.logAllRefUpdates:: 333 Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file 334 "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old 335 SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but 336 only when the file exists. If this configuration 337 variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" 338 file is automatically created for branch heads. 339+ 340This information can be used to determine what commit 341was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". 342+ 343This value is true by default in a repository that has 344a working directory associated with it, and false by 345default in a bare repository. 346 347core.repositoryFormatVersion:: 348 Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout 349 version. 350 351core.sharedRepository:: 352 When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between 353 several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are 354 group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the 355 repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being 356 group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions 357 reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number, 358 files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override 359 user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override 360 requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make 361 the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to 362 others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a 363 repository that is group-readable but not group-writable. 364 See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default. 365 366core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: 367 If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous 368 and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default. 369 370core.compression:: 371 An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. 372 -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, 373 and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. 374 If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, 375 such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'. 376 377core.loosecompression:: 378 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that 379 are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no 380 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being 381 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is 382 not set, defaults to 1 (best speed). 383 384core.packedGitWindowSize:: 385 Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a 386 single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow 387 your system to process a smaller number of large pack files 388 more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect 389 performance due to increased calls to the operating system's 390 memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing 391 a large number of large pack files. 392+ 393Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32 394MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should 395be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do 396not need to adjust this value. 397+ 398Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 399 400core.packedGitLimit:: 401 Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory 402 from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many 403 bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing 404 regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. 405+ 406Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms. 407This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on 408the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. 409+ 410Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 411 412core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: 413 Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects 414 that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the 415 entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able 416 to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base 417 objects multiple times. 418+ 419Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable 420for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. 421You probably do not need to adjust this value. 422+ 423Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 424 425core.bigFileThreshold:: 426 Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without 427 attempting delta compression. Storing large files without 428 delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the 429 slight expense of increased disk usage. 430+ 431Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable 432for most projects as source code and other text files can still 433be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. 434+ 435Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. 436+ 437Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting. 438 439core.excludesfile:: 440 In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and 441 '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns 442 of files which are not meant to be tracked. "{tilde}/" is expanded 443 to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's 444 home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. 445 446core.editor:: 447 Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit 448 messages by launching an editor uses the value of this 449 variable when it is set, and the environment variable 450 `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. 451 452core.pager:: 453 The command that git will use to paginate output. Can 454 be overridden with the `GIT_PAGER` environment 455 variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment 456 variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the 457 pager. One can change these settings by setting the 458 `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, 459 these settings can be overridden on a project or 460 global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. 461 Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` 462 environment variable behaviour above, so if you want 463 to override git's default settings this way, you need 464 to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option 465 in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` 466 to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the 467 shell by git, which will translate the final command to 468 `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. 469 470core.whitespace:: 471 A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to 472 notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to 473 highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will 474 consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable 475 any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`): 476+ 477* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line 478 as an error (enabled by default). 479* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately 480 before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an 481 error (enabled by default). 482* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more 483 space characters as an error (not enabled by default). 484* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error 485 (enabled by default). 486* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and 487 `blank-at-eof`. 488* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as 489 part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` 490 does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return 491 is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). 492 493core.fsyncobjectfiles:: 494 This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. 495+ 496This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders 497data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use 498journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata 499and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback"). 500 501core.preloadindex:: 502 Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff' 503+ 504This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially 505on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus 506relatively high IO latencies. With this set to 'true', git will do the 507index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing 508overlapping IO's. 509 510core.createObject:: 511 You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by 512 a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation 513 will not overwrite existing objects. 514+ 515On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. 516Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the 517check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. 518 519core.notesRef:: 520 When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in 521 the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named 522 after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. 523+ 524If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and 525appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the 526given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no 527notes should be printed. 528+ 529This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by 530the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. 531 532core.sparseCheckout:: 533 Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in 534 linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. 535 536add.ignore-errors:: 537add.ignoreErrors:: 538 Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be 539 added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors' 540 option of linkgit:git-add[1]. Older versions of git accept only 541 `add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming 542 convention for configuration variables. Newer versions of git 543 honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well. 544 545alias.*:: 546 Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. 547 after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation 548 "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid 549 confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that 550 hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by 551 spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. 552 quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them. 553+ 554If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, 555it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining 556"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation 557"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command 558"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be 559executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may 560not necessarily be the current directory. 561 562apply.ignorewhitespace:: 563 When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in 564 whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change' 565 option. 566 When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to 567 respect all whitespace differences. 568 See linkgit:git-apply[1]. 569 570apply.whitespace:: 571 Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way 572 as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. 573 574branch.autosetupmerge:: 575 Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches 576 so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the 577 starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, 578 this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` 579 and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no 580 automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the 581 starting point is a remote branch; `always` -- automatic setup is 582 done when the starting point is either a local branch or remote 583 branch. This option defaults to true. 584 585branch.autosetuprebase:: 586 When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout' 587 that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set 588 up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase"). 589 When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true. 590 When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of 591 other local branches. 592 When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of 593 remote branches. 594 When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking 595 branches. 596 See "branch.autosetupmerge" for details on how to set up a 597 branch to track another branch. 598 This option defaults to never. 599 600branch.<name>.remote:: 601 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which 602 remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is 603 configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch. 604 605branch.<name>.merge:: 606 Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch 607 for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which 608 branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default). 609 When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default 610 refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is 611 handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a 612 ref which is fetched from the remote given by 613 "branch.<name>.remote". 614 The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls 615 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without 616 this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. 617 Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. 618 If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from 619 another branch in the local repository, you can point 620 branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting 621 `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. 622 623branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: 624 Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and 625 supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but 626 option values containing whitespace characters are currently not 627 supported. 628 629branch.<name>.rebase:: 630 When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch, 631 instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when 632 "git pull" is run. 633 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use 634 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] 635 for details). 636 637browser.<tool>.cmd:: 638 Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The 639 specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed 640 as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web--browse[1].) 641 642browser.<tool>.path:: 643 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to 644 browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a 645 working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). 646 647clean.requireForce:: 648 A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f 649 or -n. Defaults to true. 650 651color.branch:: 652 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of 653 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, 654 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used 655 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. 656 657color.branch.<slot>:: 658 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of 659 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), 660 `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other 661 refs). 662+ 663The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most 664two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors 665accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, 666`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, 667`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the 668second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, 669doesn't matter. 670 671color.diff:: 672 When set to `always`, always use colors in patch. 673 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use 674 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false. 675 676color.diff.<slot>:: 677 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies 678 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one 679 of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` 680 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), 681 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` 682 (highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be 683 specified as in color.branch.<slot>. 684 685color.grep:: 686 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or 687 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only 688 when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. 689 690color.grep.match:: 691 Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable 692 may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. 693 694color.interactive:: 695 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts 696 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive"). 697 When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use 698 colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false. 699 700color.interactive.<slot>:: 701 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' 702 output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for 703 four distinct types of normal output from interactive 704 commands. The values of these variables may be specified as 705 in color.branch.<slot>. 706 707color.pager:: 708 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in 709 use (default is true). 710 711color.showbranch:: 712 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of 713 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, 714 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used 715 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. 716 717color.status:: 718 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of 719 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`, 720 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used 721 only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. 722 723color.status.<slot>:: 724 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is 725 one of `header` (the header text of the status message), 726 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed), 727 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index), 728 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git), or 729 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting 730 to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in 731 color.branch.<slot>. 732 733color.ui:: 734 When set to `always`, always use colors in all git commands which 735 are capable of colored output. When false (or `never`), never. When 736 set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is to the 737 terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always 738 take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false. 739 740commit.status:: 741 A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the 742 commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit 743 message. Defaults to true. 744 745commit.template:: 746 Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. 747 "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the 748 specified user's home directory. 749 750diff.autorefreshindex:: 751 When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree 752 files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. 753 Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to 754 update the cached stat information for paths whose 755 contents in the work tree match the contents in the 756 index. This option defaults to true. Note that this 757 affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 758 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'. 759 760diff.external:: 761 If this config variable is set, diff generation is not 762 performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the 763 given command. Can be overridden with the `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' 764 environment variable. The command is called with parameters 765 as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1]. Note: if 766 you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of 767 your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. 768 769diff.mnemonicprefix:: 770 If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the 771 standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When 772 this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps 773 the order of the prefixes: 774`git diff`;; 775 compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree; 776`git diff HEAD`;; 777 compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree; 778`git diff --cached`;; 779 compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex; 780`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;; 781 compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity; 782`git diff --no-index a b`;; 783 compares two non-git things (1) and (2). 784 785diff.renameLimit:: 786 The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename 787 detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'. 788 789diff.renames:: 790 Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it 791 will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or 792 "copy", it will detect copies, as well. 793 794diff.suppressBlankEmpty:: 795 A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space 796 before each empty output line. Defaults to false. 797 798diff.tool:: 799 Controls which diff tool is used. `diff.tool` overrides 800 `merge.tool` when used by linkgit:git-difftool[1] and has 801 the same valid values as `merge.tool` minus "tortoisemerge" 802 and plus "kompare". 803 804difftool.<tool>.path:: 805 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case 806 your tool is not in the PATH. 807 808difftool.<tool>.cmd:: 809 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. 810 The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following 811 variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary 812 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE' 813 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents 814 of the diff post-image. 815 816difftool.prompt:: 817 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. 818 819diff.wordRegex:: 820 A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word" 821 when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character 822 sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other 823 characters are *ignorable* whitespace. 824 825fetch.unpackLimit:: 826 If the number of objects fetched over the git native 827 transfer is below this 828 limit, then the objects will be unpacked into loose object 829 files. However if the number of received objects equals or 830 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as 831 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the 832 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster, 833 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of 834 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. 835 836format.attach:: 837 Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for 838 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string 839 which will enable attachments as the default and set the 840 value as the boundary. See the --attach option in 841 linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. 842 843format.numbered:: 844 A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch 845 subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there 846 is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all 847 messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered 848 option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. 849 850format.headers:: 851 Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted 852 by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. 853 854format.cc:: 855 Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted 856 by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. 857 858format.subjectprefix:: 859 The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' 860 subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. 861 862format.suffix:: 863 The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix 864 `.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to 865 include the dot if you want it). 866 867format.pretty:: 868 The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command, 869 See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], 870 linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. 871 872format.thread:: 873 The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be 874 a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading 875 makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, 876 where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the 877 `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. 878 `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. 879 A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false 880 value disables threading. 881 882format.signoff:: 883 A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of 884 format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a 885 patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have 886 the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. 887 Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. 888 889gc.aggressiveWindow:: 890 The window size parameter used in the delta compression 891 algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults 892 to 250. 893 894gc.auto:: 895 When there are approximately more than this many loose 896 objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them. 897 Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a 898 light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The 899 default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it. 900 901gc.autopacklimit:: 902 When there are more than this many packs that are not 903 marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc 904 --auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The 905 default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. 906 907gc.packrefs:: 908 Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it 909 unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb 910 transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether 911 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare` 912 to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a 913 boolean value. The default is `true`. 914 915gc.pruneexpire:: 916 When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. 917 Override the grace period with this config variable. The value 918 "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune 919 unreachable objects immediately. 920 921gc.reflogexpire:: 922 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than 923 this time; defaults to 90 days. 924 925gc.reflogexpireunreachable:: 926 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than 927 this time and are not reachable from the current tip; 928 defaults to 30 days. 929 930gc.rerereresolved:: 931 Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are 932 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. 933 The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. 934 935gc.rerereunresolved:: 936 Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are 937 kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. 938 The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. 939 940gitcvs.commitmsgannotation:: 941 Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string 942 to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". 943 944gitcvs.enabled:: 945 Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. 946 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. 947 948gitcvs.logfile:: 949 Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs 950 various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. 951 952gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: 953 If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for 954 files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set, 955 the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will 956 treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file 957 will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging 958 the client might otherwise do. If `crlf` is not specified, 959 then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. 960 961gitcvs.allbinary:: 962 This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve 963 the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all 964 unresolved files are sent to the client in 965 mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them 966 as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it 967 otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess", 968 then the contents of the file are examined to decide if 969 it is binary, similar to 'core.autocrlf'. 970 971gitcvs.dbname:: 972 Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information 973 derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the 974 used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this 975 is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see 976 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`). 977 Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite' 978 979gitcvs.dbdriver:: 980 Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver 981 for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested 982 with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and 983 reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature. 984 May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'. 985 See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. 986 987gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass:: 988 Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver', 989 since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords. 990 'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see 991 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). 992 993gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: 994 Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any 995 database tables used, allowing a single database to be used 996 for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see 997 linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic 998 characters will be replaced with underscores. 9991000All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' and1001'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be specified as1002'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method'1003is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given1004access method.10051006gui.commitmsgwidth::1007 Defines how wide the commit message window is in the1008 linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default.10091010gui.diffcontext::1011 Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff1012 made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".10131014gui.encoding::1015 Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of1016 file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].1017 It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute1018 for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).1019 If this option is not set, the tools default to the1020 locale encoding.10211022gui.matchtrackingbranch::1023 Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should1024 default to tracking remote branches with matching names or1025 not. Default: "false".10261027gui.newbranchtemplate::1028 Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the1029 linkgit:git-gui[1].10301031gui.pruneduringfetch::1032 "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune tracking branches when1033 performing a fetch. The default value is "false".10341035gui.trustmtime::1036 Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification1037 timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted.10381039gui.spellingdictionary::1040 Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in1041 the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned1042 off.10431044gui.fastcopyblame::1045 If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original1046 location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge1047 repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.10481049gui.copyblamethreshold::1050 Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location1051 detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the1052 linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection.10531054gui.blamehistoryctx::1055 Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in1056 linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History1057 Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this1058 variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown.10591060guitool.<name>.cmd::1061 Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item1062 of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is1063 mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of1064 the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of1065 the tool as 'GIT_GUITOOL', the name of the currently selected file as1066 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if1067 the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty).10681069guitool.<name>.needsfile::1070 Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees1071 that 'FILENAME' is not empty.10721073guitool.<name>.noconsole::1074 Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its1075 output.10761077guitool.<name>.norescan::1078 Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool1079 finishes execution.10801081guitool.<name>.confirm::1082 Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool.10831084guitool.<name>.argprompt::1085 Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool1086 through the 'ARGS' environment variable. Since requesting an1087 argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect1088 if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1',1089 the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact1090 value of the variable is used.10911092guitool.<name>.revprompt::1093 Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the1094 'REVISION' environment variable. In other aspects this option1095 is similar to 'argprompt', and can be used together with it.10961097guitool.<name>.revunmerged::1098 Show only unmerged branches in the 'revprompt' subdialog.1099 This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not1100 for things like checkout or reset.11011102guitool.<name>.title::1103 Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default1104 is the tool name.11051106guitool.<name>.prompt::1107 Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of1108 the dialog, before subsections for 'argprompt' and 'revprompt'.1109 The default value includes the actual command.11101111help.browser::1112 Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the1113 'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].11141115help.format::1116 Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1].1117 Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is1118 the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same.11191120help.autocorrect::1121 Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after1122 waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more1123 than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing1124 will be executed. If the value of this option is negative,1125 the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the1126 value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed.1127 This is the default.11281129http.proxy::1130 Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'1131 environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden1132 on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy11331134http.sslVerify::1135 Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing1136 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment1137 variable.11381139http.sslCert::1140 File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing1141 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment1142 variable.11431144http.sslKey::1145 File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing1146 over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment1147 variable.11481149http.sslCertPasswordProtected::1150 Enable git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise1151 OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the1152 certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the1153 'GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED' environment variable.11541155http.sslCAInfo::1156 File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when1157 fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the1158 'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable.11591160http.sslCAPath::1161 Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer1162 with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden1163 by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable.11641165http.maxRequests::1166 How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden1167 by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.11681169http.minSessions::1170 The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across1171 requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until1172 http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this1173 value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.11741175http.postBuffer::1176 Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP1177 transports when POSTing data to the remote system.1178 For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and1179 Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a1180 massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is1181 sufficient for most requests.11821183http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::1184 If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'1185 for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.1186 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and1187 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.11881189http.noEPSV::1190 A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.1191 This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't1192 support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'1193 environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).11941195i18n.commitEncoding::1196 Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself1197 does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when1198 importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history1199 browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other1200 porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.12011202i18n.logOutputEncoding::1203 Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when1204 running 'git log' and friends.12051206imap::1207 The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described1208 in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].12091210instaweb.browser::1211 Specify the program that will be used to browse your working1212 repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].12131214instaweb.httpd::1215 The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working1216 repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].12171218instaweb.local::1219 If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will1220 be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).12211222instaweb.modulepath::1223 The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].12241225instaweb.port::1226 The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See1227 linkgit:git-instaweb[1].12281229interactive.singlekey::1230 In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter1231 input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter).1232 Currently this is used only by the `\--patch` mode of1233 linkgit:git-add[1]. Note that this setting is silently1234 ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.12351236log.date::1237 Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date1238 value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the1239 following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.1240 See linkgit:git-log[1].12411242log.showroot::1243 If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.1244 This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.1245 Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which1246 normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.12471248mailmap.file::1249 The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default1250 mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded1251 first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.1252 The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository1253 subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.1254 See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].12551256man.viewer::1257 Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the1258 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].12591260man.<tool>.cmd::1261 Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The1262 specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page1263 passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)12641265man.<tool>.path::1266 Override the path for the given tool that may be used to1267 display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].12681269include::merge-config.txt[]12701271mergetool.<tool>.path::1272 Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case1273 your tool is not in the PATH.12741275mergetool.<tool>.cmd::1276 Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The1277 specified command is evaluated in shell with the following1278 variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file1279 containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;1280 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of1281 the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary1282 file containing the contents of the file from the branch being1283 merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge1284 tool should write the results of a successful merge.12851286mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::1287 For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of1288 the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was1289 successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file1290 timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful1291 if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to1292 indicate the success of the merge.12931294mergetool.keepBackup::1295 After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers1296 can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable1297 is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to1298 `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).12991300mergetool.keepTemporaries::1301 When invoking a custom merge tool, git uses a set of temporary1302 files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this1303 variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be1304 preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has1305 exited. Defaults to `false`.13061307mergetool.prompt::1308 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.13091310pack.window::1311 The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no1312 window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.13131314pack.depth::1315 The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no1316 maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50.13171318pack.windowMemory::1319 The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]1320 when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be1321 suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no1322 limit.13231324pack.compression::1325 An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects1326 in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no1327 compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being1328 slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is1329 not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default1330 compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent1331 to level 6)."13321333pack.deltaCacheSize::1334 The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in1335 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.1336 This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not1337 having to recompute the final delta result once the best match1338 for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines1339 which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though,1340 especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping.1341 A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be1342 used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB.13431344pack.deltaCacheLimit::1345 The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in1346 linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the1347 writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta1348 result once the best match for all objects is found. Defaults to 1000.13491350pack.threads::1351 Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best1352 delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]1353 be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a1354 warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor1355 machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window1356 is however multiplied by the number of threads.1357 Specifying 0 will cause git to auto-detect the number of CPU's1358 and set the number of threads accordingly.13591360pack.indexVersion::1361 Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for1362 legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for1363 the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB1364 as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted1365 packs. Version 2 is the default. Note that version 2 is enforced1366 and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is1367 larger than 2 GB.1368+1369If you have an old git that does not understand the version 2 `{asterisk}.idx` file,1370cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http" and "rsync")1371that will copy both `{asterisk}.pack` file and corresponding `{asterisk}.idx` file from the1372other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your1373older version of git. If the `{asterisk}.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however,1374you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate1375the `{asterisk}.idx` file.13761377pack.packSizeLimit::1378 The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects1379 packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol1380 is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`1381 option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is1382 limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.1383 Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are1384 supported.13851386pager.<cmd>::1387 Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a1388 particular git subcommand when writing to a tty. If1389 `\--paginate` or `\--no-pager` is specified on the command line,1390 it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for1391 all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.13921393pull.octopus::1394 The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches1395 at once.13961397pull.twohead::1398 The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.13991400push.default::1401 Defines the action git push should take if no refspec is given1402 on the command line, no refspec is configured in the remote, and1403 no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command1404 line. Possible values are:1405+1406* `nothing` do not push anything.1407* `matching` push all matching branches.1408 All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be1409 matching. This is the default.1410* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.1411* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.14121413rebase.stat::1414 Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last1415 rebase. False by default.14161417receive.autogc::1418 By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after1419 receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop1420 it by setting this variable to false.14211422receive.fsckObjects::1423 If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received1424 objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a1425 broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects.1426 Defaults to false.14271428receive.unpackLimit::1429 If the number of objects received in a push is below this1430 limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object1431 files. However if the number of received objects equals or1432 exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as1433 a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the1434 pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,1435 especially on slow filesystems. If not set, the value of1436 `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.14371438receive.denyDeletes::1439 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes1440 the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.14411442receive.denyCurrentBranch::1443 If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update1444 to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.1445 Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD1446 out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",1447 print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to1448 proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no1449 message. Defaults to "refuse".14501451receive.denyNonFastForwards::1452 If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is1453 not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,1454 even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is1455 set when initializing a shared repository.14561457receive.updateserverinfo::1458 If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info1459 after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.14601461remote.<name>.url::1462 The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or1463 linkgit:git-push[1].14641465remote.<name>.pushurl::1466 The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1].14671468remote.<name>.proxy::1469 For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to1470 the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to1471 disable proxying for that remote.14721473remote.<name>.fetch::1474 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See1475 linkgit:git-fetch[1].14761477remote.<name>.push::1478 The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See1479 linkgit:git-push[1].14801481remote.<name>.mirror::1482 If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave1483 as if the `\--mirror` option was given on the command line.14841485remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate::1486 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating1487 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of1488 linkgit:git-remote[1].14891490remote.<name>.skipFetchAll::1491 If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating1492 using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of1493 linkgit:git-remote[1].14941495remote.<name>.receivepack::1496 The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See1497 option \--receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1].14981499remote.<name>.uploadpack::1500 The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See1501 option \--upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1].15021503remote.<name>.tagopt::1504 Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when1505 fetching from remote <name>15061507remote.<name>.vcs::1508 Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with1509 the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.15101511remotes.<group>::1512 The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update1513 <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].15141515repack.usedeltabaseoffset::1516 By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use1517 delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with1518 git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb1519 protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to1520 "false" and repack. Access from old git versions over the1521 native protocol are unaffected by this option.15221523rerere.autoupdate::1524 When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the1525 resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using1526 previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false.15271528rerere.enabled::1529 Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical1530 conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they1531 be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by1532 default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under1533 `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.15341535sendemail.identity::1536 A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the1537 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over1538 values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is1539 the value of 'sendemail.identity'.15401541sendemail.smtpencryption::1542 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this1543 setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.15441545sendemail.smtpssl::1546 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpencryption = ssl'.15471548sendemail.<identity>.*::1549 Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters1550 found below, taking precedence over those when the this1551 identity is selected, through command-line or1552 'sendemail.identity'.15531554sendemail.aliasesfile::1555sendemail.aliasfiletype::1556sendemail.bcc::1557sendemail.cc::1558sendemail.cccmd::1559sendemail.chainreplyto::1560sendemail.confirm::1561sendemail.envelopesender::1562sendemail.from::1563sendemail.multiedit::1564sendemail.signedoffbycc::1565sendemail.smtppass::1566sendemail.suppresscc::1567sendemail.suppressfrom::1568sendemail.to::1569sendemail.smtpserver::1570sendemail.smtpserverport::1571sendemail.smtpuser::1572sendemail.thread::1573sendemail.validate::1574 See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.15751576sendemail.signedoffcc::1577 Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.signedoffbycc'.15781579showbranch.default::1580 The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].1581 See linkgit:git-show-branch[1].15821583status.relativePaths::1584 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the1585 current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths1586 relative to the repository root (this was the default for git1587 prior to v1.5.4).15881589status.showUntrackedFiles::1590 By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show1591 files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which1592 contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name1593 only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all1594 all the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some1595 systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays1596 the untracked files. Possible values are:1597+1598--1599 - 'no' - Show no untracked files1600 - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories1601 - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.1602--1603+1604If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.1605This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option1606of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].16071608status.submodulesummary::1609 Defaults to false.1610 If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an1611 unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a1612 summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see1613 --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).16141615tar.umask::1616 This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of1617 tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the1618 world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the1619 archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and1620 linkgit:git-archive[1].16211622transfer.unpackLimit::1623 When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are1624 not set, the value of this variable is used instead.1625 The default value is 100.16261627url.<base>.insteadOf::1628 Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to1629 start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a1630 large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple1631 access methods, and some users need to use different access1632 methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the1633 equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to1634 the best alternative for the particular user, even for a1635 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one1636 insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.16371638url.<base>.pushInsteadOf::1639 Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to;1640 instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the1641 resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves1642 a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple1643 access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature1644 allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have git1645 automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a1646 never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one1647 pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is1648 used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, git will ignore this1649 setting for that remote.16501651user.email::1652 Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.1653 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and1654 'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].16551656user.name::1657 Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.1658 Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'1659 environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].16601661user.signingkey::1662 If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to1663 automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the1664 default selection with this variable. This option is passed1665 unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key1666 using any method that gpg supports.16671668web.browser::1669 Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands.1670 Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1]1671 may use it.