a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
0/1, true/false or on/off. Case is not significant in boolean values, when
converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier;
-'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
+'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false".
String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
You need to enclose variable values in double quotes if you want to
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
Default: true.
+ resolveConflict::
+ Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
+ prevent the operation from being performed.
+ Default: true.
+ implicitIdentity::
+ Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
+ your information is guessed from the system username and
+ domain name. Default: true.
+
+ detachedHead::
+ Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+ move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
+ a local branch after the fact. Default: true.
--
core.fileMode::
core.autocrlf::
If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
- `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
- writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to
+ `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when
+ writing to the work tree. The variable can be set to
'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
- reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
- `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
+ reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work
+ tree with `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
= true).
core.worktree::
- Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
- used in combination with repositories found automatically in
- a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
+ Set the path to the root of the work tree.
This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. It can be
- a absolute path or relative path to the directory specified by
- --git-dir or GIT_DIR.
- Note: If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
+ an absolute path or a relative path to the .git directory,
+ either specified by --git-dir or GIT_DIR, or automatically
+ discovered.
+ If --git-dir or GIT_DIR are specified but none of
--work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
- the current working directory is regarded as the top directory
- of your working tree.
+ the current working directory is regarded as the root of the
+ work tree.
++
+Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
+file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory, and its value differs
+from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
+core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
+misconfiguration. Running git commands in "/path/to" directory will
+still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
+great confusion to the users.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
+
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
+core.bigFileThreshold::
+ Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
+ attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
+ delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
+ slight expense of increased disk usage.
++
+Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
+for most projects as source code and other text files can still
+be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
++
+Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
++
+Currently only linkgit:git-fast-import[1] honors this setting.
+
core.excludesfile::
In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
- notice. 'git-diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
- highlight them, and 'git-apply --whitespace=error' will
+ notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to
+ highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will
consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable
any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`):
+
error (enabled by default).
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
+ the line as an error (not enabled by default).
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
(enabled by default).
* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
core.notesRef::
When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
- after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
+ after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate. The ref
+ must be fully qualified.
+
If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
+appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
+line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits"). If the
given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
notes should be printed.
+
This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+core.sparseCheckout::
+ Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
+ linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+
add.ignore-errors::
- Tells 'git-add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
+ Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
option of linkgit:git-add[1].
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+am.keepcr::
+ If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
+ with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
+ by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
+ See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
+
apply.ignorewhitespace::
- When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
+ When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
option.
- When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
+ When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
respect all whitespace differences.
See linkgit:git-apply[1].
apply.whitespace::
- Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
+ Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
branch.autosetupmerge::
- Tells 'git-branch' and 'git-checkout' to setup new branches
+ Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the
starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set,
this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
branch. This option defaults to true.
branch.autosetuprebase::
- When a new branch is created with 'git-branch' or 'git-checkout'
+ When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout'
that tracks another branch, this variable tells git to set
up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase").
When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true.
This option defaults to never.
branch.<name>.remote::
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' and 'git-push' which
+ When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' which
remote to fetch from/push to. It defaults to `origin` if no remote is
configured. `origin` is also used if you are not on any branch.
branch.<name>.merge::
Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch
- for the given branch. It tells 'git-fetch'/'git-pull' which
- branch to merge and can also affect 'git-push' (see push.default).
- When in branch <name>, it tells 'git-fetch' the default
+ for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull' which
+ branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default).
+ When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default
refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
ref which is fetched from the remote given by
"branch.<name>.remote".
- The merge information is used by 'git-pull' (which at first calls
- 'git-fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
- this option, 'git-pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+ The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls
+ 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+ this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
- If you wish to setup 'git-pull' so that it merges into <name> from
+ If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from
another branch in the local repository, you can point
branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
`never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
-color.grep.external::
- The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
- command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
- on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
- turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
- For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
- when a pager is used.
-
-color.grep.match::
- Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
- may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
- the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
- calling an external 'grep'.
+color.grep.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
+ part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
++
+--
+`context`;;
+ non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
+`filename`;;
+ filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
+`function`;;
+ function name lines (when using `-p`)
+`linenumber`;;
+ line number prefix (when using `-n`)
+`match`;;
+ matching text
+`selected`;;
+ non-matching text in selected lines
+`separator`;;
+ separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
+ and between hunks (`--`)
+--
++
+The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.
color.interactive.<slot>::
- Use customized color for 'git-add --interactive'
+ Use customized color for 'git add --interactive'
output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` or `error`, for
four distinct types of normal output from interactive
commands. The values of these variables may be specified as
terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
+commit.status::
+ A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
+ commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
+ message. Defaults to true.
+
commit.template::
Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
"{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
specified user's home directory.
diff.autorefreshindex::
- When using 'git-diff' to compare with work tree
+ When using 'git diff' to compare with work tree
files, do not consider stat-only change as changed.
Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to
update the cached stat information for paths whose
contents in the work tree match the contents in the
index. This option defaults to true. Note that this
- affects only 'git-diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
- 'diff' commands, such as 'git-diff-files'.
+ affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level
+ 'diff' commands such as 'git diff-files'.
diff.external::
If this config variable is set, diff generation is not
your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
diff.mnemonicprefix::
- If set, 'git-diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
+ If set, 'git diff' uses a prefix pair that is different from the
standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
the order of the prefixes:
-'git-diff';;
+`git diff`;;
compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
-'git-diff HEAD';;
+`git diff HEAD`;;
compares a (c)ommit and the (w)ork tree;
-'git diff --cached';;
+`git diff --cached`;;
compares a (c)ommit and the (i)ndex;
-'git-diff HEAD:file1 file2';;
+`git diff HEAD:file1 file2`;;
compares an (o)bject and a (w)ork tree entity;
-'git diff --no-index a b';;
+`git diff --no-index a b`;;
compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
- detection; equivalent to the 'git-diff' option '-l'.
+ detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
diff.renames::
Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
linkgit:git-whatchanged[1].
format.thread::
- The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be
- either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow`
- threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
+ The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be
+ a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading
+ makes every mail a reply to the head of the series,
where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the
`\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order.
`deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one.
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
- algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 10.
+ algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
+ to 250.
gc.auto::
When there are approximately more than this many loose
default value is 50. Setting this to 0 disables it.
gc.packrefs::
- 'git-gc' does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by
- default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch
- from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets 'git-gc'
- to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells
- 'git-gc' never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is
- `notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to
- support such clients. The default setting will change to `true`
- at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to
- prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from 'git-gc'.
+ Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it
+ unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb
+ transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether
+ 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `nobare`
+ to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a
+ boolean value. The default is `true`.
gc.pruneexpire::
- When 'git-gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
+ When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'.
Override the grace period with this config variable. The value
"now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune
unreachable objects immediately.
gc.reflogexpire::
gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire::
- 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
+ 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
"refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
the refs that match the <pattern>.
gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable::
- 'git-reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
+ 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
gc.rerereresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
- kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
+ kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
gc.rerereunresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are
- kept for this many days when 'git-rerere gc' is run.
+ kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run.
The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1].
gitcvs.commitmsgannotation::
off.
gui.fastcopyblame::
- If true, 'git gui blame' uses '-C' instead of '-C -C' for original
+ If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original
location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge
repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection.
How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
+http.minSessions::
+ The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across
+ requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until
+ http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this
+ value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1.
+
http.postBuffer::
Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
i18n.logOutputEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when
- running 'git-log' and friends.
+ running 'git log' and friends.
imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+init.templatedir::
+ Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
+ (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
+
instaweb.browser::
Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
log.date::
Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using 'git-log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
+ value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
+log.decorate::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
+ command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
+ 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
+ specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
+ This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
+
log.showroot::
If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
mergetool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+notes.displayRef::
+ The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
+ showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
+ to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
+ shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
+ several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
+ exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
+ ignored.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
++
+The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
+GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
+displayed.
+
+notes.rewrite.<command>::
+ When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
+ `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
+ automatically copies your notes from the original to the
+ rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
+ "notes.rewriteRef" below.
+
+notes.rewriteMode::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
+ "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
+ the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
+ `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
+ `concatenate`.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
+environment variable.
+
+notes.rewriteRef::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
+ qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
+ glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
+ You may also specify this configuration several times.
++
+Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
+enable note rewriting.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
the `{asterisk}.idx` file.
pack.packSizeLimit::
- The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
- packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It
- can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of
- linkgit:git-repack[1].
+ The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects
+ packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol
+ is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size`
+ option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. The minimum size allowed is
+ limited to 1 MiB. The default is unlimited.
+ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are
+ supported.
pager.<cmd>::
Allows turning on or off pagination of the output of a
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
receive.denyCurrentBranch::
- If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
+ If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
- message. Defaults to "warn".
+ message. Defaults to "refuse".
receive.denyNonFastForwards::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
fetching from remote <name>
+remote.<name>.vcs::
+ Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
+ the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
+
remotes.<group>::
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
<group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1].
sendemail.suppresscc::
sendemail.suppressfrom::
sendemail.to::
+sendemail.smtpdomain::
sendemail.smtpserver::
sendemail.smtpserverport::
sendemail.smtpuser::