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git-config(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-config - Get and set repository or global options
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --add name value
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--show-origin] [-z|--null] [--name-only] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [-z|--null] --get-urlmatch name URL
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'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
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'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
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'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
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'git config' [<file-option>] [--show-origin] [-z|--null] [--name-only] -l | --list
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'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
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'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
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'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
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actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
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escaped.
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Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the `--add` option.
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If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple
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lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
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existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
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you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
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prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>).
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The `--type=<type>` option instructs 'git config' to ensure that incoming and
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outgoing values are canonicalize-able under the given <type>. If no
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`--type=<type>` is given, no canonicalization will be performed. Callers may
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unset an existing `--type` specifier with `--no-type`.
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When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
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repository local configuration files by default, and options
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`--system`, `--global`, `--local`, `--worktree` and
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`--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to read from only
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that location (see <<FILES>>).
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When writing, the new value is written to the repository local
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configuration file by default, and options `--system`, `--global`,
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`--worktree`, `--file <filename>` can be used to tell the command to
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write to that location (you can say `--local` but that is the
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default).
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This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit
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codes are:
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- The section or key is invalid (ret=1),
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- no section or name was provided (ret=2),
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- the config file is invalid (ret=3),
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- the config file cannot be written (ret=4),
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- you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
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- you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or
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- you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6).
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On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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--replace-all::
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Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
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all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
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--add::
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Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
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values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex
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in `--replace-all`.
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--get::
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Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
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matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
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found and the last value if multiple key values were found.
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--get-all::
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Like get, but returns all values for a multi-valued key.
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--get-regexp::
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Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
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writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently
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case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key
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in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
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names are not.
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--get-urlmatch name URL::
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When given a two-part name section.key, the value for
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section.<url>.key whose <url> part matches the best to the
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given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for
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section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the
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section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and
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list them. Returns error code 1 if no value is found.
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--global::
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For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file
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rather than the repository `.git/config`, write to
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`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` file if this file exists and the
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`~/.gitconfig` file doesn't.
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+
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For reading options: read only from global `~/.gitconfig` and from
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`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` rather than from all available files.
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See also <<FILES>>.
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--system::
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For writing options: write to system-wide
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`$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than the repository
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`.git/config`.
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For reading options: read only from system-wide `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig`
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rather than from all available files.
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See also <<FILES>>.
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--local::
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For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file.
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This is the default behavior.
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For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than
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from all available files.
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See also <<FILES>>.
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--worktree::
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Similar to `--local` except that `.git/config.worktree` is
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read from or written to if `extensions.worktreeConfig` is
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present. If not it's the same as `--local`.
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-f config-file::
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--file config-file::
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Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
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--blob blob::
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Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g.
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you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file
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'.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
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section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for a more complete list of
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ways to spell blob names.
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--remove-section::
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Remove the given section from the configuration file.
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--rename-section::
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Rename the given section to a new name.
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--unset::
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Remove the line matching the key from config file.
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--unset-all::
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Remove all lines matching the key from config file.
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-l::
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--list::
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List all variables set in config file, along with their values.
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--type <type>::
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'git config' will ensure that any input or output is valid under the given
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type constraint(s), and will canonicalize outgoing values in `<type>`'s
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canonical form.
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Valid `<type>`'s include:
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- 'bool': canonicalize values as either "true" or "false".
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- 'int': canonicalize values as simple decimal numbers. An optional suffix of
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'k', 'm', or 'g' will cause the value to be multiplied by 1024, 1048576, or
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1073741824 upon input.
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- 'bool-or-int': canonicalize according to either 'bool' or 'int', as described
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above.
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- 'path': canonicalize by adding a leading `~` to the value of `$HOME` and
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`~user` to the home directory for the specified user. This specifier has no
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effect when setting the value (but you can use `git config section.variable
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~/` from the command line to let your shell do the expansion.)
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- 'expiry-date': canonicalize by converting from a fixed or relative date-string
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to a timestamp. This specifier has no effect when setting the value.
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- 'color': When getting a value, canonicalize by converting to an ANSI color
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escape sequence. When setting a value, a sanity-check is performed to ensure
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that the given value is canonicalize-able as an ANSI color, but it is written
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as-is.
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--bool::
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--int::
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--bool-or-int::
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--path::
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--expiry-date::
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Historical options for selecting a type specifier. Prefer instead `--type`
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(see above).
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--no-type::
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Un-sets the previously set type specifier (if one was previously set). This
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option requests that 'git config' not canonicalize the retrieved variable.
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`--no-type` has no effect without `--type=<type>` or `--<type>`.
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-z::
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--null::
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For all options that output values and/or keys, always
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end values with the null character (instead of a
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newline). Use newline instead as a delimiter between
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key and value. This allows for secure parsing of the
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output without getting confused e.g. by values that
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contain line breaks.
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--name-only::
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Output only the names of config variables for `--list` or
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`--get-regexp`.
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--show-origin::
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Augment the output of all queried config options with the
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origin type (file, standard input, blob, command line) and
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the actual origin (config file path, ref, or blob id if
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applicable).
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--get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]::
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Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
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"true" or "false". `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or
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"false", and is taken into account when configuration says
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"auto". If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard
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output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color
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is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise.
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When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
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`color.ui` as fallback.
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--get-color name [default]::
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Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
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output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
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output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
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there is no color configured for `name`.
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`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
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(but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
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`--type=color`).
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-e::
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--edit::
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Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
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`--system`, `--global`, or repository (default).
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--[no-]includes::
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Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up
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values. Defaults to `off` when a specific file is given (e.g.,
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using `--file`, `--global`, etc) and `on` when searching all
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config files.
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--default <value>::
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When using `--get`, and the requested variable is not found, behave as if
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<value> were the value assigned to the that variable.
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CONFIGURATION
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`pager.config` is only respected when listing configuration, i.e., when
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using `--list` or any of the `--get-*` which may return multiple results.
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The default is to use a pager.
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[[FILES]]
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FILES
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-----
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If not set explicitly with `--file`, there are four files where
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'git config' will search for configuration options:
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$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
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System-wide configuration file.
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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
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Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
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or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/config` will be used. Any single-valued
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variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
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`~/.gitconfig`. It is a good idea not to create this file if
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you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this
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file was added fairly recently.
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~/.gitconfig::
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User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
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configuration file.
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$GIT_DIR/config::
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Repository specific configuration file.
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$GIT_DIR/config.worktree::
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This is optional and is only searched when
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`extensions.worktreeConfig` is present in $GIT_DIR/config.
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If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
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files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
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file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
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file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero
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error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
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The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking
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precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all
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values of a key from all files will be used.
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You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git
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command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
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All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
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configuration file. Note that this also affects options like `--replace-all`
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and `--unset`. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
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You can override these rules either by command-line options or by environment
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variables. The `--global`, `--system` and `--worktree` options will limit
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the file used to the global, system-wide or per-worktree file respectively.
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The `GIT_CONFIG` environment variable has a similar effect, but you
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can specify any filename you want.
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ENVIRONMENT
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GIT_CONFIG::
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Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
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Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the
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"--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
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GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM::
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Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
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$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig file. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
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See also <<FILES>>.
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[[EXAMPLES]]
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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Given a .git/config like this:
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#
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# This is the config file, and
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# a '#' or ';' character indicates
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# a comment
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#
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; core variables
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[core]
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; Don't trust file modes
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filemode = false
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; Our diff algorithm
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[diff]
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external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
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renames = true
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; Proxy settings
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[core]
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gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
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gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
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; HTTP
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[http]
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sslVerify
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[http "https://weak.example.com"]
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sslVerify = false
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cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
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------------
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you can set the filemode to true with
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% git config core.filemode true
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The hypothetical proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
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what URL they apply to. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
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to "ssh".
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% git config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
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------------
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This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
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To delete the entry for renames, do
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% git config --unset diff.renames
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If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above),
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you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
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To query the value for a given key, do
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% git config --get core.filemode
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or
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% git config core.filemode
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or, to query a multivar:
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% git config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$"
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------------
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If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
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% git config --get-all core.gitproxy
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If you like to live dangerously, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
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new one with
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% git config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh
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------------
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However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
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i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
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% git config core.gitproxy ssh '! for '
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------------
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To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
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% git config section.key value '[!]'
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------------
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To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
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% git config --add core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
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------------
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An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
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script:
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#!/bin/sh
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WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
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RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
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echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
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------------
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For URLs in `https://weak.example.com`, `http.sslVerify` is set to
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false, while it is set to `true` for all others:
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------------
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% git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://good.example.com
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true
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% git config --type=bool --get-urlmatch http.sslverify https://weak.example.com
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false
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% git config --get-urlmatch http https://weak.example.com
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http.cookieFile /tmp/cookie.txt
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http.sslverify false
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------------
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include::config.txt[]
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BUGS
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----
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When using the deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax, changing a value
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will result in adding a multi-line key instead of a change, if the subsection
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is given with at least one uppercase character. For example when the config
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looks like
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--------
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[section.subsection]
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key = value1
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--------
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and running `git config section.Subsection.key value2` will result in
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--------
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[section.subsection]
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key = value1
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key = value2
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--------
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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