Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
your information is guessed from the system username and
domain name. Default: true.
+
+ detachedHead::
+ Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+ move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
+ a local branch after the fact. Default: true.
--
core.fileMode::
error (enabled by default).
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
+ the line as an error (not enabled by default).
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
(enabled by default).
* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
core.notesRef::
When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
- the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
- after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
-+
-If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
-given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
-notes should be printed.
+ the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given
+ ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
+ notes should be printed.
+
-This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
-the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
+the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1].
core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
not necessarily be the current directory.
+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
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overrriden
+ by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
+ See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
+
apply.ignorewhitespace::
When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
`never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`.
-color.grep.match::
- Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable
- may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. It is passed using
- the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when
- calling an external 'grep'.
+color.grep.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
+ part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
++
+--
+`context`;;
+ non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
+`filename`;;
+ filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
+`function`;;
+ function name lines (when using `-p`)
+`linenumber`;;
+ line number prefix (when using `-n`)
+`match`;;
+ matching text
+`selected`;;
+ non-matching text in selected lines
+`separator`;;
+ separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
+ and between hunks (`--`)
+--
++
+The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared. When
this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
the order of the prefixes:
+diff.noprefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
`git diff`;;
compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
`git diff HEAD`;;
gc.aggressiveWindow::
The window size parameter used in the delta compression
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults
- to 10.
+ to 250.
gc.auto::
When there are approximately more than this many loose
unreachable objects immediately.
gc.reflogexpire::
+gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire::
'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
- this time; defaults to 90 days.
+ this time; defaults to 90 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g.
+ "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to
+ the refs that match the <pattern>.
gc.reflogexpireunreachable::
+gc.<ref>.reflogexpireunreachable::
'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than
this time and are not reachable from the current tip;
- defaults to 30 days.
+ defaults to 30 days. With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash")
+ in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that
+ match the <pattern>.
gc.rerereresolved::
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+init.templatedir::
+ Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
+ (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
+
instaweb.browser::
Specify the program that will be used to browse your working
repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
+log.decorate::
+ Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
+ command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/',
+ 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is
+ specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed.
+ This is the same as the log commands '--decorate' option.
+
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.
mergetool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+notes.displayRef::
+ The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
+ showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
+ to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
+ shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
+ several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
+ exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
+ ignored.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
++
+The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
+GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
+displayed.
+
+notes.rewrite.<command>::
+ When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
+ `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
+ automatically copies your notes from the original to the
+ rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see
+ "notes.rewriteRef" below.
+
+notes.rewriteMode::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
+ "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
+ the target commit already has a note. Must be one of
+ `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
+ `concatenate`.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
+environment variable.
+
+notes.rewriteRef::
+ When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
+ qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a
+ glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
+ You may also specify this configuration several times.
++
+Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
+enable note rewriting.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
+
pack.window::
The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.
it takes precedence over this option. To disable pagination for
all commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`.
+pretty.<name>::
+ Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in
+ linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just
+ as the built-in pretty formats could. For example,
+ running `git config pretty.changelog "format:{asterisk} %H %s"`
+ would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog`
+ to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:{asterisk} %H %s"`.
+ Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
+ will be silently ignored.
+
pull.octopus::
The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
at once.
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
receive.denyCurrentBranch::
- If set to true or "refuse", receive-pack will deny a ref update
+ If set to true or "refuse", git-receive-pack will deny a ref update
to the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
Such a push is potentially dangerous because it brings the HEAD
out of sync with the index and working tree. If set to "warn",
print a warning of such a push to stderr, but allow the push to
proceed. If set to false or "ignore", allow such pushes with no
- message. Defaults to "warn".
+ message. Defaults to "refuse".
receive.denyNonFastForwards::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
remote.<name>.tagopt::
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
- fetching from remote <name>
+ fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to \--tags will fetch every
+ tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote
+ branch heads.
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
sendemail.suppresscc::
sendemail.suppressfrom::
sendemail.to::
+sendemail.smtpdomain::
sendemail.smtpserver::
sendemail.smtpserverport::
sendemail.smtpuser::
This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
+status.submodulesummary::
+ Defaults to false.
+ If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an
+ unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a
+ summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
+ --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the