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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 41a9ff2b6a..d87846faa6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ 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 +the Git commands' behavior. The files `.git/config` and optionally +`config.worktree` (see `extensions.worktreeConfig` below) in each +repository are 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. @@ -287,2880 +288,152 @@ 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. +include::config/advice.txt[] -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. - checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName:: - Advice shown when the argument to - linkgit:git-checkout[1] ambiguously resolves to a - remote tracking branch on more than one remote in - situations where an unambiguous argument would have - otherwise caused a remote-tracking branch to be - checked out. See the `checkout.defaultRemote` - configuration variable for how to set a given remote - to used by default in some situations where this - advice would be printed. - 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 a hook is ignored because the hook is not - set as executable. - waitingForEditor:: - Print a message to the terminal whenever Git is waiting for - editor input from the user. --- - -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:: - Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable - Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, - like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. 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. -+ -Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating -and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior. - -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:: - When missing or is set to `default`, many fields in the stat - structure are checked to detect if a file has been modified - since Git looked at it. When this configuration variable is - set to `minimal`, sub-second part of mtime and ctime, the - uid and gid of the owner of the file, the inode number (and - the device number, if Git was compiled to use it), are - excluded from the check among these fields, leaving only the - whole-second part of mtime (and ctime, if `core.trustCtime` - is set) and the filesize to be checked. -+ -There are implementations of Git that do not leave usable values in -some fields (e.g. JGit); by excluding these fields from the -comparison, the `minimal` mode may help interoperability when the -same repository is used by these other systems at the same time. - -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.checkRoundtripEncoding:: - A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git - performs UTF-8 round trip checks on if they are used in an - `working-tree-encoding` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). - The default value is `SHIFT-JIS`. - -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.alternateRefsCommand:: - When advertising tips of available history from an alternate, use the shell to - execute the specified command instead of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. The - first argument is the absolute path of the alternate. Output must contain one - hex object id per line (i.e., the same as produced by `git for-each-ref - --format='%(objectname)'`). -+ -Note that you cannot generally put `git for-each-ref` directly into the config -value, as it does not take a repository path as an argument (but you can wrap -the command above in a shell script). - -core.alternateRefsPrefixes:: - When listing references from an alternate, list only references that begin - with the given prefix. Prefixes match as if they were given as arguments to - linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. To list multiple prefixes, separate them with - whitespace. If `core.alternateRefsCommand` is set, setting - `core.alternateRefsPrefixes` has no effect. - -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. +include::config/core.txt[] -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 '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. -+ -The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is -taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see -the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). -+ -This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to -centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a -per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized -alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed -default hooks. - -core.editor:: - Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit - messages by launching an editor use the value of this - variable when it is set, and the environment variable - `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. - -core.commentChar:: - Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit - messages consider a line that begins with this character - commented, and removes them after the editor returns - (default '#'). -+ -If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not -the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages. - -core.filesRefLockTimeout:: - The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to - lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at - all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e., - retry for 100ms). - -core.packedRefsTimeout:: - The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to - lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at - all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e., - retry for 1 second). - -core.pager:: - Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value - is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference - is the `$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"). +include::config/add.txt[] -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.commitGraph:: - If true, then git will read the commit-graph file (if it exists) - to parse the graph structure of commits. Defaults to false. See - linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] for more information. - -core.useReplaceRefs:: - If set to `false`, behave as if the `--no-replace-objects` - option was given on the command line. See linkgit:git[1] and - linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. - -core.multiPackIndex:: - Use the multi-pack-index file to track multiple packfiles using a - single index. See link:technical/multi-pack-index.html[the - multi-pack-index design document]. - -core.sparseCheckout:: - Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in - linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information. - -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.blankBoundary:: - Show blank commit object name for boundary commits in - linkgit:git-blame[1]. This option defaults to false. - -blame.coloring:: - This determines the coloring scheme to be applied to blame - output. It can be 'repeatedLines', 'highlightRecent', - or 'none' which is the default. - -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]. - -blame.showEmail:: - Show the author email instead of author name in linkgit:git-blame[1]. - This option defaults to false. - -blame.showRoot:: - Do not treat root commits as boundaries in linkgit:git-blame[1]. - This option defaults to false. - -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.sort:: - This variable controls the sort ordering of branches when displayed by - linkgit:git-branch[1]. Without the "--sort=<value>" option provided, the - value of this variable will be used as the default. - See linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] field names for valid values. - -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 `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase' -so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see -linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details). -+ -When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' -so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened -by running 'git pull'. -+ -When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode. -+ -*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use -it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1] -for details). - -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]). - -checkout.defaultRemote:: - When you run 'git checkout <something>' and only have one - remote, it may implicitly fall back on checking out and - tracking e.g. 'origin/<something>'. This stops working as soon - as you have more than one remote with a '<something>' - reference. This setting allows for setting the name of a - preferred remote that should always win when it comes to - disambiguation. The typical use-case is to set this to - `origin`. -+ -Currently this is used by linkgit:git-checkout[1] when 'git checkout -<something>' will checkout the '<something>' branch on another remote, -and by linkgit:git-worktree[1] when 'git worktree add' refers to a -remote branch. This setting might be used for other checkout-like -commands or functionality in the future. - -checkout.optimizeNewBranch:: - Optimizes the performance of "git checkout -b <new_branch>" when - using sparse-checkout. When set to true, git will not update the - repo based on the current sparse-checkout settings. This means it - will not update the skip-worktree bit in the index nor add/remove - files in the working directory to reflect the current sparse checkout - settings nor will it show the local changes. - -clean.requireForce:: - A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f, - -i or -n. Defaults to true. - -color.advice:: - A boolean to enable/disable color in hints (e.g. when a push - failed, see `advice.*` for a list). May be set to `always`, - `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors - are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. If - unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). - -color.advice.hint:: - Use customized color for hints. - -color.blame.highlightRecent:: - This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending - on age of the line. -+ -This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings, -starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest. -The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced -before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. -+ -Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g. -2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. -+ -It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors -everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and -one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are -colored red. - -color.blame.repeatedLines:: - Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that - is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id, - author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan. - -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. - -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` - `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>' - setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details), - `contextDimmed`, `oldDimmed`, `newDimmed`, `contextBold`, - `oldBold`, and `newBold` (see linkgit:git-range-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 - and `grafted` for grafted commits. - -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`) -`column`;; - column number prefix (when using `--column`) -`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.push:: - A boolean to enable/disable color in push errors. May be set to - `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which - case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. - If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). - -color.push.error:: - Use customized color for push errors. - -color.remote:: - If set, keywords at the start of the line are highlighted. The - keywords are "error", "warning", "hint" and "success", and are - matched case-insensitively. May be set to `always`, `false` (or - `never`) or `auto` (or `true`). If unset, then the value of - `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). - -color.remote.<slot>:: - Use customized color for each remote keyword. `<slot>` may be - `hint`, `warning`, `success` or `error` which match the - corresponding keyword. - -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.transport:: - A boolean to enable/disable color when pushes are rejected. May be - set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which - case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. - If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default). - -color.transport.rejected:: - Use customized color when a push was rejected. - -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. - -completion.commands:: - This is only used by git-completion.bash to add or remove - commands from the list of completed commands. Normally only - porcelain commands and a few select others are completed. You - can add more commands, separated by space, in this - variable. Prefixing the command with '-' will remove it from - the existing list. - -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. - -include::fetch-config.txt[] - -include::format-config.txt[] - -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>:: - During fsck git may find issues with legacy data which - wouldn't be generated by current versions of git, and which - wouldn't be sent over the wire if `transfer.fsckObjects` was - set. This feature is intended to support working with legacy - repositories containing such data. -+ -Setting `fsck.<msg-id>` will be picked up by linkgit:git-fsck[1], but -to accept pushes of such data set `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` instead, or -to clone or fetch it set `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`. -+ -The rest of the documentation discusses `fsck.*` for brevity, but the -same applies for the corresponding `receive.fsck.*` and -`fetch.<msg-id>.*`. variables. -+ -Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the -`receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` variables will not -fall back on the `fsck.<msg-id>` configuration if they aren't set. To -uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances -all three of them they must all set to the same values. -+ -When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and -vice versa by configuring the `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 `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will -hide that issue. -+ -In general, it is better to enumerate existing objects with problems -with `fsck.skipList`, instead of listing the kind of breakages these -problematic objects share to be ignored, as doing the latter will -allow new instances of the same breakages go unnoticed. -+ -Setting an unknown `fsck.<msg-id>` value will cause fsck to die, but -doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>` -will only cause git to warn. - -fsck.skipList:: - The path to a list of object names (i.e. one unabbreviated SHA-1 per - line) that are known to be broken in a non-fatal way and should - be ignored. On versions of Git 2.20 and later comments ('#'), empty - lines, and any leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. Everything - but a SHA-1 per line will error out on older versions. -+ -This feature is useful when an established project should be accepted -despite early commits containing errors that can be safely ignored -such as invalid committer email addresses. Note: corrupt objects -cannot be skipped with this setting. -+ -Like `fsck.<msg-id>` this variable has corresponding -`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variants. -+ -Unlike variables like `color.ui` and `core.editor` the -`receive.fsck.skipList` and `fetch.fsck.skipList` variables will not -fall back on the `fsck.skipList` configuration if they aren't set. To -uniformly configure the same fsck settings in different circumstances -all three of them they must all set to the same values. -+ -Older versions of Git (before 2.20) documented that the object names -list should be sorted. This was never a requirement, the object names -could appear in any order, but when reading the list we tracked whether -the list was sorted for the purposes of an internal binary search -implementation, which could save itself some work with an already sorted -list. Unless you had a humongous list there was no reason to go out of -your way to pre-sort the list. After Git version 2.20 a hash implementation -is used instead, so there's now no reason to pre-sort the list. - -gc.aggressiveDepth:: - The depth parameter used in the delta compression - 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.bigPackThreshold:: - If non-zero, all packs larger than this limit are kept when - `git gc` is run. This is very similar to `--keep-base-pack` - except that all packs that meet the threshold are kept, not - just the base pack. Defaults to zero. Common unit suffixes of - 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported. -+ -Note that if the number of kept packs is more than gc.autoPackLimit, -this configuration variable is ignored, all packs except the base pack -will be repacked. After this the number of packs should go below -gc.autoPackLimit and gc.bigPackThreshold should be respected again. - -gc.writeCommitGraph:: - If true, then gc will rewrite the commit-graph file when - linkgit:git-gc[1] is run. When using linkgit:git-gc[1] - '--auto' the commit-graph will be updated if housekeeping is - required. Default is false. See linkgit:git-commit-graph[1] - for details. - -gc.logExpiry:: - If the file gc.log exists, then `git gc --auto` will print - its content and exit with status zero instead of running - unless that file is more than 'gc.logExpiry' old. Default is - "1.day". See `gc.pruneExpire` for more ways to specify its - value. - -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]. - -include::gitcvs-config.txt[] - -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.column:: - If set to true, enable the `--column` 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. - -gpg.format:: - Specifies which key format to use when signing with `--gpg-sign`. - Default is "openpgp" and another possible value is "x509". - -gpg.<format>.program:: - Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you - chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still - be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default - value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm". - -include::gui-config.txt[] - -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 - - tlsv1.3 +include::config/alias.txt[] -+ -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. Defaults to true. 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.sslBackend:: - Name of the SSL backend to use (e.g. "openssl" or "schannel"). - This option is ignored if cURL lacks support for choosing the SSL - backend at runtime. - -http.schannelCheckRevoke:: - Used to enforce or disable certificate revocation checks in cURL - when http.sslBackend is set to "schannel". Defaults to `true` if - unset. Only necessary to disable this if Git consistently errors - and the message is about checking the revocation status of a - certificate. This option is ignored if cURL lacks support for - setting the relevant SSL option at runtime. - -http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo:: - As of cURL v7.60.0, the Secure Channel backend can use the - certificate bundle provided via `http.sslCAInfo`, but that would - override the Windows Certificate Store. Since this is not desirable - by default, Git will tell cURL not to use that bundle by default - when the `schannel` backend was configured via `http.sslBackend`, - unless `http.schannelUseSSLCAInfo` overrides this behavior. - -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:: - By default, Git determines the command line arguments to use - based on the basename of the configured SSH command (configured - using the environment variable `GIT_SSH` or `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` or - the config setting `core.sshCommand`). If the basename is - unrecognized, Git will attempt to detect support of OpenSSH - options by first invoking the configured SSH command with the - `-G` (print configuration) option and will subsequently use - OpenSSH options (if that is successful) or no options besides - the host and remote command (if it fails). -+ -The config variable `ssh.variant` can be set to override this detection. -Valid values are `ssh` (to use OpenSSH options), `plink`, `putty`, -`tortoiseplink`, `simple` (no options except the host and remote command). -The default auto-detection can be explicitly requested using the value -`auto`. Any other value is treated as `ssh`. This setting can also be -overridden via the environment variable `GIT_SSH_VARIANT`. -+ -The current command-line parameters used for each variant are as -follows: -+ --- +include::config/am.txt[] -* `ssh` - [-p port] [-4] [-6] [-o option] [username@]host command +include::config/apply.txt[] -* `simple` - [username@]host command +include::config/blame.txt[] -* `plink` or `putty` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] [username@]host command +include::config/branch.txt[] -* `tortoiseplink` - [-P port] [-4] [-6] -batch [username@]host command +include::config/browser.txt[] --- -+ -Except for the `simple` variant, command-line parameters are likely to -change as git gains new features. - -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.threads:: - Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index. - This is meant to reduce index load time on multiprocessor machines. - Specifying 0 or 'true' will cause Git to auto-detect the number of - CPU's and set the number of threads accordingly. Specifying 1 or - 'false' will disable multithreading. Defaults to 'true'. - -index.version:: - Specify the version with which new index files should be - initialized. This does not affect existing repositories. - -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. - Maximum value is 4095. - -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.island:: - An extended regular expression configuring a set of delta - islands. See "DELTA ISLANDS" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] - for details. - -pack.islandCore:: - Specify an island name which gets to have its objects be - packed first. This creates a kind of pseudo-pack at the front - of one pack, so that the objects from the specified island are - hopefully faster to copy into any pack that should be served - to a user requesting these objects. In practice this means - that the island specified should likely correspond to what is - the most commonly cloned in the repo. See also "DELTA ISLANDS" - in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. - -pack.deltaCacheSize:: - The maximum memory in bytes used for caching deltas in - linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] before writing them out to a pack. - 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. Maximum value is 65535. - -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: -+ --- +include::config/checkout.txt[] -* `always` - protocol is always able to be used. +include::config/clean.txt[] -* `never` - protocol is never able to be used. +include::config/color.txt[] -* `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. +include::config/column.txt[] --- +include::config/commit.txt[] -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) --- - -protocol.version:: - Experimental. If set, clients will attempt to communicate with a - server using the specified protocol version. If unset, no - attempt will be made by the client to communicate using a - particular protocol version, this results in protocol version 0 - being used. - Supported versions: -+ --- +include::config/credential.txt[] -* `0` - the original wire protocol. +include::config/completion.txt[] -* `1` - the original wire protocol with the addition of a version string - in the initial response from the server. +include::config/diff.txt[] -* `2` - link:technical/protocol-v2.html[wire protocol version 2]. +include::config/difftool.txt[] --- +include::config/fastimport.txt[] -include::pull-config.txt[] +include::config/fetch.txt[] -include::push-config.txt[] +include::config/format.txt[] -include::rebase-config.txt[] +include::config/filter.txt[] -include::receive-config.txt[] +include::config/fsck.txt[] -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. +include::config/gc.txt[] -remote.<name>.url:: - The URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or - linkgit:git-push[1]. +include::config/gitcvs.txt[] -remote.<name>.pushurl:: - The push URL of a remote repository. See linkgit:git-push[1]. +include::config/gitweb.txt[] -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. +include::config/grep.txt[] -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`. +include::config/gpg.txt[] -remote.<name>.fetch:: - The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See - linkgit:git-fetch[1]. +include::config/gui.txt[] -remote.<name>.push:: - The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-push[1]. See - linkgit:git-push[1]. +include::config/guitool.txt[] -remote.<name>.mirror:: - If true, pushing to this remote will automatically behave - as if the `--mirror` option was given on the command line. +include::config/help.txt[] -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]. +include::config/http.txt[] -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]. +include::config/i18n.txt[] -remote.<name>.receivepack:: - The default program to execute on the remote side when pushing. See - option --receive-pack of linkgit:git-push[1]. +include::config/imap.txt[] -remote.<name>.uploadpack:: - The default program to execute on the remote side when fetching. See - option --upload-pack of linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. +include::config/index.txt[] -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]. +include::config/init.txt[] -remote.<name>.vcs:: - Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause Git to interact with - the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper. +include::config/instaweb.txt[] -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. +include::config/interactive.txt[] -remote.<name>.pruneTags:: - When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also - remove any local tags that no longer exist on the remote if pruning - is activated in general via `remote.<name>.prune`, `fetch.prune` or - `--prune`. Overrides `fetch.pruneTags` settings, if any. -+ -See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of -linkgit:git-fetch[1]. - -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.useDeltaIslands:: - If set to true, makes `git repack` act as if `--delta-islands` - was passed. Defaults to `false`. - -repack.writeBitmaps:: - When true, git will write a bitmap index when packing all - objects to disk (e.g., when `git repack -a` is run). This - 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. - -include::sendemail-config.txt[] - -sequence.editor:: - Text editor used by `git rebase -i` for editing the rebase instruction file. - The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell when it is used. - It can be overridden by the `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable. - When not configured the default commit message editor is used instead. - -showBranch.default:: - The default set of branches for linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. - 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.renameLimit:: - The number of files to consider when performing rename detection - in linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1]. Defaults to - the value of diff.renameLimit. - -status.renames:: - Whether and how Git detects renames in linkgit:git-status[1] and - linkgit:git-commit[1] . If set to "false", rename detection is - disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled. - If set to "copies" or "copy", Git will detect copies, as well. - Defaults to the value of diff.renames. - -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]. - -include::submodule-config.txt[] - -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. -+ -When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed -object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other -issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see `fsck.<msg-id>`), -and potential security issues like the existence of a `.GIT` directory -or a malicious `.gitmodules` file (see the release notes for v2.2.1 -and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be -added in future releases. -+ -On the receiving side, failing fsckObjects will make those objects -unreachable, see "QUARANTINE ENVIRONMENT" in -linkgit:git-receive-pack[1]. On the fetch side, malformed objects will -instead be left unreferenced in the repository. -+ -Due to the non-quarantine nature of the `fetch.fsckObjects` -implementation it can not be relied upon to leave the object store -clean like `receive.fsckObjects` can. -+ -As objects are unpacked they're written to the object store, so there -can be cases where malicious objects get introduced even though the -"fetch" failed, only to have a subsequent "fetch" succeed because only -new incoming objects are checked, not those that have already been -written to the object store. That difference in behavior should not be -relied upon. In the future, such objects may be quarantined for -"fetch" as well. -+ -For now, the paranoid need to find some way to emulate the quarantine -environment if they'd like the same protection as "push". E.g. in the -case of an internal mirror do the mirroring in two steps, one to fetch -the untrusted objects, and then do a second "push" (which will use the -quarantine) to another internal repo, and have internal clients -consume this pushed-to repository, or embargo internal fetches and -only allow them once a full "fsck" has run (and no new fetches have -happened in the meantime). - -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). - -uploadpack.allowFilter:: - If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support partial - clone and partial fetch object filtering. - -uploadpack.allowRefInWant:: - If this option is set, `upload-pack` will support the `ref-in-want` - feature of the protocol version 2 `fetch` command. This feature - is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may - not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to - replication delay. - -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. - -worktree.guessRemote:: - With `add`, if no branch argument, and neither of `-b` nor - `-B` nor `--detach` are given, the command defaults to - creating a new branch from HEAD. If `worktree.guessRemote` is - set to true, `worktree add` tries to find a remote-tracking - branch whose name uniquely matches the new branch name. If - such a branch exists, it is checked out and set as "upstream" - for the new branch. If no such match can be found, it falls - back to creating a new branch from the current HEAD. +include::config/log.txt[] + +include::config/mailinfo.txt[] + +include::config/mailmap.txt[] + +include::config/man.txt[] + +include::config/merge.txt[] + +include::config/mergetool.txt[] + +include::config/notes.txt[] + +include::config/pack.txt[] + +include::config/pager.txt[] + +include::config/pretty.txt[] + +include::config/protocol.txt[] + +include::config/pull.txt[] + +include::config/push.txt[] + +include::config/rebase.txt[] + +include::config/receive.txt[] + +include::config/remote.txt[] + +include::config/remotes.txt[] + +include::config/repack.txt[] + +include::config/rerere.txt[] + +include::config/reset.txt[] + +include::config/sendemail.txt[] + +include::config/sequencer.txt[] + +include::config/showbranch.txt[] + +include::config/splitindex.txt[] + +include::config/ssh.txt[] + +include::config/status.txt[] + +include::config/stash.txt[] + +include::config/submodule.txt[] + +include::config/tag.txt[] + +include::config/transfer.txt[] + +include::config/uploadarchive.txt[] + +include::config/uploadpack.txt[] + +include::config/url.txt[] + +include::config/user.txt[] + +include::config/versionsort.txt[] + +include::config/web.txt[] + +include::config/worktree.txt[] |