SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
-'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
+'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
+'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
DESCRIPTION
-----------
you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>).
-The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
-'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
+The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make
+'git config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
-a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
-no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
+a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some
+path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no
+checks or transformations are performed on the value.
The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file'
which specify where the values will be read from or written to.
--add::
Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
- values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+ values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex
+ in `--replace-all`.
--get::
Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
+
See also <<FILES>>.
--f config-file, --file config-file::
+-f config-file::
+--file config-file::
Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
--remove-section::
--unset-all::
Remove all lines matching the key from config file.
--l, --list::
+-l::
+--list::
List all variables set in config file.
--bool::
- git-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
--int::
- git-config will ensure that the output is a simple
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output is a simple
decimal number. An optional value suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g'
in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied
by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output.
--z, --null::
+--bool-or-int::
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
+ either --bool or --int, as described above.
+
+--path::
+ 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of
+ '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the
+ specified user. This option has no effect when setting the
+ value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the
+ command line to let your shell do the expansion).
+
+-z::
+--null::
For all options that output values and/or keys, always
end values with the null character (instead of a
newline). Use newline instead as a delimiter between
When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
`color.ui` as fallback.
---get-color name default::
+--get-color name [default]::
Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+-e::
+--edit::
+ Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
+ '--system', '--global', or repository (default).
+
[[FILES]]
FILES
-----
If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
-git-config will search for configuration options:
+'git config' will search for configuration options:
$GIT_DIR/config::
Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
-file is not available or readable, git-config will exit with a non-zero
+file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero
error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all'
-and '--unset'. *git-config will only ever change one file at a time*.
+and '--unset'. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment
variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used
to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment
variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want.
-The GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL environment variable on the other hand only changes
-the name used instead of the repository configuration file. The global and
-the system-wide configuration files will still be read. (For writing options
-this will obviously result in the same behavior as using GIT_CONFIG.)
-
ENVIRONMENT
-----------
Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the
"--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
-GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL::
- Take the configuration from the given file instead if .git/config.
- Still read the global and the system-wide configuration files, though.
-
See also <<FILES>>.
; Our diff algorithm
[diff]
- external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
renames = true
; Proxy settings
% git config --get-all core.gitproxy
------------
-If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
+If you like to live dangerously, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
new one with
------------
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite