false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
`0` and the empty string.
+
-When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
+When converting a value to its canonical form using the `--type=bool` type
specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
"false" (spelled in lowercase).
all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
retry for 1 second).
-sequence.editor::
- Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
- The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
- It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
- When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
-
core.pager::
Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and
linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
+core.multiPackIndex::
+ Use the multi-pack-index file to track multiple packfiles using a
+ single index. See link:technical/multi-pack-index.html[the
+ multi-pack-index design document].
+
core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like
commands or functionality in the future.
+checkout.optimizeNewBranch::
+ Optimizes the performance of "git checkout -b <new_branch>" when
+ using sparse-checkout. When set to true, git will not update the
+ repo based on the current sparse-checkout settings. This means it
+ will not update the skip-worktree bit in the index nor add/remove
+ files in the working directory to reflect the current sparse checkout
+ settings nor will it show the local changes.
+
clean.requireForce::
A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f,
-i or -n. Defaults to true.
will only cause git to warn.
fsck.skipList::
- The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one SHA-1 per
+ The path to a list of object names (i.e. one unabbreviated SHA-1 per
line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should
- be ignored. This feature is useful when an established project
- should be accepted despite early commits containing errors that
- can be safely ignored such as invalid committer email addresses.
- Note: corrupt objects cannot be skipped with this setting.
+ be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later comments ('#'), empty
+ lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. Everything
+ but a SHA-1 per line will error out on older versions.
++
+This feature is useful when an established project should be accepted
+despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored
+such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects
+cannot be skipped with this setting.
+
Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding
`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants.
fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To
uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances
all three of them they must all set to the same values.
++
+Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names
+list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names
+could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether
+the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search
+implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted
+list. Unless you had a humongous list there was no reason to go out of
+your way to pre-sort the list. After Git version 2.20 a hash implementation
+is used instead, so there's now no reason to pre-sort the list.
gc.aggressiveDepth::
The depth parameter used in the delta compression
for details.
gc.logExpiry::
- If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run
+ If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` will print
+ its content and exit with status zero instead of running
unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is
"1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its
value.
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+index.threads::
+ Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
+ This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines.
+ Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of
+ CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or
+ 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'.
+
index.version::
Specify the version with which new index files should be
initialized. This does not affect existing repositories.
all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option
to linkgit:git-repack[1].
+pack.island::
+ An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta
+ islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
+ for details.
+
+pack.islandCore::
+ Specify an island name which gets to have its objects be
+ packed first. This creates a kind of pseudo-pack at the front
+ of one pack, so that the objects from the specified island are
+ hopefully faster to copy into any pack that should be served
+ to a user requesting these objects. In practice this means
+ that the island specified should likely correspond to what is
+ the most commonly cloned in the repo. See also "DELTA ISLANDS"
+ in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+
pack.deltaCacheSize::
The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack.
* `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string
in the initial response from the server.
---
-
-pull.ff::
- By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
- a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
- tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
- this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
- a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
- line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
- allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
- command line). This setting overrides `merge.ff` when pulling.
-
-pull.rebase::
- When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
- of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
- pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
- per-branch basis.
-+
-When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
-so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
-linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
-+
-When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
-so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
-by running 'git pull'.
-+
-When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
-+
-*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
-it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-for details).
-
-pull.octopus::
- The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
- at once.
-
-pull.twohead::
- The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
+* `2` - link:technical/protocol-v2.html[wire protocol version 2].
-push.default::
- Defines the action `git push` should take if no refspec is
- explicitly given. Different values are well-suited for
- specific workflows; for instance, in a purely central workflow
- (i.e. the fetch source is equal to the push destination),
- `upstream` is probably what you want. Possible values are:
-+
--
-* `nothing` - do not push anything (error out) unless a refspec is
- explicitly given. This is primarily meant for people who want to
- avoid mistakes by always being explicit.
-
-* `current` - push the current branch to update a branch with the same
- name on the receiving end. Works in both central and non-central
- workflows.
-
-* `upstream` - push the current branch back to the branch whose
- changes are usually integrated into the current branch (which is
- called `@{upstream}`). This mode only makes sense if you are
- pushing to the same repository you would normally pull from
- (i.e. central workflow).
-
-* `tracking` - This is a deprecated synonym for `upstream`.
-
-* `simple` - in centralized workflow, work like `upstream` with an
- added safety to refuse to push if the upstream branch's name is
- different from the local one.
-+
-When pushing to a remote that is different from the remote you normally
-pull from, work as `current`. This is the safest option and is suited
-for beginners.
-+
-This mode has become the default in Git 2.0.
+include::pull-config.txt[]
-* `matching` - push all branches having the same name on both ends.
- This makes the repository you are pushing to remember the set of
- branches that will be pushed out (e.g. if you always push 'maint'
- and 'master' there and no other branches, the repository you push
- to will have these two branches, and your local 'maint' and
- 'master' will be pushed there).
-+
-To use this mode effectively, you have to make sure _all_ the
-branches you would push out are ready to be pushed out before
-running 'git push', as the whole point of this mode is to allow you
-to push all of the branches in one go. If you usually finish work
-on only one branch and push out the result, while other branches are
-unfinished, this mode is not for you. Also this mode is not
-suitable for pushing into a shared central repository, as other
-people may add new branches there, or update the tip of existing
-branches outside your control.
-+
-This used to be the default, but not since Git 2.0 (`simple` is the
-new default).
-
---
-
-push.followTags::
- If set to true enable `--follow-tags` option by default. You
- may override this configuration at time of push by specifying
- `--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
- 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
- override a value from a lower-priority config file. An explicit
- command-line flag always overrides this config option.
-
-push.pushOption::
- When no `--push-option=<option>` argument is given from the
- command line, `git push` behaves as if each <value> of
- this variable is given as `--push-option=<value>`.
-+
-This is a multi-valued variable, and an empty value can be used in a
-higher priority configuration file (e.g. `.git/config` in a
-repository) to clear the values inherited from a lower priority
-configuration files (e.g. `$HOME/.gitconfig`).
-+
---
-
-Example:
-
-/etc/gitconfig
- push.pushoption = a
- push.pushoption = b
-
-~/.gitconfig
- push.pushoption = c
-
-repo/.git/config
- push.pushoption =
- push.pushoption = b
-
-This will result in only b (a and c are cleared).
-
---
-
-push.recurseSubmodules::
- Make sure all submodule commits used by the revisions to be pushed
- are available on a remote-tracking branch. If the value is 'check'
- then Git will verify that all submodule commits that changed in the
- revisions to be pushed are available on at least one remote of the
- submodule. If any commits are missing, the push will be aborted and
- exit with non-zero status. If the value is 'on-demand' then all
- submodules that changed in the revisions to be pushed will be
- pushed. If on-demand was not able to push all necessary revisions
- it will also be aborted and exit with non-zero status. If the value
- is 'no' then default behavior of ignoring submodules when pushing
- is retained. You may override this configuration at time of push by
- specifying '--recurse-submodules=check|on-demand|no'.
+include::push-config.txt[]
include::rebase-config.txt[]
-receive.advertiseAtomic::
- By default, git-receive-pack will advertise the atomic push
- capability to its clients. If you don't want to advertise this
- capability, set this variable to false.
-
-receive.advertisePushOptions::
- When set to true, git-receive-pack will advertise the push options
- capability to its clients. False 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
- it by setting this variable to false.
-
-receive.certNonceSeed::
- By setting this variable to a string, `git receive-pack`
- will accept a `git push --signed` and verifies it by using
- a "nonce" protected by HMAC using this string as a secret
- key.
-
-receive.certNonceSlop::
- When a `git push --signed` sent a push certificate with a
- "nonce" that was issued by a receive-pack serving the same
- repository within this many seconds, export the "nonce"
- found in the certificate to `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE` to the
- hooks (instead of what the receive-pack asked the sending
- side to include). This may allow writing checks in
- `pre-receive` and `post-receive` a bit easier. Instead of
- checking `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_SLOP` environment variable
- that records by how many seconds the nonce is stale to
- decide if they want to accept the certificate, they only
- can check `GIT_PUSH_CERT_NONCE_STATUS` is `OK`.
-
-receive.fsckObjects::
- If it is set to true, git-receive-pack will check all received
- objects. See `transfer.fsckObjects` for what's checked.
- Defaults to false. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.fsckObjects` is used instead.
-
-receive.fsck.<msg-id>::
- Acts like `fsck.<msg-id>`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
- linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.<msg-id>` documentation for
- details.
-
-receive.fsck.skipList::
- Acts like `fsck.skipList`, but is used by
- linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] instead of
- linkgit:git-fsck[1]. See the `fsck.skipList` documentation for
- details.
-
-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
- 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. If not set, the value of
- `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead.
-
-receive.maxInputSize::
- If the size of the incoming pack stream is larger than this
- limit, then git-receive-pack will error out, instead of
- accepting the pack file. If not set or set to 0, then the size
- is unlimited.
-
-receive.denyDeletes::
- 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.
- 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 "refuse".
-+
-Another option is "updateInstead" which will update the working
-tree if pushing into the current branch. This option is
-intended for synchronizing working directories when one side is not easily
-accessible via interactive ssh (e.g. a live web site, hence the requirement
-that the working directory be clean). This mode also comes in handy when
-developing inside a VM to test and fix code on different Operating Systems.
-+
-By default, "updateInstead" will refuse the push if the working tree or
-the index have any difference from the HEAD, but the `push-to-checkout`
-hook can be used to customize this. See linkgit:githooks[5].
-
-receive.denyNonFastForwards::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
- not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
- even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
- set when initializing a shared repository.
-
-receive.hideRefs::
- This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies
- only to `receive-pack` (and so affects pushes, but not fetches).
- An attempt to update or delete a hidden ref by `git push` is
- rejected.
-
-receive.updateServerInfo::
- If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
- after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
-
-receive.shallowUpdate::
- If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
- require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
+include::receive-config.txt[]
remote.pushDefault::
The remote to push to by default. Overrides
index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or
`repack.writeBitmaps`).
+repack.useDeltaIslands::
+ If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if `--delta-islands`
+ was passed. Defaults to `false`.
+
repack.writeBitmaps::
When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all
objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This
`$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
repository.
-sendemail.identity::
- A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the
- 'sendemail.<identity>' subsection to take precedence over
- values in the 'sendemail' section. The default identity is
- the value of `sendemail.identity`.
-
-sendemail.smtpEncryption::
- See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description. Note that this
- setting is not subject to the 'identity' mechanism.
-
-sendemail.smtpssl (deprecated)::
- Deprecated alias for 'sendemail.smtpEncryption = ssl'.
-
-sendemail.smtpsslcertpath::
- Path to ca-certificates (either a directory or a single file).
- Set it to an empty string to disable certificate verification.
-
-sendemail.<identity>.*::
- Identity-specific versions of the 'sendemail.*' parameters
- found below, taking precedence over those when this
- identity is selected, through either the command-line or
- `sendemail.identity`.
-
-sendemail.aliasesFile::
-sendemail.aliasFileType::
-sendemail.annotate::
-sendemail.bcc::
-sendemail.cc::
-sendemail.ccCmd::
-sendemail.chainReplyTo::
-sendemail.confirm::
-sendemail.envelopeSender::
-sendemail.from::
-sendemail.multiEdit::
-sendemail.signedoffbycc::
-sendemail.smtpPass::
-sendemail.suppresscc::
-sendemail.suppressFrom::
-sendemail.to::
-sendemail.tocmd::
-sendemail.smtpDomain::
-sendemail.smtpServer::
-sendemail.smtpServerPort::
-sendemail.smtpServerOption::
-sendemail.smtpUser::
-sendemail.thread::
-sendemail.transferEncoding::
-sendemail.validate::
-sendemail.xmailer::
- See linkgit:git-send-email[1] for description.
-
-sendemail.signedoffcc (deprecated)::
- Deprecated alias for `sendemail.signedoffbycc`.
-
-sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
- Number of messages to be sent per connection, after that a relogin
- will happen. If the value is 0 or undefined, send all messages in
- one connection.
- See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
-
-sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
- Seconds wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
- See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
+include::sendemail-config.txt[]
+
+sequence.editor::
+ Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file.
+ The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used.
+ It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable.
+ When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead.
showBranch.default::
The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1].
option will show diffstat of the stash entry. Defaults to true.
See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
-submodule.<name>.url::
- The URL for a submodule. This variable is copied from the .gitmodules
- file to the git config via 'git submodule init'. The user can change
- the configured URL before obtaining the submodule via 'git submodule
- update'. If neither submodule.<name>.active or submodule.active are
- set, the presence of this variable is used as a fallback to indicate
- whether the submodule is of interest to git commands.
- See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
-
-submodule.<name>.update::
- The method by which a submodule is updated by 'git submodule update',
- which is the only affected command, others such as
- 'git checkout --recurse-submodules' are unaffected. It exists for
- historical reasons, when 'git submodule' was the only command to
- interact with submodules; settings like `submodule.active`
- and `pull.rebase` are more specific. It is populated by
- `git submodule init` from the linkgit:gitmodules[5] file.
- See description of 'update' command in linkgit:git-submodule[1].
-
-submodule.<name>.branch::
- The remote branch name for a submodule, used by `git submodule
- update --remote`. Set this option to override the value found in
- the `.gitmodules` file. See linkgit:git-submodule[1] and
- linkgit:gitmodules[5] for details.
-
-submodule.<name>.fetchRecurseSubmodules::
- This option can be used to control recursive fetching of this
- submodule. It can be overridden by using the --[no-]recurse-submodules
- command-line option to "git fetch" and "git pull".
- This setting will override that from in the linkgit:gitmodules[5]
- file.
-
-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 (but it will nonetheless show up in the output of status and
- commit when it has been staged), "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. The 'git submodule' commands are not
- affected by this setting.
-
-submodule.<name>.active::
- Boolean value indicating if the submodule is of interest to git
- commands. This config option takes precedence over the
- submodule.active config option. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for
- details.
-
-submodule.active::
- A repeated field which contains a pathspec used to match against a
- submodule's path to determine if the submodule is of interest to git
- commands. See linkgit:gitsubmodules[7] for details.
-
-submodule.recurse::
- Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This
- applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option,
- except `clone`.
- Defaults to false.
-
-submodule.fetchJobs::
- Specifies how many submodules are fetched/cloned at the same time.
- A positive integer allows up to that number of submodules fetched
- in parallel. A value of 0 will give some reasonable default.
- If unset, it defaults to 1.
-
-submodule.alternateLocation::
- Specifies how the submodules obtain alternates when submodules are
- cloned. Possible values are `no`, `superproject`.
- By default `no` is assumed, which doesn't add references. When the
- value is set to `superproject` the submodule to be cloned computes
- its alternates location relative to the superprojects alternate.
-
-submodule.alternateErrorStrategy::
- Specifies how to treat errors with the alternates for a submodule
- as computed via `submodule.alternateLocation`. Possible values are
- `ignore`, `info`, `die`. Default is `die`.
+include::submodule-config.txt[]
tag.forceSignAnnotated::
A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed.
was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for
`pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on
stdout.
-
-uploadpack.allowFilter::
- If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
- clone and partial fetch object filtering.
+
Note that this configuration variable is ignored if it is seen in the
repository-level config (this is a safety measure against fetching from
untrusted repositories).
+uploadpack.allowFilter::
+ If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial
+ clone and partial fetch object filtering.
+
uploadpack.allowRefInWant::
If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want`
feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature