.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
(see <<FILES>>).
-This command will fail if:
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
OPTIONS
-------
is not exactly one.
--get-regexp::
- Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
- Also outputs the key names.
+ Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
+ writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently
+ case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key
+ in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
+ names are not.
--global::
For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
'--system', '--global', or repository (default).
+--includes::
+--no-includes::
+ Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up
+ values. Defaults to on.
+
[[FILES]]
FILES
-----
include::config.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite