false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
`false`, or `0`.
+
-When converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type
+When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
"false" (spelled in lowercase).
mechanism.
core.autocrlf::
- Setting this variable to "true" is almost the same as setting
- the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files except that text
- files are not guaranteed to be normalized: files that contain
- `CRLF` in the repository will not be touched. Use this
- setting if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
- working directory even though the repository does not have
- normalized line endings. This variable can be set to 'input',
+ Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
+ the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
+ Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
+ working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
+ This variable can be set to 'input',
in which case no output conversion is performed.
core.symlinks::
This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
+core.sshCommand::
+ If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
+ use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
+ connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
+ the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
+ when the environment variable is set.
+
core.ignoreStat::
If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
- variable and the '--work-tree' command-line option.
+ variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
add.ignoreErrors::
add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
- added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
+ added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors`
option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated,
as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration
variables.
am.keepcr::
If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format
- with parameter '--keep-cr'. In this case git-mailsplit will
+ with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will
not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
- by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
+ by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line.
See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
am.threeWay::
apply.ignoreWhitespace::
When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
- whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+ whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change`
option.
When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to
respect all whitespace differences.
apply.whitespace::
Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
- as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+ as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
branch.autoSetupMerge::
Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches
browser.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
- browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
+ browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a
working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]).
clean.requireForce::
If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
+fetch.output::
+ Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
+ `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section
+ OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail.
+
format.attach::
Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
- attributes for files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If
+ attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If
the attributes force Git to treat a file as text,
- the '-k' mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
+ the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will
treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file
will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging
the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description.
grep.lineNumber::
- If set to true, enable '-n' option by default.
+ If set to true, enable `-n` option by default.
grep.patternType::
Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended',
- 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the '--basic-regexp', '--extended-regexp',
- '--fixed-strings', or '--perl-regexp' option accordingly, while the
+ 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`,
+ `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the
value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior.
grep.extendedRegexp::
- If set to true, enable '--extended-regexp' option by default. This
+ If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This
option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value
other than 'default'.
specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal,
the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref
- names are shown. This is the same as the '--decorate' option
+ names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option
of the `git log`.
log.follow::
--
push.followTags::
- If set to true enable '--follow-tags' option by default. You
+ If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
- '--no-follow-tags'.
+ `--no-follow-tags`.
push.gpgSign::
May be set to a boolean value, or the string 'if-asked'. A true
- value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if '--signed' is
+ value causes all pushes to be GPG signed, as if `--signed` is
passed to linkgit:git-push[1]. The string 'if-asked' causes
pushes to be signed if the server supports it, as if
- '--signed=if-asked' is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
+ `--signed=if-asked` is passed to 'git push'. A false value may
override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
command-line flag always overrides this config option.
rebase. False by default.
rebase.autoSquash::
- If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
+ If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default.
rebase.autoStash::
When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash
receive.advertiseAtomic::
By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
- capability to its clients. If you don't want to this capability
- to be advertised, set this variable to false.
+ capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
+ capability, set this variable to false.
+
+receive.advertisePushOptions::
+ By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
+ capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
+ capability, set this variable to false.
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+receive.keepAlive::
+ After receiving the pack from the client, `receive-pack` may
+ produce no output (if `--quiet` was specified) while processing
+ the pack, causing some networks to drop the TCP connection.
+ With this option set, if `receive-pack` does not transmit
+ any data in this phase for `receive.keepAlive` seconds, it will
+ send a short keepalive packet. The default is 5 seconds; set
+ to 0 to disable keepalives entirely.
+
receive.unpackLimit::
If the number of objects received in a push is below this
limit then the objects will be unpacked into loose object