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CONFIGURATION FILE |
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The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect |
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the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository |
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is used to store the information for that repository, and |
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`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give |
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fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` |
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can be used to store system-wide defaults. |
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They can be used by both the git plumbing |
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and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where |
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in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last |
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dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last |
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dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric |
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characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times. |
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Syntax |
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The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly |
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ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line, |
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blank lines are ignored. |
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The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with |
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the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next |
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section begins. Section names are not case sensitive. Only alphanumeric |
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characters, '`-`' and '`.`' are allowed in section names. Each variable |
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must belong to some section, which means that there must be section |
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header before first setting of a variable. |
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Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection |
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put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, |
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in the section header, like in example below: |
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-------- |
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[section "subsection"] |
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-------- |
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Subsection names can contain any characters except newline (doublequote |
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'`"`' and backslash have to be escaped as '`\"`' and '`\\`', |
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respectively) and are case sensitive. Section header cannot span multiple |
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lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. |
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You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you |
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don't need to. |
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There is also (case insensitive) alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax. |
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In this syntax subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section |
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name. |
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All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form |
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'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line |
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is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". |
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The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric |
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characters and '`-`' are allowed. There can be more than one value |
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for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued. |
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Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. |
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Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. |
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The values following the equals sign in variable assign are all either |
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a string, an integer, or a boolean. Boolean values may be given as yes/no, |
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0/1 or true/false. Case is not significant in boolean values, when |
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converting value to the canonical form using '--bool' type specifier; |
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`git-config` will ensure that the output is "true" or "false". |
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String values may be entirely or partially enclosed in double quotes. |
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You need to enclose variable value in double quotes if you want to |
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preserve leading or trailing whitespace, or if variable value contains |
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beginning of comment characters (if it contains '#' or ';'). |
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Double quote '`"`' and backslash '`\`' characters in variable value must |
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be escaped: use '`\"`' for '`"`' and '`\\`' for '`\`'. |
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The following escape sequences (beside '`\"`' and '`\\`') are recognized: |
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'`\n`' for newline character (NL), '`\t`' for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) |
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and '`\b`' for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal |
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char sequences are valid. |
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Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the |
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customary UNIX fashion. |
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Some variables may require special value format. |
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Example |
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# Core variables |
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[core] |
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; Don't trust file modes |
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filemode = false |
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# Our diff algorithm |
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[diff] |
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external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u" |
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renames = true |
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[branch "devel"] |
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remote = origin |
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merge = refs/heads/devel |
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# Proxy settings |
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[core] |
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gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" |
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gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest |
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Variables |
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Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. |
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For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description |
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in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core |
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porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation. |
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core.fileMode:: |
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If false, the executable bit differences between the index and |
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the working copy are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. |
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See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. |
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core.quotepath:: |
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The commands that output paths (e.g. `ls-files`, |
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`diff`), when not given the `-z` option, will quote |
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"unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the |
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pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the |
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same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this |
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variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are |
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not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double |
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quote, backslash and control characters are always |
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quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this |
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variable. |
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core.autocrlf:: |
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If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to |
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`LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when |
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writing to the filesystem. The variable can be set to |
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'input', in which case the conversion happens only while |
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reading from the filesystem but files are written out with |
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`LF` at the end of lines. Currently, which paths to consider |
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"text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) is |
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decided purely based on the contents. |
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core.safecrlf:: |
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If true, makes git check if converting `CRLF` as controlled by |
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`core.autocrlf` is reversible. Git will verify if a command |
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modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly. |
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For example, committing a file followed by checking out the |
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same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If |
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this is not the case for the current setting of |
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`core.autocrlf`, git will reject the file. The variable can |
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be set to "warn", in which case git will only warn about an |
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irreversible conversion but continue the operation. |
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CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. |
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autocrlf=true will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to |
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CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and |
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CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by git. For text |
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files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings |
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such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. |
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But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the |
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conversion can corrupt data. |
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If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by |
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setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right |
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after committing you still have the original file in your work |
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tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell |
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git that this file is binary and git will handle the file |
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appropriately. |
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Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with |
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mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary |
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files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed |
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in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing |
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to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files |
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converting CRLFs corrupts data. |
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Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a |
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file identical to the original file for a different setting of |
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`core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For example, a text |
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file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.autocrlf=input` and could |
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later be checked out with `core.autocrlf=true`, in which case the |
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resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file |
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contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be |
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consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A |
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file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf` |
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mechanism. |
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core.symlinks:: |
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If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that |
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contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and |
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linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular |
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file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support |
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symbolic links. True by default. |
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core.gitProxy:: |
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A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead |
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of establishing direct connection to the remote server when |
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using the git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is |
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in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only |
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on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable |
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may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order; |
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the first match wins. |
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Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable |
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(which always applies universally, without the special "for" |
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handling). |
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core.ignoreStat:: |
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The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you |
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mark them otherwise manually - Git will not detect the file changes |
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by lstat() calls. This is useful on systems where those are very |
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slow, such as Microsoft Windows. See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. |
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False by default. |
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core.preferSymlinkRefs:: |
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Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD |
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and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. |
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This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that |
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expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. |
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core.bare:: |
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If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no |
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working directory associated with it. If this is the case a |
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number of commands that require a working directory will be |
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disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1]. |
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This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or |
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linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a |
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repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare = |
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false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare |
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= true). |
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core.worktree:: |
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Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be |
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used in combination with repositories found automatically in |
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a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set). |
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This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment |
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variable and the '--work-tree' command line option. |
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core.logAllRefUpdates:: |
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Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file |
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"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>", by appending the new and old |
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SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but |
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only when the file exists. If this configuration |
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variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" |
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file is automatically created for branch heads. |
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This information can be used to determine what commit |
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was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". |
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This value is true by default in a repository that has |
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a working directory associated with it, and false by |
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default in a bare repository. |
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core.repositoryFormatVersion:: |
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Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout |
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version. |
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core.sharedRepository:: |
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When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between |
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several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are |
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group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the |
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repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being |
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group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), git will use permissions |
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reported by umask(2). See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default. |
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core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: |
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If true, git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous |
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and might match multiple refs in the .git/refs/ tree. True by default. |
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core.compression:: |
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An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. |
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-1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, |
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and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. |
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If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, |
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such as 'core.loosecompression' and 'pack.compression'. |
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core.loosecompression:: |
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An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that |
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are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no |
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compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being |
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slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is |
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not set, defaults to 1 (best speed). |
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core.packedGitWindowSize:: |
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Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a |
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single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow |
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your system to process a smaller number of large pack files |
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more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect |
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performance due to increased calls to the operating system's |
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memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing |
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a large number of large pack files. |
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Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32 |
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MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should |
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be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do |
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not need to adjust this value. |
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. |
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core.packedGitLimit:: |
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Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory |
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from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many |
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bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing |
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regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. |
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Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 8 GiB on 64 bit platforms. |
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This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on |
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the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. |
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. |
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core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: |
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Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects |
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that multiple deltafied objects reference. By storing the |
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entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able |
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to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base |
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objects multiple times. |
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Default is 16 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable |
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for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. |
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You probably do not need to adjust this value. |
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. |
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core.excludesfile:: |
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In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and |
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'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns |
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of files which are not meant to be tracked. See |
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linkgit:gitignore[5]. |
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core.editor:: |
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Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit |
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messages by launching an editor uses the value of this |
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variable when it is set, and the environment variable |
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`GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is |
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`GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and |
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`EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`. |
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core.pager:: |
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The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden |
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with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable. |
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core.whitespace:: |
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A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to |
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notice. `git diff` will use `color.diff.whitespace` to |
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highlight them, and `git apply --whitespace=error` will |
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consider them as errors: |
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* `trailing-space` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line |
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as an error (enabled by default). |
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* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately |
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before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an |
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error (enabled by default). |
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* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more |
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space characters as an error (not enabled by default). |
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alias.*:: |
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Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. |
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after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation |
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"git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid |
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confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that |
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hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by |
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spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. |
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quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them. |
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If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, |
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it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining |
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"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation |
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"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command |
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"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". |
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apply.whitespace:: |
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Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way |
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as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. |
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branch.autosetupmerge:: |
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Tells `git-branch` and `git-checkout` to setup new branches |
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so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that |
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remote branch. Note that even if this option is not set, |
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this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` |
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and `--no-track` options. This option defaults to true. |
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branch.<name>.remote:: |
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When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. |
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If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin". |
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branch.<name>.merge:: |
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When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default |
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refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is |
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handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a |
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ref which is fetched from the remote given by |
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"branch.<name>.remote". |
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The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls |
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`git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without |
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this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. |
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Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. |
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If you wish to setup `git pull` so that it merges into <name> from |
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another branch in the local repository, you can point |
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branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting |
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`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. |
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branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: |
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Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and |
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supported options are equal to that of linkgit:git-merge[1], but |
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option values containing whitespace characters are currently not |
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supported. |
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branch.<name>.rebase:: |
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When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch, |
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instead of merging the default branch from the default remote. |
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*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use |
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it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] |
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for details). |
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browser.<tool>.path:: |
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Override the path for the given tool that may be used to |
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browse HTML help (see '-w' option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a |
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working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). |
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clean.requireForce:: |
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A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f |
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or -n. Defaults to true. |
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color.branch:: |
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A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of |
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linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, |
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`false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used |
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only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. |
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color.branch.<slot>:: |
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Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of |
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`current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), |
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`remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other |
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The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most |
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two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors |
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accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, |
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`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, |
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`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the |
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second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, |
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doesn't matter. |
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color.diff:: |
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When set to `always`, always use colors in patch. |
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When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use |
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colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false. |
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color.diff.<slot>:: |
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Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies |
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which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one |
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of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` |
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(hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), |
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`commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting |
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whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as |
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in color.branch.<slot>. |
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color.interactive:: |
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When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts |
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and displays (such as those used by "git add --interactive"). |
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When false (or `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use |
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colors only when the output is to the terminal. Defaults to false. |
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color.interactive.<slot>:: |
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Use customized color for `git add --interactive` |
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output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, or `help`, for |
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three distinct types of normal output from interactive |
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programs. The values of these variables may be specified as |
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in color.branch.<slot>. |
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color.pager:: |
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A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in |
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use (default is true). |
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color.status:: |
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A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of |
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linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`, |
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`false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used |
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only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false. |
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color.status.<slot>:: |
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Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is |
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one of `header` (the header text of the status message), |
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`added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed), |
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`changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index), |
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or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of |
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these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. |
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commit.template:: |
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Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages. |
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diff.autorefreshindex:: |
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When using `git diff` to compare with work tree |
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files, do not consider stat-only change as changed. |
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Instead, silently run `git update-index --refresh` to |
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update the cached stat information for paths whose |
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contents in the work tree match the contents in the |
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index. This option defaults to true. Note that this |
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affects only `git diff` Porcelain, and not lower level |
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`diff` commands, such as `git diff-files`. |
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diff.external:: |
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If this config variable is set, diff generation is not |
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performed using the internal diff machinery, but using the |
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given command. Note: if you want to use an external diff |
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program only on a subset of your files, you might want to |
|
use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead. |
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diff.renameLimit:: |
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The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename |
|
detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'. |
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diff.renames:: |
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Tells git to detect renames. If set to any boolean value, it |
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will enable basic rename detection. If set to "copies" or |
|
"copy", it will detect copies, as well. |
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fetch.unpackLimit:: |
|
If the number of objects fetched over the git native |
|
transfer 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. |
|
|
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format.numbered:: |
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A boolean which can enable sequence numbers in patch subjects. |
|
Setting this option to "auto" will enable it only if there is |
|
more than one patch. See --numbered option in |
|
linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. |
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format.headers:: |
|
Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted |
|
by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. |
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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 |
|
include the dot if you want it). |
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gc.aggressiveWindow:: |
|
The window size parameter used in the delta compression |
|
algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults |
|
to 10. |
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gc.auto:: |
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When there are approximately more than this many loose |
|
objects in the repository, `git gc --auto` will pack them. |
|
Some Porcelain commands use this command to perform a |
|
light-weight garbage collection from time to time. The |
|
default value is 6700. Setting this to 0 disables it. |
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gc.autopacklimit:: |
|
When there are more than this many packs that are not |
|
marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc |
|
--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack. The |
|
default value is 20. Setting this to 0 disables it. |
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gc.packrefs:: |
|
`git gc` does not run `git pack-refs` in a bare repository by |
|
default so that older dumb-transport clients can still fetch |
|
from the repository. Setting this to `true` lets `git |
|
gc` to run `git pack-refs`. Setting this to `false` tells |
|
`git gc` never to run `git pack-refs`. The default setting is |
|
`notbare`. Enable it only when you know you do not have to |
|
support such clients. The default setting will change to `true` |
|
at some stage, and setting this to `false` will continue to |
|
prevent `git pack-refs` from being run from `git gc`. |
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gc.reflogexpire:: |
|
`git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than |
|
this time; defaults to 90 days. |
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gc.reflogexpireunreachable:: |
|
`git reflog expire` removes reflog entries older than |
|
this time and are not reachable from the current tip; |
|
defaults to 30 days. |
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gc.rerereresolved:: |
|
Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are |
|
kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run. |
|
The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. |
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|
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gc.rerereunresolved:: |
|
Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are |
|
kept for this many days when `git rerere gc` is run. |
|
The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. |
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rerere.enabled:: |
|
Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical |
|
conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they |
|
be encountered again. linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by |
|
default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under |
|
`$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false. |
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gitcvs.enabled:: |
|
Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. |
|
See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. |
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gitcvs.logfile:: |
|
Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs |
|
various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. |
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gitcvs.allbinary:: |
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If true, all files are sent to the client in mode '-kb'. This |
|
causes the client to treat all files as binary files which suppresses |
|
any newline munging it otherwise might do. A work-around for the |
|
fact that there is no way yet to set single files to mode '-kb'. |
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gitcvs.dbname:: |
|
Database used by git-cvsserver to cache revision information |
|
derived from the git repository. The exact meaning depends on the |
|
used database driver, for SQLite (which is the default driver) this |
|
is a filename. Supports variable substitution (see |
|
linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). May not contain semicolons (`;`). |
|
Default: '%Ggitcvs.%m.sqlite' |
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|
|
gitcvs.dbdriver:: |
|
Used Perl DBI driver. You can specify any available driver |
|
for this here, but it might not work. git-cvsserver is tested |
|
with 'DBD::SQLite', reported to work with 'DBD::Pg', and |
|
reported *not* to work with 'DBD::mysql'. Experimental feature. |
|
May not contain double colons (`:`). Default: 'SQLite'. |
|
See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. |
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gitcvs.dbuser, gitcvs.dbpass:: |
|
Database user and password. Only useful if setting 'gitcvs.dbdriver', |
|
since SQLite has no concept of database users and/or passwords. |
|
'gitcvs.dbuser' supports variable substitution (see |
|
linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). |
|
|
|
All gitcvs variables except for 'gitcvs.allbinary' can also be |
|
specified as 'gitcvs.<access_method>.<varname>' (where 'access_method' |
|
is one of "ext" and "pserver") to make them apply only for the given |
|
access method. |
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|
|
help.browser:: |
|
Specify the browser that will be used to display help in the |
|
'web' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. |
|
|
|
help.format:: |
|
Override the default help format used by linkgit:git-help[1]. |
|
Values 'man', 'info', 'web' and 'html' are supported. 'man' is |
|
the default. 'web' and 'html' are the same. |
|
|
|
http.proxy:: |
|
Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy' |
|
environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]). This can be overridden |
|
on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy |
|
|
|
http.sslVerify:: |
|
Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing |
|
over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY' environment |
|
variable. |
|
|
|
http.sslCert:: |
|
File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing |
|
over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_CERT' environment |
|
variable. |
|
|
|
http.sslKey:: |
|
File containing the SSL private key when fetching or pushing |
|
over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_SSL_KEY' environment |
|
variable. |
|
|
|
http.sslCAInfo:: |
|
File containing the certificates to verify the peer with when |
|
fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the |
|
'GIT_SSL_CAINFO' environment variable. |
|
|
|
http.sslCAPath:: |
|
Path containing files with the CA certificates to verify the peer |
|
with when fetching or pushing over HTTPS. Can be overridden |
|
by the 'GIT_SSL_CAPATH' environment variable. |
|
|
|
http.maxRequests:: |
|
How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden |
|
by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5. |
|
|
|
http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: |
|
If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' |
|
for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. |
|
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT' and |
|
'GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME' environment variables. |
|
|
|
http.noEPSV:: |
|
A boolean which disables using of EPSV ftp command by curl. |
|
This can helpful with some "poor" ftp servers which don't |
|
support EPSV mode. Can be overridden by the 'GIT_CURL_FTP_NO_EPSV' |
|
environment variable. Default is false (curl will use EPSV). |
|
|
|
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 |
|
importing commits from emails or in the gitk graphical history |
|
browser (and possibly at other places in the future or in other |
|
porcelains). See e.g. linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]. Defaults to 'utf-8'. |
|
|
|
i18n.logOutputEncoding:: |
|
Character encoding the commit messages are converted to when |
|
running `git-log` and friends. |
|
|
|
instaweb.browser:: |
|
Specify the program that will be used to browse your working |
|
repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. |
|
|
|
instaweb.httpd:: |
|
The HTTP daemon command-line to start gitweb on your working |
|
repository. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. |
|
|
|
instaweb.local:: |
|
If true the web server started by linkgit:git-instaweb[1] will |
|
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]. |
|
|
|
instaweb.port:: |
|
The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See |
|
linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. |
|
|
|
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. |
|
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which |
|
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default. |
|
|
|
merge.summary:: |
|
Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created |
|
merge commit messages. False by default. |
|
|
|
merge.tool:: |
|
Controls which merge resolution program is used by |
|
linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid values are: "kdiff3", "tkdiff", |
|
"meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and "opendiff". |
|
|
|
merge.verbosity:: |
|
Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge |
|
strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error |
|
message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only |
|
conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and |
|
above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2. |
|
Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable. |
|
|
|
merge.<driver>.name:: |
|
Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level |
|
merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. |
|
|
|
merge.<driver>.driver:: |
|
Defines the command that implements a custom low-level |
|
merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. |
|
|
|
merge.<driver>.recursive:: |
|
Names a low-level merge driver to be used when |
|
performing an internal merge between common ancestors. |
|
See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. |
|
|
|
mergetool.<tool>.path:: |
|
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case |
|
your tool is not in the PATH. |
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
pack.depth:: |
|
The maximum delta depth used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no |
|
maximum depth is given on the command line. Defaults to 50. |
|
|
|
pack.windowMemory:: |
|
The window memory size limit used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |
|
when no limit is given on the command line. The value can be |
|
suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". Defaults to 0, meaning no |
|
limit. |
|
|
|
pack.compression:: |
|
An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects |
|
in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no |
|
compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being |
|
slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is |
|
not set, defaults to -1, the zlib default, which is "a default |
|
compromise between speed and compression (currently equivalent |
|
to level 6)." |
|
|
|
pack.deltaCacheSize:: |
|
The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in |
|
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. |
|
A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0. |
|
|
|
pack.deltaCacheLimit:: |
|
The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in |
|
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000. |
|
|
|
pack.threads:: |
|
Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best |
|
delta matches. This requires that linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] |
|
be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a |
|
warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor |
|
machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window |
|
is however multiplied by the number of threads. |
|
|
|
pack.indexVersion:: |
|
Specify the default pack index version. Valid values are 1 for |
|
legacy pack index used by Git versions prior to 1.5.2, and 2 for |
|
the new pack index with capabilities for packs larger than 4 GB |
|
as well as proper protection against the repacking of corrupted |
|
packs. Version 2 is selected and this config option ignored |
|
whenever the corresponding pack is larger than 2 GB. Otherwise |
|
the default is 1. |
|
|
|
pack.packSizeLimit: |
|
The default maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects |
|
packing to a file, i.e. the git:// protocol is unaffected. It |
|
can be overridden by the `\--max-pack-size` option of |
|
linkgit:git-repack[1]. |
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.url:: |
|
The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or |
|
linkgit:git-push[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.proxy:: |
|
For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the URL to |
|
the proxy to use for that remote. Set to the empty string to |
|
disable proxying for that remote. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.fetch:: |
|
The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See |
|
linkgit:git-fetch[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.push:: |
|
The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See |
|
linkgit:git-push[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate:: |
|
If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating |
|
using the update subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.receivepack:: |
|
The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See |
|
option \--exec of linkgit:git-push[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.uploadpack:: |
|
The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See |
|
option \--exec of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. |
|
|
|
remote.<name>.tagopt:: |
|
Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when fetching |
|
from remote <name> |
|
|
|
remotes.<group>:: |
|
The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update |
|
<group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1]. |
|
|
|
repack.usedeltabaseoffset:: |
|
Allow linkgit:git-repack[1] to create packs that uses |
|
delta-base offset. Defaults to false. |
|
|
|
show.difftree:: |
|
The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used |
|
for linkgit:git-show[1]. |
|
|
|
showbranch.default:: |
|
The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. |
|
See linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. |
|
|
|
status.relativePaths:: |
|
By default, linkgit:git-status[1] shows paths relative to the |
|
current directory. Setting this variable to `false` shows paths |
|
relative to the repository root (this was the default for git |
|
prior to v1.5.4). |
|
|
|
tar.umask:: |
|
This variable can be used to restrict the permission bits of |
|
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the |
|
world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the |
|
archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) and |
|
linkgit:git-archive[1]. |
|
|
|
url.<base>.insteadOf:: |
|
Any URL that starts with this value will be rewritten to |
|
start, instead, with <base>. In cases where some site serves a |
|
large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple |
|
access methods, and some users need to use different access |
|
methods, this feature allows people to specify any of the |
|
equivalent URLs and have git automatically rewrite the URL to |
|
the best alternative for the particular user, even for a |
|
never-before-seen repository on the site. The effect of |
|
having multiple `insteadOf` values from different |
|
`<base>` match to an URL is undefined. |
|
|
|
user.email:: |
|
Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits. |
|
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and |
|
'EMAIL' environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. |
|
|
|
user.name:: |
|
Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits. |
|
Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME' |
|
environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]. |
|
|
|
user.signingkey:: |
|
If linkgit:git-tag[1] is not selecting the key you want it to |
|
automatically when creating a signed tag, you can override the |
|
default selection with this variable. This option is passed |
|
unchanged to gpg's --local-user parameter, so you may specify a key |
|
using any method that gpg supports. |
|
|
|
whatchanged.difftree:: |
|
The default linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] arguments to be used |
|
for linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. |
|
|
|
imap:: |
|
The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described |
|
in linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. |
|
|
|
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.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. |
|
|
|
transfer.unpackLimit:: |
|
When `fetch.unpackLimit` or `receive.unpackLimit` are |
|
not set, the value of this variable is used instead. |
|
The default value is 100. |
|
|
|
web.browser:: |
|
Specify a web browser that may be used by some commands. |
|
Currently only linkgit:git-instaweb[1] and linkgit:git-help[1] |
|
may use it.
|
|
|