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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..531649cb40 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -0,0 +1,3428 @@ +CONFIGURATION FILE +------------------ + +The Git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect +the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository +is used to store the configuration for that repository, and +`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as +fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` +can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. + +The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing +and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein +the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last +dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last +dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric +characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some +variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is +multivalued. + +Syntax +~~~~~~ + +The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly +ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line, +blank lines are ignored. + +The file consists of sections and variables. A section begins with +the name of the section in square brackets and continues until the next +section begins. Section names are case-insensitive. Only alphanumeric +characters, `-` and `.` are allowed in section names. Each variable +must belong to some section, which means that there must be a section +header before the first setting of a variable. + +Sections can be further divided into subsections. To begin a subsection +put its name in double quotes, separated by space from the section name, +in the section header, like in the example below: + +-------- + [section "subsection"] + +-------- + +Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except +newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them +as `\"` and `\\`, respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple +lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. +You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you +don't need to. + +There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this +syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also +compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same +restrictions as section names. + +All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section +header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form +'name = value' (or just 'name', which is a short-hand to say that +the variable is the boolean "true"). +The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters +and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. + +A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by +ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are +stripped. Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the +line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing +whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in +double quotes. Internal whitespaces within the value are retained +verbatim. + +Inside double quotes, double quote `"` and backslash `\` characters +must be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`. + +The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized: +`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB) +and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal +escape sequences) are invalid. + + +Includes +~~~~~~~~ + +The `include` and `includeIf` sections allow you to include config +directives from another source. These sections behave identically to +each other with the exception that `includeIf` sections may be ignored +if their condition does not evaluate to true; see "Conditional includes" +below. + +You can include a config file from another by setting the special +`include.path` (or `includeIf.*.path`) variable to the name of the file +to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is +subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times. + +The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they +had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the +variable is a relative path, the path is considered to +be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive +was found. See below for examples. + +Conditional includes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You can include a config file from another conditionally by setting a +`includeIf.<condition>.path` variable to the name of the file to be +included. + +The condition starts with a keyword followed by a colon and some data +whose format and meaning depends on the keyword. Supported keywords +are: + +`gitdir`:: + + The data that follows the keyword `gitdir:` is used as a glob + pattern. If the location of the .git directory matches the + pattern, the include condition is met. ++ +The .git location may be auto-discovered, or come from `$GIT_DIR` +environment variable. If the repository is auto discovered via a .git +file (e.g. from submodules, or a linked worktree), the .git location +would be the final location where the .git directory is, not where the +.git file is. ++ +The pattern can contain standard globbing wildcards and two additional +ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. Please +refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience: + + * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the + content of the environment variable `HOME`. + + * If the pattern starts with `./`, it is replaced with the directory + containing the current config file. + + * If the pattern does not start with either `~/`, `./` or `/`, `**/` + will be automatically prepended. For example, the pattern `foo/bar` + becomes `**/foo/bar` and would match `/any/path/to/foo/bar`. + + * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For + example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it + matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively. + +`gitdir/i`:: + This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done + case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems) + +A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`: + + * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching. + + * Both the symlink & realpath versions of paths will be matched + outside of `$GIT_DIR`. E.g. if ~/git is a symlink to + /mnt/storage/git, both `gitdir:~/git` and `gitdir:/mnt/storage/git` + will match. ++ +This was not the case in the initial release of this feature in +v2.13.0, which only matched the realpath version. Configuration that +wants to be compatible with the initial release of this feature needs +to either specify only the realpath version, or both versions. + + * Note that "../" is not special and will match literally, which is + unlikely what you want. + +Example +~~~~~~~ + + # Core variables + [core] + ; Don't trust file modes + filemode = false + + # Our diff algorithm + [diff] + external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper + renames = true + + [branch "devel"] + remote = origin + merge = refs/heads/devel + + # Proxy settings + [core] + gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" + gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest + + [include] + path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path + path = foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo.inc ; find "foo.inc" in your `$HOME` directory + + ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git + [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + + ; include for all repositories inside /path/to/group + [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + + ; include for all repositories inside $HOME/to/group + [includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"] + path = /path/to/foo.inc + + ; relative paths are always relative to the including + ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not + ; affected by the condition + [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] + path = foo.inc + +Values +~~~~~~ + +Values of many variables are treated as a simple string, but there +are variables that take values of specific types and there are rules +as to how to spell them. + +boolean:: + + When a variable is said to take a boolean value, many + synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all + case-insensitive. + + true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`, + and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` + is taken as true. + + false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, + `0` and the empty string. ++ +When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type +specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or +"false" (spelled in lowercase). + +integer:: + The value for many variables that specify various sizes can + be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by + 1024", "by 1024x1024", etc. + +color:: + The value for a variable that takes a color is a list of + colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background) + and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces. ++ +The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, +`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the +foreground; the second is the background. ++ +Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI +256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If +your terminal supports it, you may also specify 24-bit RGB values as +hex, like `#ff0ab3`. ++ +The accepted attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, +`italic`, and `strike` (for crossed-out or "strikethrough" letters). +The position of any attributes with respect to the colors +(before, after, or in between), doesn't matter. Specific attributes may +be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, +`no-ul`, etc). ++ +An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used +to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely. ++ +For git's pre-defined color slots, the attributes are meant to be reset +at the beginning of each item in the colored output. So setting +`color.decorate.branch` to `black` will paint that branch name in a +plain `black`, even if the previous thing on the same output line (e.g. +opening parenthesis before the list of branch names in `log --decorate` +output) is set to be painted with `bold` or some other attribute. +However, custom log formats may do more complicated and layered +coloring, and the negated forms may be useful there. + +pathname:: + A variable that takes a pathname value can be given a + string that begins with "`~/`" or "`~user/`", and the usual + tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/` + is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the + specified user's home directory. + + +Variables +~~~~~~~~~ + +Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete. +For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description +in the appropriate manual page. + +Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When +inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their +names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and +other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. + + +advice.*:: + These variables control various optional help messages designed to + aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you + can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false': ++ +-- + pushUpdateRejected:: + Set this variable to 'false' if you want to disable + 'pushNonFFCurrent', + 'pushNonFFMatching', 'pushAlreadyExists', + 'pushFetchFirst', and 'pushNeedsForce' + simultaneously. + pushNonFFCurrent:: + Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] fails due to a + non-fast-forward update to the current branch. + pushNonFFMatching:: + Advice shown when you ran linkgit:git-push[1] and pushed + 'matching refs' explicitly (i.e. you used ':', or + specified a refspec that isn't your current branch) and + it resulted in a non-fast-forward error. + pushAlreadyExists:: + Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that + does not qualify for fast-forwarding (e.g., a tag.) + pushFetchFirst:: + Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that + tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an + object we do not have. + pushNeedsForce:: + Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects an update that + tries to overwrite a remote ref that points at an + object that is not a commit-ish, or make the remote + ref point at an object that is not a commit-ish. + statusHints:: + Show directions on how to proceed from the current + state in the output of linkgit:git-status[1], in + the template shown when writing commit messages in + linkgit:git-commit[1], and in the help message shown + by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when switching branch. + statusUoption:: + Advise to consider using the `-u` option to linkgit:git-status[1] + when the command takes more than 2 seconds to enumerate untracked + files. + commitBeforeMerge:: + Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to + merge to avoid overwriting local changes. + resolveConflict:: + Advice shown by various commands when conflicts + prevent the operation from being performed. + implicitIdentity:: + Advice on how to set your identity configuration when + your information is guessed from the system username and + domain name. + detachedHead:: + Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to + move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create + a local branch after the fact. + amWorkDir:: + Advice that shows the location of the patch file when + linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it. + rmHints:: + In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1], + show directions on how to proceed from the current state. + addEmbeddedRepo:: + Advice on what to do when you've accidentally added one + git repo inside of another. + ignoredHook:: + Advice shown if an hook is ignored because the hook is not + set as executable. +-- + +core.fileMode:: + Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree + is to be honored. ++ +Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is +marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a +non-executable file with executable bit on. +linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem +to see if it handles the executable bit correctly +and this variable is automatically set as necessary. ++ +A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles +the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true' +when created, but later may be made accessible from another +environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via +CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with +Git for Windows or Eclipse). +In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'. +See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. ++ +The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file). + +core.hideDotFiles:: + (Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose + name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/` + directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The + default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. + +core.ignoreCase:: + If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, + like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds + "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume + it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as + "Makefile". ++ +The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository +is created. + +core.precomposeUnicode:: + This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. + When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition + of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository + between Mac OS and Linux or Windows. + (Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7). + When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git, + which is backward compatible with older versions of Git. + +core.protectHFS:: + If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would + be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem. + Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere. + +core.protectNTFS:: + If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would + cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with + 8.3 "short" names. + Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere. + +core.fsmonitor:: + If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which + will identify all files that may have changed since the + requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by + avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed. + See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]. + +core.trustctime:: + If false, the ctime differences between the index and the + working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time + is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system + crawlers and some backup systems). + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default. + +core.splitIndex:: + If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default. + +core.untrackedCache:: + Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the + index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to + `keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And + it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before + setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working + properly on your system. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default. + +core.checkStat:: + Determines which stat fields to match between the index + and work tree. The user can set this to 'default' or + 'minimal'. Default (or explicitly 'default'), is to check + all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. + +core.quotePath:: + Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will + quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the + pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with + backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. + `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with + values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in + UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than + 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, + backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless + of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is + not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames + completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value + is true. + +core.eol:: + Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for + files that have the `text` property set when core.autocrlf is false. + Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's + native line ending. The default value is `native`. See + linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line + conversion. + +core.safecrlf:: + If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when + end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command + modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly. + For example, committing a file followed by checking out the + same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If + this is not the case for the current setting of + `core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can + be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an + irreversible conversion but continue the operation. ++ +CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data. +When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to +CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and +CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text +files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings +such that we have only LF line endings in the repository. +But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the +conversion can corrupt data. ++ +If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by +setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right +after committing you still have the original file in your work +tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell +Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file +appropriately. ++ +Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with +mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary +files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed +in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing +to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files +converting CRLFs corrupts data. ++ +Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a +file identical to the original file for a different setting of +`core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For +example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf` +and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the +resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file +contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be +consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A +file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf` +mechanism. + +core.autocrlf:: + Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting + the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf". + Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your + working directory and the repository has LF line endings. + This variable can be set to 'input', + in which case no output conversion is performed. + +core.symlinks:: + If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that + contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and + linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular + file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support + symbolic links. ++ +The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] +will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository +is created. + +core.gitProxy:: + A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead + of establishing direct connection to the remote server when + using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is + in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only + on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable + may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order; + the first match wins. ++ +Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable +(which always applies universally, without the special "for" +handling). ++ +The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to +specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern. +This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from +proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains. + +core.sshCommand:: + If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will + use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to + connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as + the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden + when the environment variable is set. + +core.ignoreStat:: + If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have + changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files + which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree. ++ +When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage +the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in +linkgit:git-update-index[1]). +Git will not normally detect changes to those files. ++ +This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as +CIFS/Microsoft Windows. ++ +False by default. + +core.preferSymlinkRefs:: + Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD + and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links. + This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that + expect HEAD to be a symbolic link. + +core.bare:: + If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no + working directory associated with it. If this is the case a + number of commands that require a working directory will be + disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1]. ++ +This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or +linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a +repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare = +false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare += true). + +core.worktree:: + Set the path to the root of the working tree. + If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree + is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree. + This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment + variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option. + The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to + the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir + or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered. + If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of + --work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified, + the current working directory is regarded as the top level + of your working tree. ++ +Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration +file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs +from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has +core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a +misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will +still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause +confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a +read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the +repository's usual working tree). + +core.logAllRefUpdates:: + Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file + "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old + SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but + only when the file exists. If this configuration + variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`" + file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under + `refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`), + note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`. + If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically + created for any ref under `refs/`. ++ +This information can be used to determine what commit +was the tip of a branch "2 days ago". ++ +This value is true by default in a repository that has +a working directory associated with it, and false by +default in a bare repository. + +core.repositoryFormatVersion:: + Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout + version. + +core.sharedRepository:: + When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between + several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are + group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the + repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being + group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions + reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number, + files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override + user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override + requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make + the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to + others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a + repository that is group-readable but not group-writable. + See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default. + +core.warnAmbiguousRefs:: + If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous + and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default. + +core.compression:: + An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level. + -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression, + and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest. + If set, this provides a default to other compression variables, + such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`. + +core.looseCompression:: + An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that + are not 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 (best speed). + +core.packedGitWindowSize:: + Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a + single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow + your system to process a smaller number of large pack files + more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect + performance due to increased calls to the operating system's + memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing + a large number of large pack files. ++ +Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32 +MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should +be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do +not need to adjust this value. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. + +core.packedGitLimit:: + Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory + from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many + bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing + regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process. ++ +Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively +unlimited) on 64 bit platforms. +This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on +the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. + +core.deltaBaseCacheLimit:: + Maximum number of bytes to reserve for caching base objects + that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the + entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able + to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base + objects multiple times. ++ +Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable +for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects. +You probably do not need to adjust this value. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. + +core.bigFileThreshold:: + Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without + attempting delta compression. Storing large files without + delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the + slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files + larger than this size are always treated as binary. ++ +Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable +for most projects as source code and other text files can still +be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be. ++ +Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. + +core.excludesFile:: + Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to + describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition + to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and '.git/info/exclude'. + Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`. + If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore` + is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5]. + +core.askPass:: + Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively + ask for a password can be told to use an external program given + via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS` + environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the + `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password + prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as + command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT. + +core.attributesFile:: + In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and + '.git/info/attributes', Git looks into this file for attributes + (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same + way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not + set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead. + +core.hooksPath:: + By default Git will look for your hooks in the + '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, + e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in + that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of + in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. ++ +The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is +taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see +the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). ++ +This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to +centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a +per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized +alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed +default hooks. + +core.editor:: + Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit + messages by launching an editor use the value of this + variable when it is set, and the environment variable + `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. + +core.commentChar:: + Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit + messages consider a line that begins with this character + commented, and removes them after the editor returns + (default '#'). ++ +If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not +the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. + +core.filesRefLockTimeout:: + The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to + lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at + all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e., + retry for 100ms). + +core.packedRefsTimeout:: + The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to + lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at + 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 + is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` + configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at + compile time (usually 'less'). ++ +When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX` +(if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at +all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting +for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`. This will +be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final +command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the +`S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate +long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will +deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the +command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of +`less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular +commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables +line truncation only for `git blame`. ++ +Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it +to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with +another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`. + +core.whitespace:: + A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to + notice. 'git diff' will use `color.diff.whitespace` to + highlight them, and 'git apply --whitespace=error' will + consider them as errors. You can prefix `-` to disable + any of them (e.g. `-trailing-space`): ++ +* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line + as an error (enabled by default). +* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately + before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an + error (enabled by default). +* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space + characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by + default). +* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of + the line as an error (not enabled by default). +* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error + (enabled by default). +* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and + `blank-at-eof`. +* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as + part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space` + does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return + is not a whitespace (not enabled by default). +* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this + is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent` + errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63. + +core.fsyncObjectFiles:: + This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files. ++ +This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders +data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use +journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata +and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback"). + +core.preloadIndex:: + Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff' ++ +This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially +on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus +relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the +index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing +overlapping IO's. Defaults to true. + +core.createObject:: + You can set this to 'link', in which case a hardlink followed by + a delete of the source are used to make sure that object creation + will not overwrite existing objects. ++ +On some file system/operating system combinations, this is unreliable. +Set this config setting to 'rename' there; However, This will remove the +check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten. + +core.notesRef:: + When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in + the given ref. The ref must be fully qualified. If the given + ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no + notes should be printed. ++ +This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by +the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable. See linkgit:git-notes[1]. + +core.sparseCheckout:: + Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in + linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. + +core.abbrev:: + Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If + unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is + computed based on the approximate number of packed objects + in your repository, which hopefully is enough for + abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time. + The minimum length is 4. + +add.ignoreErrors:: +add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: + Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be + added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the `--ignore-errors` + option of linkgit:git-add[1]. `add.ignore-errors` is deprecated, + as it does not follow the usual naming convention for configuration + variables. + +alias.*:: + Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g. + after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation + "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid + confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that + hide existing Git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by + spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported. + A quote pair or a backslash can be used to quote them. ++ +If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point, +it will be treated as a shell command. For example, defining +"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation +"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command +"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD". Note that shell commands will be +executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may +not necessarily be the current directory. +`GIT_PREFIX` is set as returned by running 'git rev-parse --show-prefix' +from the original current directory. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. + +am.keepcr:: + If true, git-am will call git-mailsplit for patches in mbox format + with parameter `--keep-cr`. In this case git-mailsplit will + not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`. Can be overridden + by giving `--no-keep-cr` from the command line. + See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1]. + +am.threeWay:: + By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When + set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if + the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and + we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way` + option from the command line). Defaults to `false`. + See linkgit:git-am[1]. + +apply.ignoreWhitespace:: + When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in + whitespace, in the same way as the `--ignore-space-change` + option. + When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git apply' to + respect all whitespace differences. + See linkgit:git-apply[1]. + +apply.whitespace:: + Tells 'git apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way + as the `--whitespace` option. See linkgit:git-apply[1]. + +blame.showRoot:: + Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1]. + This option defaults to false. + +blame.blankBoundary:: + Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in + linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false. + +blame.showEmail:: + Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1]. + This option defaults to false. + +blame.date:: + Specifies the format used to output dates in linkgit:git-blame[1]. + If unset the iso format is used. For supported values, + see the discussion of the `--date` option at linkgit:git-log[1]. + +branch.autoSetupMerge:: + Tells 'git branch' and 'git checkout' to set up new branches + so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from the + starting point branch. Note that even if this option is not set, + this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track` + and `--no-track` options. The valid settings are: `false` -- no + automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the + starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` -- + automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a + local branch or remote-tracking + branch. This option defaults to true. + +branch.autoSetupRebase:: + When a new branch is created with 'git branch' or 'git checkout' + that tracks another branch, this variable tells Git to set + up pull to rebase instead of merge (see "branch.<name>.rebase"). + When `never`, rebase is never automatically set to true. + When `local`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of + other local branches. + When `remote`, rebase is set to true for tracked branches of + remote-tracking branches. + When `always`, rebase will be set to true for all tracking + branches. + See "branch.autoSetupMerge" for details on how to set up a + branch to track another branch. + This option defaults to never. + +branch.<name>.remote:: + When on branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' and 'git push' + which remote to fetch from/push to. The remote to push to + may be overridden with `remote.pushDefault` (for all branches). + The remote to push to, for the current branch, may be further + overridden by `branch.<name>.pushRemote`. If no remote is + configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to + `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushDefault` for pushing. + Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository + (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below. + +branch.<name>.pushRemote:: + When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for + pushing. It also overrides `remote.pushDefault` for pushing + from branch <name>. When you pull from one place (e.g. your + upstream) and push to another place (e.g. your own publishing + repository), you would want to set `remote.pushDefault` to + specify the remote to push to for all branches, and use this + option to override it for a specific branch. + +branch.<name>.merge:: + Defines, together with branch.<name>.remote, the upstream branch + for the given branch. It tells 'git fetch'/'git pull'/'git rebase' which + branch to merge and can also affect 'git push' (see push.default). + When in branch <name>, it tells 'git fetch' the default + refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is + handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a + ref which is fetched from the remote given by + "branch.<name>.remote". + The merge information is used by 'git pull' (which at first calls + 'git fetch') to lookup the default branch for merging. Without + this option, 'git pull' defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. + Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. + If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from + another branch in the local repository, you can point + branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path + setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. + +branch.<name>.mergeOptions:: + Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and + supported options are the same as those of linkgit:git-merge[1], but + option values containing whitespace characters are currently not + supported. + +branch.<name>.rebase:: + When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch, + instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when + "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non + branch-specific manner. ++ +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). + +branch.<name>.description:: + Branch description, can be edited with + `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is + automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or + request-pull summary. + +browser.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The + specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed + as arguments. (See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1].) + +browser.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool that may be used to + browse HTML help (see `-w` option in linkgit:git-help[1]) or a + working repository in gitweb (see linkgit:git-instaweb[1]). + +clean.requireForce:: + A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, + -i or -n. Defaults to true. + +color.branch:: + A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of + linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, + `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). + +color.branch.<slot>:: + Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of + `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), + `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/), + `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other + refs). + +color.diff:: + Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches. + If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1], + linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color + for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those + commands will only use color when output is to the terminal. + If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by + default). ++ +This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the +'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the +command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option. + +diff.colorMoved:: + If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines + in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes + see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to + true the default color mode will be used. When set to false, + moved lines are not colored. + +color.diff.<slot>:: + Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies + which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one + of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym), + `meta` (metainformation), `frag` + (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), + `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace` + (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines), + `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`, + `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative` + and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>' + setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details). + +color.decorate.<slot>:: + Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one + of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local + branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively. + +color.grep:: + When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or + `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only + when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). + +color.grep.<slot>:: + Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which + part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of ++ +-- +`context`;; + non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`) +`filename`;; + filename prefix (when not using `-h`) +`function`;; + function name lines (when using `-p`) +`linenumber`;; + line number prefix (when using `-n`) +`match`;; + matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`) +`matchContext`;; + matching text in context lines +`matchSelected`;; + matching text in selected lines +`selected`;; + non-matching text in selected lines +`separator`;; + separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`) + and between hunks (`--`) +-- + +color.interactive:: + When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts + and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and + "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never. + When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is + to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is + used (`auto` by default). + +color.interactive.<slot>:: + Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean + --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help` + or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from + interactive commands. + +color.pager:: + A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in + use (default is true). + +color.showBranch:: + A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of + linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`, + `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). + +color.status:: + A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of + linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`, + `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used + only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the + value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). + +color.status.<slot>:: + Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is + one of `header` (the header text of the status message), + `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed), + `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index), + `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git), + `branch` (the current branch), + `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting + to red), + `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names, + respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the + status short-format), or + `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes). + +color.ui:: + This variable determines the default value for variables such + as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color + per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn + configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it + to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use + color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration + or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all + output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to + `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you + want such output to use color when written to the terminal. + +column.ui:: + Specify whether supported commands should output in columns. + This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces + or commas: ++ +These options control when the feature should be enabled +(defaults to 'never'): ++ +-- +`always`;; + always show in columns +`never`;; + never show in columns +`auto`;; + show in columns if the output is to the terminal +-- ++ +These options control layout (defaults to 'column'). Setting any +of these implies 'always' if none of 'always', 'never', or 'auto' are +specified. ++ +-- +`column`;; + fill columns before rows +`row`;; + fill rows before columns +`plain`;; + show in one column +-- ++ +Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option (defaults +to 'nodense'): ++ +-- +`dense`;; + make unequal size columns to utilize more space +`nodense`;; + make equal size columns +-- + +column.branch:: + Specify whether to output branch listing in `git branch` in columns. + See `column.ui` for details. + +column.clean:: + Specify the layout when list items in `git clean -i`, which always + shows files and directories in columns. See `column.ui` for details. + +column.status:: + Specify whether to output untracked files in `git status` in columns. + See `column.ui` for details. + +column.tag:: + Specify whether to output tag listing in `git tag` in columns. + See `column.ui` for details. + +commit.cleanup:: + This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in + `git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the + default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin + with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you + would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will + have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log + template yourself, if you do this). + +commit.gpgSign:: + + A boolean to specify whether all commits should be GPG signed. + Use of this option when doing operations such as rebase can + result in a large number of commits being signed. It may be + convenient to use an agent to avoid typing your GPG passphrase + several times. + +commit.status:: + A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the + commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit + message. Defaults to true. + +commit.template:: + Specify the pathname of a file to use as the template for + new commit messages. + +commit.verbose:: + A boolean or int to specify the level of verbose with `git commit`. + See linkgit:git-commit[1]. + +credential.helper:: + Specify an external helper to be called when a username or + password credential is needed; the helper may consult external + storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. Note + that multiple helpers may be defined. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] + for details. + +credential.useHttpPath:: + When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http + or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See + linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. + +credential.username:: + If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username + by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and + linkgit:gitcredentials[7]. + +credential.<url>.*:: + Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to + some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username" + would set the default username only for https connections to + example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are + matched. + +credentialCache.ignoreSIGHUP:: + Tell git-credential-cache--daemon to ignore SIGHUP, instead of quitting. + +include::diff-config.txt[] + +difftool.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case + your tool is not in the PATH. + +difftool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. + The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following + variables available: 'LOCAL' is set to the name of the temporary + file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and 'REMOTE' + is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents + of the diff post-image. + +difftool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. + +fastimport.unpackLimit:: + If the number of objects imported by linkgit:git-fast-import[1] + is below this limit, then the objects will be unpacked into + loose object files. However if the number of imported objects + equals or exceeds this limit then the pack will be stored as a + pack. Storing the pack from a fast-import can make the import + operation complete faster, especially on slow filesystems. If + not set, the value of `transfer.unpackLimit` is used instead. + +fetch.recurseSubmodules:: + This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'. + Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to + unconditionally recurse into submodules when set to true or to not + recurse at all when set to false. When set to 'on-demand' (the default + value), fetch and pull will only recurse into a populated submodule + when its superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's + reference. + +fetch.fsckObjects:: + If it is set to true, git-fetch-pack will check all fetched + objects. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a + broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. + +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. + +fetch.prune:: + If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune` + option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`. + +fetch.output:: + Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are + `full` and `compact`. Default value is `full`. See section + OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for detail. + +format.attach:: + Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for + 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string + which will enable attachments as the default and set the + value as the boundary. See the --attach option in + linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.from:: + Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch. + Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false, + format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in + the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to + `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch + mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if + different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that + value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false. + +format.numbered:: + A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch + subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there + is more than one patch. It can be enabled or disabled for all + messages by setting it to "true" or "false". See --numbered + option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.headers:: + Additional email headers to include in a patch to be submitted + by mail. See linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.to:: +format.cc:: + Additional recipients to include in a patch to be submitted + by mail. See the --to and --cc options in + linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + +format.subjectPrefix:: + The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' + subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. + +format.signature:: + The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing + the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default. + Set this variable to the empty string ("") to suppress + signature generation. + +format.signatureFile:: + Works just like format.signature except the contents of the + file specified by this variable will be used as the signature. + +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). + +format.pretty:: + The default pretty format for log/show/whatchanged command, + See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. + +format.thread:: + The default threading style for 'git format-patch'. Can be + a boolean value, or `shallow` or `deep`. `shallow` threading + makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the + `--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. + `deep` threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false + value disables threading. + +format.signOff:: + A boolean value which lets you enable the `-s/--signoff` option of + format-patch by default. *Note:* Adding the Signed-off-by: line to a + patch should be a conscious act and means that you certify you have + the rights to submit this work under the same open source license. + Please see the 'SubmittingPatches' document for further discussion. + +format.coverLetter:: + A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when + format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to + generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch. + +format.outputDirectory:: + Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the + current working directory. + +format.useAutoBase:: + A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of + format-patch by default. + +filter.<driver>.clean:: + The command which is used to convert the content of a worktree + file to a blob upon checkin. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for + details. + +filter.<driver>.smudge:: + The command which is used to convert the content of a blob + object to a worktree file upon checkout. See + linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. + +fsck.<msg-id>:: + Allows overriding the message type (error, warn or ignore) of a + specific message ID such as `missingEmail`. ++ +For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning with the message ID, +e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line - missing email" means +that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which cannot be repaired without disruptive changes. + +fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one 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. + +gc.aggressiveDepth:: + The depth parameter used in the delta compression + algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults + to 50. + +gc.aggressiveWindow:: + The window size parameter used in the delta compression + algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'. This defaults + to 250. + +gc.auto:: + 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. + +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 50. Setting this to 0 disables it. + +gc.autoDetach:: + Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background + if the system supports it. Default is true. + +gc.logExpiry:: + If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` won't run + unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is + "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its + value. + +gc.packRefs:: + Running `git pack-refs` in a repository renders it + unclonable by Git versions prior to 1.5.1.2 over dumb + transports such as HTTP. This variable determines whether + 'git gc' runs `git pack-refs`. This can be set to `notbare` + to enable it within all non-bare repos or it can be set to a + boolean value. The default is `true`. + +gc.pruneExpire:: + When 'git gc' is run, it will call 'prune --expire 2.weeks.ago'. + Override the grace period with this config variable. The value + "now" may be used to disable this grace period and always prune + unreachable objects immediately, or "never" may be used to + suppress pruning. This feature helps prevent corruption when + 'git gc' runs concurrently with another process writing to the + repository; see the "NOTES" section of linkgit:git-gc[1]. + +gc.worktreePruneExpire:: + When 'git gc' is run, it calls + 'git worktree prune --expire 3.months.ago'. + This config variable can be used to set a different grace + period. The value "now" may be used to disable the grace + period and prune `$GIT_DIR/worktrees` immediately, or "never" + may be used to suppress pruning. + +gc.reflogExpire:: +gc.<pattern>.reflogExpire:: + 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than + this time; defaults to 90 days. The value "now" expires all + entries immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration + altogether. With "<pattern>" (e.g. + "refs/stash") in the middle the setting applies only to + the refs that match the <pattern>. + +gc.reflogExpireUnreachable:: +gc.<pattern>.reflogExpireUnreachable:: + 'git reflog expire' removes reflog entries older than + this time and are not reachable from the current tip; + defaults to 30 days. The value "now" expires all entries + immediately, and "never" suppresses expiration altogether. + With "<pattern>" (e.g. "refs/stash") + in the middle, the setting applies only to the refs that + match the <pattern>. + +gc.rerereResolved:: + Records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are + kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. + You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc. + The default is 60 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. + +gc.rerereUnresolved:: + Records of conflicted merge you have not resolved are + kept for this many days when 'git rerere gc' is run. + You can also use more human-readable "1.month.ago", etc. + The default is 15 days. See linkgit:git-rerere[1]. + +gitcvs.commitMsgAnnotation:: + Append this string to each commit message. Set to empty string + to disable this feature. Defaults to "via git-CVS emulator". + +gitcvs.enabled:: + Whether the CVS server interface is enabled for this repository. + See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. + +gitcvs.logFile:: + Path to a log file where the CVS server interface well... logs + various stuff. See linkgit:git-cvsserver[1]. + +gitcvs.usecrlfattr:: + If true, the server will look up the end-of-line conversion + attributes for files to determine the `-k` modes to use. If + the attributes force Git to treat a file as text, + the `-k` mode will be left blank so CVS clients will + treat it as text. If they suppress text conversion, the file + will be set with '-kb' mode, which suppresses any newline munging + the client might otherwise do. If the attributes do not allow + the file type to be determined, then `gitcvs.allBinary` is + used. See linkgit:gitattributes[5]. + +gitcvs.allBinary:: + This is used if `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` does not resolve + the correct '-kb' mode to use. If true, all + unresolved files are sent to the client in + mode '-kb'. This causes the client to treat them + as binary files, which suppresses any newline munging it + otherwise might do. Alternatively, if it is set to "guess", + then the contents of the file are examined to decide if + it is binary, similar to `core.autocrlf`. + +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' + +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]. + +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). + +gitcvs.dbTableNamePrefix:: + Database table name prefix. Prepended to the names of any + database tables used, allowing a single database to be used + for several repositories. Supports variable substitution (see + linkgit:git-cvsserver[1] for details). Any non-alphabetic + characters will be replaced with underscores. + +All gitcvs variables except for `gitcvs.usecrlfattr` and +`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. + +gitweb.category:: +gitweb.description:: +gitweb.owner:: +gitweb.url:: + See linkgit:gitweb[1] for description. + +gitweb.avatar:: +gitweb.blame:: +gitweb.grep:: +gitweb.highlight:: +gitweb.patches:: +gitweb.pickaxe:: +gitweb.remote_heads:: +gitweb.showSizes:: +gitweb.snapshot:: + See linkgit:gitweb.conf[5] for description. + +grep.lineNumber:: + If set to true, enable `-n` option by default. + +grep.patternType:: + Set the default matching behavior. Using a value of 'basic', 'extended', + 'fixed', or 'perl' will enable the `--basic-regexp`, `--extended-regexp`, + `--fixed-strings`, or `--perl-regexp` option accordingly, while the + value 'default' will return to the default matching behavior. + +grep.extendedRegexp:: + If set to true, enable `--extended-regexp` option by default. This + option is ignored when the `grep.patternType` option is set to a value + other than 'default'. + +grep.threads:: + Number of grep worker threads to use. + See `grep.threads` in linkgit:git-grep[1] for more information. + +grep.fallbackToNoIndex:: + If set to true, fall back to git grep --no-index if git grep + is executed outside of a git repository. Defaults to false. + +gpg.program:: + Use this custom program instead of "`gpg`" found on `$PATH` when + making or verifying a PGP signature. The program must support the + same command-line interface as GPG, namely, to verify a detached + signature, "`gpg --verify $file - <$signature`" is run, and the + program is expected to signal a good signature by exiting with + code 0, and to generate an ASCII-armored detached signature, the + standard input of "`gpg -bsau $key`" is fed with the contents to be + signed, and the program is expected to send the result to its + standard output. + +gui.commitMsgWidth:: + Defines how wide the commit message window is in the + linkgit:git-gui[1]. "75" is the default. + +gui.diffContext:: + Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff + made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5". + +gui.displayUntracked:: + Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] shows untracked files + in the file list. The default is "true". + +gui.encoding:: + Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of + file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1]. + It can be overridden by setting the 'encoding' attribute + for relevant files (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). + If this option is not set, the tools default to the + locale encoding. + +gui.matchTrackingBranch:: + Determines if new branches created with linkgit:git-gui[1] should + default to tracking remote branches with matching names or + not. Default: "false". + +gui.newBranchTemplate:: + Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the + linkgit:git-gui[1]. + +gui.pruneDuringFetch:: + "true" if linkgit:git-gui[1] should prune remote-tracking branches when + performing a fetch. The default value is "false". + +gui.trustmtime:: + Determines if linkgit:git-gui[1] should trust the file modification + timestamp or not. By default the timestamps are not trusted. + +gui.spellingDictionary:: + Specifies the dictionary used for spell checking commit messages in + the linkgit:git-gui[1]. When set to "none" spell checking is turned + off. + +gui.fastCopyBlame:: + If true, 'git gui blame' uses `-C` instead of `-C -C` for original + location detection. It makes blame significantly faster on huge + repositories at the expense of less thorough copy detection. + +gui.copyBlameThreshold:: + Specifies the threshold to use in 'git gui blame' original location + detection, measured in alphanumeric characters. See the + linkgit:git-blame[1] manual for more information on copy detection. + +gui.blamehistoryctx:: + Specifies the radius of history context in days to show in + linkgit:gitk[1] for the selected commit, when the `Show History + Context` menu item is invoked from 'git gui blame'. If this + variable is set to zero, the whole history is shown. + +guitool.<name>.cmd:: + Specifies the shell command line to execute when the corresponding item + of the linkgit:git-gui[1] `Tools` menu is invoked. This option is + mandatory for every tool. The command is executed from the root of + the working directory, and in the environment it receives the name of + the tool as `GIT_GUITOOL`, the name of the currently selected file as + 'FILENAME', and the name of the current branch as 'CUR_BRANCH' (if + the head is detached, 'CUR_BRANCH' is empty). + +guitool.<name>.needsFile:: + Run the tool only if a diff is selected in the GUI. It guarantees + that 'FILENAME' is not empty. + +guitool.<name>.noConsole:: + Run the command silently, without creating a window to display its + output. + +guitool.<name>.noRescan:: + Don't rescan the working directory for changes after the tool + finishes execution. + +guitool.<name>.confirm:: + Show a confirmation dialog before actually running the tool. + +guitool.<name>.argPrompt:: + Request a string argument from the user, and pass it to the tool + through the `ARGS` environment variable. Since requesting an + argument implies confirmation, the 'confirm' option has no effect + if this is enabled. If the option is set to 'true', 'yes', or '1', + the dialog uses a built-in generic prompt; otherwise the exact + value of the variable is used. + +guitool.<name>.revPrompt:: + Request a single valid revision from the user, and set the + `REVISION` environment variable. In other aspects this option + is similar to 'argPrompt', and can be used together with it. + +guitool.<name>.revUnmerged:: + Show only unmerged branches in the 'revPrompt' subdialog. + This is useful for tools similar to merge or rebase, but not + for things like checkout or reset. + +guitool.<name>.title:: + Specifies the title to use for the prompt dialog. The default + is the tool name. + +guitool.<name>.prompt:: + Specifies the general prompt string to display at the top of + the dialog, before subsections for 'argPrompt' and 'revPrompt'. + The default value includes the actual command. + +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. + +help.autoCorrect:: + Automatically correct and execute mistyped commands after + waiting for the given number of deciseconds (0.1 sec). If more + than one command can be deduced from the entered text, nothing + will be executed. If the value of this option is negative, + the corrected command will be executed immediately. If the + value is 0 - the command will be just shown but not executed. + This is the default. + +help.htmlPath:: + Specify the path where the HTML documentation resides. File system paths + and URLs are supported. HTML pages will be prefixed with this path when + help is displayed in the 'web' format. This defaults to the documentation + path of your Git installation. + +http.proxy:: + Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy', + 'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see `curl(1)`). In + addition to the syntax understood by curl, it is possible to specify a + proxy string with a user name but no password, in which case git will + attempt to acquire one in the same way it does for other credentials. See + linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information. The syntax thus is + '[protocol://][user[:password]@]proxyhost[:port]'. This can be overridden + on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy + +http.proxyAuthMethod:: + Set the method with which to authenticate against the HTTP proxy. This + only takes effect if the configured proxy string contains a user name part + (i.e. is of the form 'user@host' or 'user@host:port'). This can be + overridden on a per-remote basis; see `remote.<name>.proxyAuthMethod`. + Both can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_PROXY_AUTHMETHOD` environment + variable. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `anyauth` - Automatically pick a suitable authentication method. It is + assumed that the proxy answers an unauthenticated request with a 407 + status code and one or more Proxy-authenticate headers with supported + authentication methods. This is the default. +* `basic` - HTTP Basic authentication +* `digest` - HTTP Digest authentication; this prevents the password from being + transmitted to the proxy in clear text +* `negotiate` - GSS-Negotiate authentication (compare the --negotiate option + of `curl(1)`) +* `ntlm` - NTLM authentication (compare the --ntlm option of `curl(1)`) +-- + +http.emptyAuth:: + Attempt authentication without seeking a username or password. This + can be used to attempt GSS-Negotiate authentication without specifying + a username in the URL, as libcurl normally requires a username for + authentication. + +http.delegation:: + Control GSSAPI credential delegation. The delegation is disabled + by default in libcurl since version 7.21.7. Set parameter to tell + the server what it is allowed to delegate when it comes to user + credentials. Used with GSS/kerberos. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `none` - Don't allow any delegation. +* `policy` - Delegates if and only if the OK-AS-DELEGATE flag is set in the + Kerberos service ticket, which is a matter of realm policy. +* `always` - Unconditionally allow the server to delegate. +-- + + +http.extraHeader:: + Pass an additional HTTP header when communicating with a server. If + more than one such entry exists, all of them are added as extra + headers. To allow overriding the settings inherited from the system + config, an empty value will reset the extra headers to the empty list. + +http.cookieFile:: + The pathname of a file containing previously stored cookie lines, + which should be used + in the Git http session, if they match the server. The file format + of the file to read cookies from should be plain HTTP headers or + the Netscape/Mozilla cookie file format (see `curl(1)`). + NOTE that the file specified with http.cookieFile is used only as + input unless http.saveCookies is set. + +http.saveCookies:: + If set, store cookies received during requests to the file specified by + http.cookieFile. Has no effect if http.cookieFile is unset. + +http.sslVersion:: + The SSL version to use when negotiating an SSL connection, if you + want to force the default. The available and default version + depend on whether libcurl was built against NSS or OpenSSL and the + particular configuration of the crypto library in use. Internally + this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_VERSION' option; see the libcurl + documentation for more details on the format of this option and + for the ssl version supported. Actually the possible values of + this option are: + + - sslv2 + - sslv3 + - tlsv1 + - tlsv1.0 + - tlsv1.1 + - tlsv1.2 + ++ +Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_VERSION` environment variable. +To force git to use libcurl's default ssl version and ignore any +explicit http.sslversion option, set `GIT_SSL_VERSION` to the +empty string. + +http.sslCipherList:: + A list of SSL ciphers to use when negotiating an SSL connection. + The available ciphers depend on whether libcurl was built against + NSS or OpenSSL and the particular configuration of the crypto + library in use. Internally this sets the 'CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST' + option; see the libcurl documentation for more details on the format + of this list. ++ +Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` environment variable. +To force git to use libcurl's default cipher list and ignore any +explicit http.sslCipherList option, set `GIT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` to the +empty string. + +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.sslCertPasswordProtected:: + Enable Git's password prompt for the SSL certificate. Otherwise + OpenSSL will prompt the user, possibly many times, if the + certificate or private key is encrypted. Can be overridden by the + `GIT_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_PROTECTED` 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.pinnedpubkey:: + Public key of the https service. It may either be the filename of + a PEM or DER encoded public key file or a string starting with + 'sha256//' followed by the base64 encoded sha256 hash of the + public key. See also libcurl 'CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY'. git will + exit with an error if this option is set but not supported by + cURL. + +http.sslTry:: + Attempt to use AUTH SSL/TLS and encrypted data transfers + when connecting via regular FTP protocol. This might be needed + if the FTP server requires it for security reasons or you wish + to connect securely whenever remote FTP server supports it. + Default is false since it might trigger certificate verification + errors on misconfigured servers. + +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.minSessions:: + The number of curl sessions (counted across slots) to be kept across + requests. They will not be ended with curl_easy_cleanup() until + http_cleanup() is invoked. If USE_CURL_MULTI is not defined, this + value will be capped at 1. Defaults to 1. + +http.postBuffer:: + Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP + transports when POSTing data to the remote system. + For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and + Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a + massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is + sufficient for most requests. + +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). + +http.userAgent:: + The HTTP USER_AGENT string presented to an HTTP server. The default + value represents the version of the client Git such as git/1.7.1. + This option allows you to override this value to a more common value + such as Mozilla/4.0. This may be necessary, for instance, if + connecting through a firewall that restricts HTTP connections to a set + of common USER_AGENT strings (but not including those like git/1.7.1). + Can be overridden by the `GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT` environment variable. + +http.followRedirects:: + Whether git should follow HTTP redirects. If set to `true`, git + will transparently follow any redirect issued by a server it + encounters. If set to `false`, git will treat all redirects as + errors. If set to `initial`, git will follow redirects only for + the initial request to a remote, but not for subsequent + follow-up HTTP requests. Since git uses the redirected URL as + the base for the follow-up requests, this is generally + sufficient. The default is `initial`. + +http.<url>.*:: + Any of the http.* options above can be applied selectively to some URLs. + For a config key to match a URL, each element of the config key is + compared to that of the URL, in the following order: ++ +-- +. Scheme (e.g., `https` in `https://example.com/`). This field + must match exactly between the config key and the URL. + +. Host/domain name (e.g., `example.com` in `https://example.com/`). + This field must match between the config key and the URL. It is + possible to specify a `*` as part of the host name to match all subdomains + at this level. `https://*.example.com/` for example would match + `https://foo.example.com/`, but not `https://foo.bar.example.com/`. + +. Port number (e.g., `8080` in `http://example.com:8080/`). + This field must match exactly between the config key and the URL. + Omitted port numbers are automatically converted to the correct + default for the scheme before matching. + +. Path (e.g., `repo.git` in `https://example.com/repo.git`). The + path field of the config key must match the path field of the URL + either exactly or as a prefix of slash-delimited path elements. This means + a config key with path `foo/` matches URL path `foo/bar`. A prefix can only + match on a slash (`/`) boundary. Longer matches take precedence (so a config + key with path `foo/bar` is a better match to URL path `foo/bar` than a config + key with just path `foo/`). + +. User name (e.g., `user` in `https://user@example.com/repo.git`). If + the config key has a user name it must match the user name in the + URL exactly. If the config key does not have a user name, that + config key will match a URL with any user name (including none), + but at a lower precedence than a config key with a user name. +-- ++ +The list above is ordered by decreasing precedence; a URL that matches +a config key's path is preferred to one that matches its user name. For example, +if the URL is `https://user@example.com/foo/bar` a config key match of +`https://example.com/foo` will be preferred over a config key match of +`https://user@example.com`. ++ +All URLs are normalized before attempting any matching (the password part, +if embedded in the URL, is always ignored for matching purposes) so that +equivalent URLs that are simply spelled differently will match properly. +Environment variable settings always override any matches. The URLs that are +matched against are those given directly to Git commands. This means any URLs +visited as a result of a redirection do not participate in matching. + +ssh.variant:: + Depending on the value of the environment variables `GIT_SSH` or + `GIT_SSH_COMMAND`, or the config setting `core.sshCommand`, Git + auto-detects whether to adjust its command-line parameters for use + with plink or tortoiseplink, as opposed to the default (OpenSSH). ++ +The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this auto-detection; +valid values are `ssh`, `plink`, `putty` or `tortoiseplink`. Any other value +will be treated as normal ssh. This setting can be overridden via the +environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. + +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. + +imap:: + The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described + in linkgit:git-imap-send[1]. + +index.version:: + Specify the version with which new index files should be + initialized. This does not affect existing repositories. + +init.templateDir:: + Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. + (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].) + +instaweb.browser:: + Specify the program that will be used to browse your working + repository in gitweb. See linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. + +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 default module path for linkgit:git-instaweb[1] to use + instead of /usr/lib/apache2/modules. Only used if httpd + is Apache. + +instaweb.port:: + The port number to bind the gitweb httpd to. See + linkgit:git-instaweb[1]. + +interactive.singleKey:: + In interactive commands, allow the user to provide one-letter + input with a single key (i.e., without hitting enter). + Currently this is used by the `--patch` mode of + linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1], + linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this + setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input + is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey. + +interactive.diffFilter:: + When an interactive command (such as `git add --patch`) shows + a colorized diff, git will pipe the diff through the shell + command defined by this configuration variable. The command may + mark up the diff further for human consumption, provided that it + retains a one-to-one correspondence with the lines in the + original diff. Defaults to disabled (no filtering). + +log.abbrevCommit:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--abbrev-commit`. You may + override this option with `--no-abbrev-commit`. + +log.date:: + Set the default date-time mode for the 'log' command. + Setting a value for log.date is similar to using 'git log''s + `--date` option. See linkgit:git-log[1] for details. + +log.decorate:: + Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown by the log + command. If 'short' is specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', + 'refs/tags/' and 'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is + specified, the full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. + If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, + the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref + names are shown. This is the same as the `--decorate` option + of the `git log`. + +log.follow:: + If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when + a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`, + i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well + on non-linear history. + +log.graphColors:: + A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw + history lines in `git log --graph`. + +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. + +log.showSignature:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--show-signature`. + +log.mailmap:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and + linkgit:git-whatchanged[1] assume `--use-mailmap`. + +mailinfo.scissors:: + If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore + linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option + was provided on the command-line. When active, this features + removes everything from the message body before a scissors + line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-"). + +mailmap.file:: + The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default + mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded + first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable. + The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository + subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself. + See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1]. + +mailmap.blob:: + Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a + blob in the repository. If both `mailmap.file` and + `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed, with entries from + `mailmap.file` taking precedence. In a bare repository, this + defaults to `HEAD:.mailmap`. In a non-bare repository, it + defaults to empty. + +man.viewer:: + Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the + 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. + +man.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The + specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page + passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].) + +man.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool that may be used to + display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. + +include::merge-config.txt[] + +mergetool.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case + your tool is not in the PATH. + +mergetool.<tool>.cmd:: + Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. The + specified command is evaluated in shell with the following + variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file + containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available; + 'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of + the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary + file containing the contents of the file from the branch being + merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge + tool should write the results of a successful merge. + +mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode:: + For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of + the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was + successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file + timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful + if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to + indicate the success of the merge. + +mergetool.meld.hasOutput:: + Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option. + Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output` + by inspecting the output of `meld --help`. Configuring + `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and + use the configured value instead. Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` + to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option, + and `false` avoids using `--output`. + +mergetool.keepBackup:: + After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers + can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension. If this variable + is set to `false` then this file is not preserved. Defaults to + `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). + +mergetool.keepTemporaries:: + When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary + files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this + variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be + preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has + exited. Defaults to `false`. + +mergetool.writeToTemp:: + Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of + conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt + to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`. + Defaults to `false`. + +mergetool.prompt:: + Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + +notes.mergeStrategy:: + Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes + conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or + `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" + section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy. + +notes.<name>.mergeStrategy:: + Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into + refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general + "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section in + linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on the available strategies. + +notes.displayRef:: + The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when + showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set + to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be + shown. You may also specify this configuration variable + several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not + exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently + ignored. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` +environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or +globs. ++ +The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by +GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be +displayed. + +notes.rewrite.<command>:: + When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or + `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, Git + automatically copies your notes from the original to the + rewritten commit. Defaults to `true`, but see + "notes.rewriteRef" below. + +notes.rewriteMode:: + When copying notes during a rewrite (see the + "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if + the target commit already has a note. Must be one of + `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`. + Defaults to `concatenate`. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE` +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteRef:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully + qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. The ref may be a + glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied. + You may also specify this configuration several times. ++ +Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to +enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable +rewriting for the default commit notes. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF` +environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or +globs. + +pack.window:: + The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no + window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10. + +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 maximum size of memory that is consumed by each thread + in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for pack window memory when + no limit is given on the command line. The value can be + suffixed with "k", "m", or "g". When left unconfigured (or + set explicitly to 0), there will be 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)." ++ +Note that changing the compression level will not automatically recompress +all existing objects. You can force recompression by passing the -F option +to linkgit:git-repack[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. + This cache is used to speed up the writing object phase by not + having to recompute the final delta result once the best match + for all objects is found. Repacking large repositories on machines + which are tight with memory might be badly impacted by this though, + especially if this cache pushes the system into swapping. + A value of 0 means no limit. The smallest size of 1 byte may be + used to virtually disable this cache. Defaults to 256 MiB. + +pack.deltaCacheLimit:: + The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in + linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. This cache is used to speed up the + writing object phase by not having to recompute the final delta + result once the best match for all objects is found. 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. + Specifying 0 will cause Git to auto-detect the number of CPU's + and set the number of threads accordingly. + +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 the default. Note that version 2 is enforced + and this config option ignored whenever the corresponding pack is + larger than 2 GB. ++ +If you have an old Git that does not understand the version 2 `*.idx` file, +cloning or fetching over a non native protocol (e.g. "http") +that will copy both `*.pack` file and corresponding `*.idx` file from the +other side may give you a repository that cannot be accessed with your +older version of Git. If the `*.pack` file is smaller than 2 GB, however, +you can use linkgit:git-index-pack[1] on the *.pack file to regenerate +the `*.idx` file. + +pack.packSizeLimit:: + The maximum size of a pack. This setting only affects + packing to a file when repacking, i.e. the git:// protocol + is unaffected. It can be overridden by the `--max-pack-size` + option of linkgit:git-repack[1]. Reaching this limit results + in the creation of multiple packfiles; which in turn prevents + bitmaps from being created. + The minimum size allowed is limited to 1 MiB. + The default is unlimited. + Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are + supported. + +pack.useBitmaps:: + When true, git will use pack bitmaps (if available) when packing + to stdout (e.g., during the server side of a fetch). Defaults to + true. You should not generally need to turn this off unless + you are debugging pack bitmaps. + +pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated):: + This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`. + +pack.writeBitmapHashCache:: + When true, git will include a "hash cache" section in the bitmap + index (if one is written). This cache can be used to feed git's + delta heuristics, potentially leading to better deltas between + bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch + between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been + pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4 + bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap + implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if + Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false. + +pager.<cmd>:: + If the value is boolean, turns on or off pagination of the + output of a particular Git subcommand when writing to a tty. + Otherwise, turns on pagination for the subcommand using the + pager specified by the value of `pager.<cmd>`. If `--paginate` + or `--no-pager` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. To disable pagination for all + commands, set `core.pager` or `GIT_PAGER` to `cat`. + +pretty.<name>:: + Alias for a --pretty= format string, as specified in + linkgit:git-log[1]. Any aliases defined here can be used just + as the built-in pretty formats could. For example, + running `git config pretty.changelog "format:* %H %s"` + would cause the invocation `git log --pretty=changelog` + to be equivalent to running `git log "--pretty=format:* %H %s"`. + Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format + will be silently ignored. + +protocol.allow:: + If set, provide a user defined default policy for all protocols which + don't explicitly have a policy (`protocol.<name>.allow`). By default, + if unset, known-safe protocols (http, https, git, ssh, file) have a + default policy of `always`, known-dangerous protocols (ext) have a + default policy of `never`, and all other protocols have a default + policy of `user`. Supported policies: ++ +-- + +* `always` - protocol is always able to be used. + +* `never` - protocol is never able to be used. + +* `user` - protocol is only able to be used when `GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER` is + either unset or has a value of 1. This policy should be used when you want a + protocol to be directly usable by the user but don't want it used by commands which + execute clone/fetch/push commands without user input, e.g. recursive + submodule initialization. + +-- + +protocol.<name>.allow:: + Set a policy to be used by protocol `<name>` with clone/fetch/push + commands. See `protocol.allow` above for the available policies. ++ +The protocol names currently used by git are: ++ +-- + - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs, + or local paths) + + - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP + connection (or proxy, if configured) + + - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax, + `ssh://`, etc). + + - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http". + Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want to configure + both, you must do so individually. + + - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use + `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper) +-- + +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 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. + +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. + +* `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'. + +rebase.stat:: + Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last + rebase. False by default. + +rebase.autoSquash:: + If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default. + +rebase.autoStash:: + When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash entry + before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation + ends. This means that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree. + However, use with care: the final stash application after a + successful rebase might result in non-trivial conflicts. + Defaults to false. + +rebase.missingCommitsCheck:: + If set to "warn", git rebase -i will print a warning if some + commits are removed (e.g. a line was deleted), however the + rebase will still proceed. If set to "error", it will print + the previous warning and stop the rebase, 'git rebase + --edit-todo' can then be used to correct the error. If set to + "ignore", no checking is done. + To drop a commit without warning or error, use the `drop` + command in the todo-list. + Defaults to "ignore". + +rebase.instructionFormat:: + A format string, as specified in linkgit:git-log[1], to be used for + the instruction list during an interactive rebase. The format will automatically + have the long commit hash prepended to the format. + +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. It will abort in the case of a malformed object or a + broken link. The result of an abort are only dangling objects. + Defaults to false. If not set, the value of `transfer.fsckObjects` + is used instead. + +receive.fsck.<msg-id>:: + When `receive.fsckObjects` is set to true, errors can be switched + to warnings and vice versa by configuring the `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` + setting where the `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value + is one of `error`, `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes + the error/warning with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid + author/committer line - missing email" means that setting + `receive.fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will hide that issue. ++ +This feature is intended to support working with legacy repositories +which would not pass pushing when `receive.fsckObjects = true`, allowing +the host to accept repositories with certain known issues but still catch +other issues. + +receive.fsck.skipList:: + The path to a sorted list of object names (i.e. one 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. + +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. + +remote.pushDefault:: + The remote to push to by default. Overrides + `branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by + `branch.<name>.pushRemote` for specific branches. + +remote.<name>.url:: + The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or + linkgit:git-push[1]. + +remote.<name>.pushurl:: + The push URL of a remote repository. See 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>.proxyAuthMethod:: + For remotes that require curl (http, https and ftp), the method to use for + authenticating against the proxy in use (probably set in + `remote.<name>.proxy`). See `http.proxyAuthMethod`. + +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>.mirror:: + If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave + as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line. + +remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate:: + If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating + using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of + linkgit:git-remote[1]. + +remote.<name>.skipFetchAll:: + If true, this remote will be skipped by default when updating + using linkgit:git-fetch[1] or the `update` subcommand of + linkgit:git-remote[1]. + +remote.<name>.receivepack:: + The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See + option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1]. + +remote.<name>.uploadpack:: + The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See + option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. + +remote.<name>.tagOpt:: + Setting this value to --no-tags disables automatic tag following when + fetching from remote <name>. Setting it to --tags will fetch every + tag from remote <name>, even if they are not reachable from remote + branch heads. Passing these flags directly to linkgit:git-fetch[1] can + override this setting. See options --tags and --no-tags of + linkgit:git-fetch[1]. + +remote.<name>.vcs:: + Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with + the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper. + +remote.<name>.prune:: + When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also + remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the + remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line). + Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any. + +remotes.<group>:: + The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update + <group>". See linkgit:git-remote[1]. + +repack.useDeltaBaseOffset:: + By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use + delta-base offset. If you need to share your repository with + Git older than version 1.4.4, either directly or via a dumb + protocol such as http, then you need to set this option to + "false" and repack. Access from old Git versions over the + native protocol are unaffected by this option. + +repack.packKeptObjects:: + If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if + `--pack-kept-objects` was passed. See linkgit:git-repack[1] for + details. Defaults to `false` normally, but `true` if a bitmap + index is being written (either via `--write-bitmap-index` or + `repack.writeBitmaps`). + +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 + index can speed up the "counting objects" phase of subsequent + packs created for clones and fetches, at the cost of some disk + space and extra time spent on the initial repack. This has + no effect if multiple packfiles are created. + Defaults to false. + +rerere.autoUpdate:: + When set to true, `git-rerere` updates the index with the + resulting contents after it cleanly resolves conflicts using + previously recorded resolution. Defaults to false. + +rerere.enabled:: + Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical + conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be + encountered again. By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is + enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the + `$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]. + +showbranch.default:: + The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. + See linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. + +splitIndex.maxPercentChange:: + When the split index feature is used, this specifies the + percent of entries the split index can contain compared to the + total number of entries in both the split index and the shared + index before a new shared index is written. + The value should be between 0 and 100. If the value is 0 then + a new shared index is always written, if it is 100 a new + shared index is never written. + By default the value is 20, so a new shared index is written + if the number of entries in the split index would be greater + than 20 percent of the total number of entries. + See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + +splitIndex.sharedIndexExpire:: + When the split index feature is used, shared index files that + were not modified since the time this variable specifies will + be removed when a new shared index file is created. The value + "now" expires all entries immediately, and "never" suppresses + expiration altogether. + The default value is "2.weeks.ago". + Note that a shared index file is considered modified (for the + purpose of expiration) each time a new split-index file is + either created based on it or read from it. + See linkgit:git-update-index[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). + +status.short:: + Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1]. + The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable. + +status.branch:: + Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1]. + The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable. + +status.displayCommentPrefix:: + If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will insert a comment + prefix before each output line (starting with + `core.commentChar`, i.e. `#` by default). This was the + behavior of linkgit:git-status[1] in Git 1.8.4 and previous. + Defaults to false. + +status.showStash:: + If set to true, linkgit:git-status[1] will display the number of + entries currently stashed away. + Defaults to false. + +status.showUntrackedFiles:: + By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show + files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which + contain only untracked files, are shown with the directory name + only. Showing untracked files means that Git needs to lstat() all + the files in the whole repository, which might be slow on some + systems. So, this variable controls how the commands displays + the untracked files. Possible values are: ++ +-- +* `no` - Show no untracked files. +* `normal` - Show untracked files and directories. +* `all` - Show also individual files in untracked directories. +-- ++ +If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'. +This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option +of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. + +status.submoduleSummary:: + Defaults to false. + If this is set to a non zero number or true (identical to -1 or an + unlimited number), the submodule summary will be enabled and a + summary of commits for modified submodules will be shown (see + --summary-limit option of linkgit:git-submodule[1]). Please note + that the summary output command will be suppressed for all + submodules when `diff.ignoreSubmodules` is set to 'all' or only + for those submodules where `submodule.<name>.ignore=all`. The only + exception to that rule is that status and commit will show staged + submodule changes. To + also view the summary for ignored submodules you can either use + the --ignore-submodules=dirty command-line option or the 'git + submodule summary' command, which shows a similar output but does + not honor these settings. + +stash.showPatch:: + If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an + option will show the stash entry in patch form. Defaults to false. + See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1]. + +stash.showStat:: + If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an + 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. + +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. + +submodule.recurse:: + Specifies if commands recurse into submodules by default. This + applies to all commands that have a `--recurse-submodules` option. + 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`. + +tag.forceSignAnnotated:: + A boolean to specify whether annotated tags created should be GPG signed. + If `--annotate` is specified on the command line, it takes + precedence over this option. + +tag.sort:: + This variable controls the sort ordering of tags when displayed by + linkgit:git-tag[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the + value of this variable will be used as the default. + +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]. + +transfer.fsckObjects:: + When `fetch.fsckObjects` or `receive.fsckObjects` are + not set, the value of this variable is used instead. + Defaults to false. + +transfer.hideRefs:: + String(s) `receive-pack` and `upload-pack` use to decide which + refs to omit from their initial advertisements. Use more than + one definition to specify multiple prefix strings. A ref that is + under the hierarchies listed in the value of this variable is + excluded, and is hidden when responding to `git push` or `git + fetch`. See `receive.hideRefs` and `uploadpack.hideRefs` for + program-specific versions of this config. ++ +You may also include a `!` in front of the ref name to negate the entry, +explicitly exposing it, even if an earlier entry marked it as hidden. +If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones +(and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones). ++ +If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each +reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns. +For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and +the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master` +is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and +`refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called +"have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of +the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first. ++ +Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target +objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the +linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to keep private data in a +separate 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. + +uploadarchive.allowUnreachable:: + If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request + any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the + discussion in the "SECURITY" section of + linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for more details. Defaults to + `false`. + +uploadpack.hideRefs:: + This variable is the same as `transfer.hideRefs`, but applies + only to `upload-pack` (and so affects only fetches, not pushes). + An attempt to fetch a hidden ref by `git fetch` will fail. See + also `uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant`. + +uploadpack.allowTipSHA1InWant:: + When `uploadpack.hideRefs` is in effect, allow `upload-pack` + to accept a fetch request that asks for an object at the tip + of a hidden ref (by default, such a request is rejected). + See also `uploadpack.hideRefs`. Even if this is false, a client + may be able to steal objects via the techniques described in the + "SECURITY" section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's + best to keep private data in a separate repository. + +uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant:: + Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for an + object that is reachable from any ref tip. However, note that + calculating object reachability is computationally expensive. + Defaults to `false`. Even if this is false, a client may be able + to steal objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" + section of the linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] man page; it's best to + keep private data in a separate repository. + +uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant:: + Allow `upload-pack` to accept a fetch request that asks for any + object at all. + Defaults to `false`. + +uploadpack.keepAlive:: + When `upload-pack` has started `pack-objects`, there may be a + quiet period while `pack-objects` prepares the pack. Normally + it would output progress information, but if `--quiet` was used + for the fetch, `pack-objects` will output nothing at all until + the pack data begins. Some clients and networks may consider + the server to be hung and give up. Setting this option instructs + `upload-pack` to send an empty keepalive packet every + `uploadpack.keepAlive` seconds. Setting this option to 0 + disables keepalive packets entirely. The default is 5 seconds. + +uploadpack.packObjectsHook:: + If this option is set, when `upload-pack` would run + `git pack-objects` to create a packfile for a client, it will + run this shell command instead. The `pack-objects` command and + arguments it _would_ have run (including the `git pack-objects` + at the beginning) are appended to the shell command. The stdin + and stdout of the hook are treated as if `pack-objects` itself + was run. I.e., `upload-pack` will feed input intended for + `pack-objects` to the hook, and expects a completed packfile on + stdout. ++ +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). + +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. When more than one + insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used. ++ +Note that any protocol restrictions will be applied to the rewritten +URL. If the rewrite changes the URL to use a custom protocol or remote +helper, you may need to adjust the `protocol.*.allow` config to permit +the request. In particular, protocols you expect to use for submodules +must be set to `always` rather than the default of `user`. See the +description of `protocol.allow` above. + +url.<base>.pushInsteadOf:: + Any URL that starts with this value will not be pushed to; + instead, it will be rewritten to start with <base>, and the + resulting URL will be pushed to. In cases where some site serves + a large number of repositories, and serves them with multiple + access methods, some of which do not allow push, this feature + allows people to specify a pull-only URL and have Git + automatically use an appropriate URL to push, even for a + never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one + pushInsteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is + used. If a remote has an explicit pushurl, Git will ignore this + setting for that remote. + +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.useConfigOnly:: + Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email` + and `user.name`, and instead retrieve the values only from the + configuration. For example, if you have multiple email addresses + and would like to use a different one for each repository, then + with this configuration option set to `true` in the global config + along with a name, Git will prompt you to set up an email before + making new commits in a newly cloned repository. + Defaults to `false`. + +user.signingKey:: + If linkgit:git-tag[1] or linkgit:git-commit[1] is not selecting the + key you want it to automatically when creating a signed tag or + commit, 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. + +versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated):: + Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if + `versionsort.suffix` is set. + +versionsort.suffix:: + Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames + with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted + lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing + after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This + variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags + with different suffixes. ++ +By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing +that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if +the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before +"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of +suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames +with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the +configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any +"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags +with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix +among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and +"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags +are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally +"v4.8-bfsX". ++ +If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will +be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in +the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at +that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the +longest of those suffixes. +The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are +in multiple config files. + +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. |