dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
+Syntax
+~~~~~~
+
The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
-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
-sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable
-is recognized as boolean "true". String values may be entirely or partially
-enclosed in double quotes; some variables may require special value format.
+ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
+blank lines are ignored.
+
+The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with
+the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next
+section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric
+characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable
+must belong to some section, which means that there must be section
+header before first setting of a variable.
+
+Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection
+put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name,
+in the section header, like in example below:
+
+--------
+ [section "subsection"]
+
+--------
+
+Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote
+'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`',
+respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple
+lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
+You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
+don't need to.
+
+There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
+In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
+name.
+
+All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
+'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
+is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
+The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
+characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value
+for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
+
+Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
+Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
+
+The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either
+a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no,
+0/1 or true/false. 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".
+
+String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes.
+You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to
+preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains
+beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';').
+Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must
+be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'.
+
+The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized:
+'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
+and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
+char sequences are valid.
+
+Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
+customary UNIX fashion.
+
+Some variables may require special value format.
Example
~~~~~~~
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/devel
+ # Proxy settings
+ [core]
+ gitProxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
+ gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
Variables
~~~~~~~~~
spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
+ If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
+ it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining
+ "alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
+ "git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
+ "gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
+
apply.whitespace::
Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
as the '--whitespace' option. See gitlink:git-apply[1].
Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other
- refs), or `reset` (the normal terminal color). 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`.
+ refs).
++
+The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
+two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
+accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
+`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
+`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
+second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
+doesn't matter.
color.diff::
When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
colors only when the output is to the terminal.
color.diff.<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 values of these
- variables may be specified as in color.branch.<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), `new` (added lines),
+ `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting dubious
+ whitespace). The values of these variables may be specified as
+ in color.branch.<slot>.
color.pager::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
"copy", it will detect copies, as well.
+fetch.unpackLimit::
+ If the number of objects fetched over the git native
+ transfer 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.
+
format.headers::
Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
by mail. See gitlink:git-format-patch[1].
+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`.
+
gc.reflogexpire::
`git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than
this time; defaults to 90 days.
The default set of "refspec" for gitlink:git-push[1]. See
gitlink:git-push[1].
+remote.<name>.receivepack::
+ The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See
+ option \--exec of gitlink:git-push[1].
+
+remote.<name>.uploadpack::
+ The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See
+ option \--exec of gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1].
+
repack.usedeltabaseoffset::
Allow gitlink:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses
delta-base offset. Defaults to false.
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'
environment variables. See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
+user.signingkey::
+ If gitlink:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to
+ automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the
+ default selection with this variable. This option is passed
+ unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key
+ using any method that gpg supports.
+
whatchanged.difftree::
The default gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used
for gitlink:git-whatchanged[1].
even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
set when initializing a shared repository.
+transfer.unpackLimit::
+ When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are
+ not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
+
+