expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
core.logAllRefUpdates::
- If true, `git-update-ref` will append a line to
- "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" listing the new SHA1 and the date/time
- of the update. If the file does not exist it will be
- created automatically. This information can be used to
- determine what commit was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
- This value is false by default (no logging).
+ Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
+ "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old
+ SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
+ only when the file exists. If this configuration
+ variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
+ file is automatically created for branch heads.
+
+ This information can be used to determine what commit
+ was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". This value is
+ false by default (no automated creation of log files).
core.repositoryFormatVersion::
Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
version.
core.sharedRepository::
- If true, the repository is made shareable between several users
- in a group (making sure all the files and objects are group-writable).
- See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
+ When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
+ several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
+ group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
+ repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
+ group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions
+ reported by umask(2). See gitlink:git-init-db[1]. False by default.
core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default.
+core.compression::
+ An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
+ are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib and git default. 0 means no
+ compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
+ slowest.
+
+core.legacyheaders::
+ A boolean which enables the legacy object header format in case
+ you want to interoperate with old clients accessing the object
+ database directly (where the "http://" and "rsync://" protocols
+ count as direct access).
+
alias.*::
Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
+branch.<name>.remote::
+ When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+ If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
+
+branch.<name>.merge::
+ When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
+ be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
+ a remote part of one of the refspecs which are 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.
+ Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
+
+pager.color::
+ A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
+ use (default is true).
+
+diff.color::
+ When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
+ When false (or `never`), never. When set to `auto`, use
+ colors only when the output is to the terminal.
+
+diff.color.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>`
+ specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
+ color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
+ (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed
+ lines), or `new` (added lines). The value for these
+ configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
+ `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`,
+ `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or
+ `white`.
+
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.
+diff.renames::
+ Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it
+ will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
+ "copy", it will detect copies, as well.
+
format.headers::
Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and
'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables.
+http.noEPSV::
+ A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl.
+ This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which doesn't
+ support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
+ environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
+
i18n.commitEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other
porcelains). See e.g. gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
+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.
+ Tools like gitlink:git-log[1] or gitlink:git-whatchanged[1], which
+ normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+
merge.summary::
Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
merge commit messages. False by default.
+pack.window::
+ The size of the window used by gitlink:git-pack-objects[1] when no
+ window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
pull.twohead::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
+remote.<name>.url::
+ The URL of a remote repository. See gitlink:git-fetch[1] or
+ gitlink:git-push[1].
+
+remote.<name>.fetch::
+ The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-fetch[1]. See
+ gitlink:git-fetch[1].
+
+remote.<name>.push::
+ The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
+ gitlink:git-push[1].
+
+repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
+ Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
+ delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
+
show.difftree::
The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
for gitlink:git-show[1].
The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
+status.color::
+ A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
+ gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
+ `false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
+ only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
+
+status.color.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
+ one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
+ `updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
+ `changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
+ or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
+ these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
+
+tar.umask::
+ By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes
+ to 0666 or 0777. While this is both useful and acceptable for projects
+ such as the Linux Kernel, it might be excessive for other projects.
+ With this variable, it becomes possible to tell
+ gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] to apply a specific umask to the modes above.
+ The special value "user" indicates that the user's current umask will
+ be used. This should be enough for most projects, as it will lead to
+ the same permissions as gitlink:git-checkout[1] would use. The default
+ value remains 0, which means world read-write.
+
user.email::
Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
imap::
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in gitlink:git-imap-send[1].
+
+receive.unpackLimit::
+ If the number of objects received in a push is below this
+ limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object
+ files. However if the number of received objects equals or
+ exceeds this limit then the received pack will be stored as
+ a pack, after adding any missing delta bases. Storing the
+ pack from a push can make the push operation complete faster,
+ especially on slow filesystems.
+
+receive.denyNonFastForwards::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
+ not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+ even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
+ set when initializing a shared repository.
+