when writing commit messages. Default: true.
commitBeforeMerge::
Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
- merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+ merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
Default: true.
resolveConflict::
Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this
variable.
-core.autocrlf::
- If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
- `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when
- writing to the work tree. The variable can be set to
- 'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
- reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work
- tree with `LF` at the end of lines. A file is considered
- "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
- the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
- based on the file's contents. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
+core.eol::
+ Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
+ files that have the `text` property set. Alternatives are
+ 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's native
+ line ending. The default value is `native`. See
+ linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
+ conversion.
core.safecrlf::
- If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by
- `core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command
+ If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
+ end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
+
CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
-autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
+When it is enabled, git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text
files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
+
Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
file identical to the original file for a different setting of
-`core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text
-file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could
-later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the
+`core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
+example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
+and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
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',
+ in which case no output conversion is performed.
+
core.symlinks::
If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects
- that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the
+ that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
objects multiple times.
to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the specified user's
home directory. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
+core.askpass::
+ Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
+ ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
+ via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_ASKPASS'
+ environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
+ 'SSH_ASKPASS' environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
+ prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
+ command line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
+
core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
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
+ not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden
by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
(highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
+color.decorate.<slot>::
+ Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
+ of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
+ branches, remote tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively.
+
color.grep::
When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
`never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
`git diff --no-index a b`;;
compares two non-git things (1) and (2).
+diff.noprefix::
+ If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
+
diff.renameLimit::
The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option '-l'.
will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or
"copy", it will detect copies, as well.
+diff.ignoreSubmodules::
+ Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
+ affects only 'git diff' Porcelain, and not lower level 'diff'
+ commands such as 'git diff-files'. 'git checkout' also honors
+ this setting when reporting uncommitted changes.
+
diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted
by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+format.to::
format.cc::
- Additional "Cc:" headers to include in a patch to be submitted
- by mail. See the --cc option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+ Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted
+ by mail. See the --to and --cc options in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
format.subjectprefix::
The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+format.signature::
+ The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
+ the git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
+ Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress
+ signature generation.
+
format.suffix::
The default for format-patch is to output files with the suffix
`.patch`. Use this variable to change that suffix (make sure to
various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1].
gitcvs.usecrlfattr::
- If true, the server will look up the `crlf` attribute for
- files to determine the '-k' modes to use. If `crlf` is set,
- the '-k' mode will be left blank, so cvs clients will
- treat it as text. If `crlf` is explicitly unset, the file
+ If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion
+ 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
+ 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 `crlf` is not specified,
- then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
+ the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow
+ the file type to be determined, then 'gitcvs.allbinary' is
+ used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
gitcvs.allbinary::
This is used if 'gitcvs.usecrlfattr' does not resolve
support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV'
environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV).
+http.useragent::
+ The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default
+ value represents the version of the client git such as git/1.7.1.
+ This option allows you to override this value to a more common value
+ such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if
+ connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set
+ of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1).
+ Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT' environment variable.
+
i18n.commitEncoding::
Character encoding the commit messages are stored in; git itself
does not care per se, but this information is necessary e.g. when
be bound to the local IP (127.0.0.1).
instaweb.modulepath::
- The module path for an apache httpd used by linkgit:git-instaweb[1].
+ The default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use
+ instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd
+ is Apache.
instaweb.port::
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See
ignored if portable keystroke input is not available.
log.date::
- Set default date-time mode for the log command. Setting log.date
- value is similar to using 'git log'\'s --date option. The value is one of the
- following alternatives: {relative,local,default,iso,rfc,short}.
- See linkgit:git-log[1].
+ Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command.
+ Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s
+ `\--date` option. Possible values are `relative`, `local`,
+ `default`, `iso`, `rfc`, and `short`; see linkgit:git-log[1]
+ for details.
log.decorate::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log
no refspec is implied by any of the options given on the command
line. Possible values are:
+
-* `nothing` do not push anything.
-* `matching` push all matching branches.
+* `nothing` - do not push anything.
+* `matching` - push all matching branches.
All branches having the same name in both ends are considered to be
matching. This is the default.
-* `tracking` push the current branch to its upstream branch.
-* `current` push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
+* `tracking` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `current` - push the current branch to a branch of the same name.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
rebase. False by default.
+rebase.autosquash::
+ If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
+
receive.autogc::
By default, git-receive-pack will run "git-gc --auto" after
receiving data from git-push and updating refs. You can stop
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that deletes
the ref. Use this to prevent such a ref deletion via a push.
+receive.denyDeleteCurrent::
+ If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update that
+ deletes the currently checked out branch of a non-bare repository.
+
receive.denyCurrentBranch::
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.
Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
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.
+ branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can
+ override this setting. See options \--tags and \--no-tags of
+ linkgit:git-fetch[1].
remote.<name>.vcs::
Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
the untracked files. Possible values are:
+
--
- - 'no' - Show no untracked files
- - 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- - 'all' - Shows also individual files in untracked directories.
+* `no` - Show no untracked files.
+* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories.
+* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories.
--
+
If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see
--summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]).
+submodule.<name>.path::
+submodule.<name>.url::
+submodule.<name>.update::
+ The path within this project, URL, and the updating strategy
+ for a submodule. These variables are initially populated
+ by 'git submodule init'; edit them to override the
+ URL and other values found in the `.gitmodules` file. See
+ linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
+
+submodule.<name>.ignore::
+ Defines under what circumstances "git status" and the diff family show
+ a submodule as modified. When set to "all", it will never be considered
+ modified, "dirty" will ignore all changes to the submodules work tree and
+ takes only differences between the HEAD of the submodule and the commit
+ recorded in the superproject into account. "untracked" will additionally
+ let submodules with modified tracked files in their work tree show up.
+ Using "none" (the default when this option is not set) also shows
+ submodules that have untracked files in their work tree as changed.
+ This setting overrides any setting made in .gitmodules for this submodule,
+ both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
+ "--ignore-submodules" option.
+
tar.umask::
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the