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The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
-the git commands behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
-and the porcelains. The variables are divided to sections, where
+the git command's behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
+and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
-ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin commends to the end of line,
+ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
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Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
-For command-specific variables, you will find more detailed description
-in the appropriate manual page. You will find description of non-core
+For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
+in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
core.fileMode::
on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
the first match wins.
-
- Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
- (which always applies universally, without the special "for"
- handling).
++
+Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
+(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
+handling).
core.ignoreStat::
The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you
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
"git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
- confusion, aliases that hide existing git commands are ignored.
- Arguments are split at whitespaces, but single or double
- quote pair can be used to quote them.
+ confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
+ hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
+ spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
+ quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
apply.whitespace::
Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
+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].
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.
The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
+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'