SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --add name value
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --get name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--global] [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--global] -l | --list
+'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
-----------
lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
-prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
+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
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,
+a "true" or "false" string for bool). 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.
+The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
+.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
+(see <<FILES>>).
+
This command will fail if:
-. The .git/config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to .git/config,
+. The config file is invalid,
+. Can not write to the config file,
. no section was provided,
. the section or key is invalid,
. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use --global option without $HOME being properly set.
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
OPTIONS
--get-regexp::
Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
+ Also outputs the key names.
--global::
- Use global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config.
+ For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
+ the repository .git/config.
++
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
+from all available files.
++
+See also <<FILES>>.
+
+--system::
+ For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
+ rather than the repository .git/config.
++
+For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
+rather than from all available files.
++
+See also <<FILES>>.
+
+-f config-file::
+--file config-file::
+ Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
+
+--remove-section::
+ Remove the given section from the configuration file.
+
+--rename-section::
+ Rename the given section to a new name.
--unset::
Remove the line matching the key from config file.
--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.
+--bool-or-int::
+ 'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
+ either --bool or --int, as described above.
+
+-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
+ key and value. This allows for secure parsing of the
+ output without getting confused e.g. by values that
+ contain line breaks.
+
+--get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]::
+
+ Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
+ "true" or "false". `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or
+ "false", and is taken into account when configuration says
+ "auto". If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard
+ output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color
+ is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise.
+ When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
+ `color.ui` as fallback.
+
+--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_DIR/config::
+ Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
+ of course relative to the repository root, not the working
+ directory.)
+
+~/.gitconfig::
+ User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
+ configuration file.
+
+$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
+ System-wide configuration file.
+
+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
+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*.
+
+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.
+
ENVIRONMENT
-----------
GIT_CONFIG::
Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
- Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig.
+ Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the
+ "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
-GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL::
- Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global
- configuration files, this will cause it to take the configuration
- from the global configuration file in addition to the given file.
+See also <<FILES>>.
-EXAMPLE
--------
+[[EXAMPLES]]
+EXAMPLES
+--------
Given a .git/config like this:
; Our diff algorithm
[diff]
- external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
renames = true
; Proxy settings
[core]
- gitproxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
- gitproxy="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
you can set the filemode to true with
% git config --get-all core.gitproxy
------------
-If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
+If you like to live dangerously, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
new one with
------------
To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
------------
-% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy" for example.com'
+% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
------------
+An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
+script:
+
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
+RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
+echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
+------------
include::config.txt[]
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite