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Clarify that core.deltaBaseCacheLimit is per-thread, as can be seen from the fact that cache usage (base_cache_used in struct thread_local in builtin/index-pack.c) is tracked individually for each thread and compared against delta_base_cache_limit. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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core.fileMode::
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Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
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is to be honored.
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Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
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marked as executable is checked out, or checks out a
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non-executable file with executable bit on.
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linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] probe the filesystem
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to see if it handles the executable bit correctly
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and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
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A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that handles
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the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
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when created, but later may be made accessible from another
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environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
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CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin created repository with
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Git for Windows or Eclipse).
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In such a case it may be necessary to set this variable to 'false'.
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See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
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The default is true (when core.filemode is not specified in the config file).
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core.hideDotFiles::
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(Windows-only) If true, mark newly-created directories and files whose
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name starts with a dot as hidden. If 'dotGitOnly', only the `.git/`
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directory is hidden, but no other files starting with a dot. The
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default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
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core.ignoreCase::
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Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
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Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
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like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing
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finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
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it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
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"Makefile".
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The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
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will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
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is created.
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Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating
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and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior.
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core.precomposeUnicode::
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This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
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When core.precomposeUnicode=true, Git reverts the unicode decomposition
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of filenames done by Mac OS. This is useful when sharing a repository
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between Mac OS and Linux or Windows.
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(Git for Windows 1.7.10 or higher is needed, or Git under cygwin 1.7).
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When false, file names are handled fully transparent by Git,
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which is backward compatible with older versions of Git.
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core.protectHFS::
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If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
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be considered equivalent to `.git` on an HFS+ filesystem.
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Defaults to `true` on Mac OS, and `false` elsewhere.
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core.protectNTFS::
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If set to true, do not allow checkout of paths that would
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cause problems with the NTFS filesystem, e.g. conflict with
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8.3 "short" names.
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Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
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core.fsmonitor::
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If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
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will identify all files that may have changed since the
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requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
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avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
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See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
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core.fsmonitorHookVersion::
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Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor.
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There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
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version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
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will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
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which files have changes since that time but some monitors
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like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
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Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
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something that can be used to determine what files have changed
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without race conditions.
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core.trustctime::
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If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
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working tree are ignored; useful when the inode change time
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is regularly modified by something outside Git (file system
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crawlers and some backup systems).
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See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. True by default.
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core.splitIndex::
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If true, the split-index feature of the index will be used.
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See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. False by default.
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core.untrackedCache::
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Determines what to do about the untracked cache feature of the
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index. It will be kept, if this variable is unset or set to
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`keep`. It will automatically be added if set to `true`. And
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it will automatically be removed, if set to `false`. Before
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setting it to `true`, you should check that mtime is working
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properly on your system.
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See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. `keep` by default, unless
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`feature.manyFiles` is enabled which sets this setting to
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`true` by default.
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core.checkStat::
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When missing or is set to `default`, many fields in the stat
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structure are checked to detect if a file has been modified
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since Git looked at it. When this configuration variable is
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set to `minimal`, sub-second part of mtime and ctime, the
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uid and gid of the owner of the file, the inode number (and
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the device number, if Git was compiled to use it), are
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excluded from the check among these fields, leaving only the
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whole-second part of mtime (and ctime, if `core.trustCtime`
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is set) and the filesize to be checked.
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There are implementations of Git that do not leave usable values in
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some fields (e.g. JGit); by excluding these fields from the
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comparison, the `minimal` mode may help interoperability when the
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same repository is used by these other systems at the same time.
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core.quotePath::
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Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will
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quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the
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pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with
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backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g.
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`\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with
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values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in
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UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than
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0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes,
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backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless
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of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is
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not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames
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completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value
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is true.
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core.eol::
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Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for
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files that are marked as text (either by having the `text`
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attribute set, or by having `text=auto` and Git auto-detecting
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the contents as text).
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Alternatives are 'lf', 'crlf' and 'native', which uses the platform's
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native line ending. The default value is `native`. See
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linkgit:gitattributes[5] for more information on end-of-line
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conversion. Note that this value is ignored if `core.autocrlf`
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is set to `true` or `input`.
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core.safecrlf::
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If true, makes Git check if converting `CRLF` is reversible when
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end-of-line conversion is active. Git will verify if a command
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modifies a file in the work tree either directly or indirectly.
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For example, committing a file followed by checking out the
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same file should yield the original file in the work tree. If
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this is not the case for the current setting of
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`core.autocrlf`, Git will reject the file. The variable can
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be set to "warn", in which case Git will only warn about an
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irreversible conversion but continue the operation.
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CRLF conversion bears a slight chance of corrupting data.
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When it is enabled, Git will convert CRLF to LF during commit and LF to
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CRLF during checkout. A file that contains a mixture of LF and
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CRLF before the commit cannot be recreated by Git. For text
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files this is the right thing to do: it corrects line endings
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such that we have only LF line endings in the repository.
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But for binary files that are accidentally classified as text the
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conversion can corrupt data.
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If you recognize such corruption early you can easily fix it by
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setting the conversion type explicitly in .gitattributes. Right
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after committing you still have the original file in your work
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tree and this file is not yet corrupted. You can explicitly tell
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Git that this file is binary and Git will handle the file
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appropriately.
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Unfortunately, the desired effect of cleaning up text files with
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mixed line endings and the undesired effect of corrupting binary
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files cannot be distinguished. In both cases CRLFs are removed
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in an irreversible way. For text files this is the right thing
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to do because CRLFs are line endings, while for binary files
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converting CRLFs corrupts data.
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Note, this safety check does not mean that a checkout will generate a
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file identical to the original file for a different setting of
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`core.eol` and `core.autocrlf`, but only for the current one. For
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example, a text file with `LF` would be accepted with `core.eol=lf`
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and could later be checked out with `core.eol=crlf`, in which case the
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resulting file would contain `CRLF`, although the original file
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contained `LF`. However, in both work trees the line endings would be
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consistent, that is either all `LF` or all `CRLF`, but never mixed. A
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file with mixed line endings would be reported by the `core.safecrlf`
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mechanism.
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core.autocrlf::
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Setting this variable to "true" is the same as setting
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the `text` attribute to "auto" on all files and core.eol to "crlf".
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Set to true if you want to have `CRLF` line endings in your
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working directory and the repository has LF line endings.
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This variable can be set to 'input',
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in which case no output conversion is performed.
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core.checkRoundtripEncoding::
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A comma and/or whitespace separated list of encodings that Git
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performs UTF-8 round trip checks on if they are used in an
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`working-tree-encoding` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
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The default value is `SHIFT-JIS`.
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core.symlinks::
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If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that
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contain the link text. linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
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linkgit:git-add[1] will not change the recorded type to regular
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file. Useful on filesystems like FAT that do not support
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symbolic links.
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The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
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will probe and set core.symlinks false if appropriate when the repository
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is created.
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core.gitProxy::
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A "proxy command" to execute (as 'command host port') instead
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of establishing direct connection to the remote server when
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using the Git protocol for fetching. If the variable value is
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in the "COMMAND for DOMAIN" format, the command is applied only
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on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
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may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
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the first match wins.
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Can be overridden by the `GIT_PROXY_COMMAND` environment variable
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(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
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handling).
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The special string `none` can be used as the proxy command to
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specify that no proxy be used for a given domain pattern.
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This is useful for excluding servers inside a firewall from
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proxy use, while defaulting to a common proxy for external domains.
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core.sshCommand::
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If this variable is set, `git fetch` and `git push` will
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use the specified command instead of `ssh` when they need to
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connect to a remote system. The command is in the same form as
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the `GIT_SSH_COMMAND` environment variable and is overridden
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when the environment variable is set.
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core.ignoreStat::
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If true, Git will avoid using lstat() calls to detect if files have
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changed by setting the "assume-unchanged" bit for those tracked files
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which it has updated identically in both the index and working tree.
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When files are modified outside of Git, the user will need to stage
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the modified files explicitly (e.g. see 'Examples' section in
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linkgit:git-update-index[1]).
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Git will not normally detect changes to those files.
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This is useful on systems where lstat() calls are very slow, such as
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CIFS/Microsoft Windows.
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False by default.
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core.preferSymlinkRefs::
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Instead of the default "symref" format for HEAD
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and other symbolic reference files, use symbolic links.
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This is sometimes needed to work with old scripts that
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expect HEAD to be a symbolic link.
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core.alternateRefsCommand::
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When advertising tips of available history from an alternate, use the shell to
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execute the specified command instead of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. The
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first argument is the absolute path of the alternate. Output must contain one
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hex object id per line (i.e., the same as produced by `git for-each-ref
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--format='%(objectname)'`).
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Note that you cannot generally put `git for-each-ref` directly into the config
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value, as it does not take a repository path as an argument (but you can wrap
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the command above in a shell script).
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core.alternateRefsPrefixes::
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When listing references from an alternate, list only references that begin
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with the given prefix. Prefixes match as if they were given as arguments to
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linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1]. To list multiple prefixes, separate them with
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whitespace. If `core.alternateRefsCommand` is set, setting
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`core.alternateRefsPrefixes` has no effect.
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core.bare::
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If true this repository is assumed to be 'bare' and has no
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working directory associated with it. If this is the case a
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number of commands that require a working directory will be
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disabled, such as linkgit:git-add[1] or linkgit:git-merge[1].
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This setting is automatically guessed by linkgit:git-clone[1] or
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linkgit:git-init[1] when the repository was created. By default a
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repository that ends in "/.git" is assumed to be not bare (bare =
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false), while all other repositories are assumed to be bare (bare
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= true).
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core.worktree::
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Set the path to the root of the working tree.
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If `GIT_COMMON_DIR` environment variable is set, core.worktree
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is ignored and not used for determining the root of working tree.
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This can be overridden by the `GIT_WORK_TREE` environment
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variable and the `--work-tree` command-line option.
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The value can be an absolute path or relative to the path to
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the .git directory, which is either specified by --git-dir
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or GIT_DIR, or automatically discovered.
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If --git-dir or GIT_DIR is specified but none of
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--work-tree, GIT_WORK_TREE and core.worktree is specified,
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the current working directory is regarded as the top level
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of your working tree.
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Note that this variable is honored even when set in a configuration
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file in a ".git" subdirectory of a directory and its value differs
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from the latter directory (e.g. "/path/to/.git/config" has
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core.worktree set to "/different/path"), which is most likely a
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misconfiguration. Running Git commands in the "/path/to" directory will
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still use "/different/path" as the root of the work tree and can cause
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confusion unless you know what you are doing (e.g. you are creating a
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read-only snapshot of the same index to a location different from the
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repository's usual working tree).
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core.logAllRefUpdates::
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Enable the reflog. Updates to a ref <ref> is logged to the file
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"`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`", by appending the new and old
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SHA-1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
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only when the file exists. If this configuration
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variable is set to `true`, missing "`$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>`"
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file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
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`refs/heads/`), remote refs (i.e. under `refs/remotes/`),
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note refs (i.e. under `refs/notes/`), and the symbolic ref `HEAD`.
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If it is set to `always`, then a missing reflog is automatically
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created for any ref under `refs/`.
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This information can be used to determine what commit
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was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".
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This value is true by default in a repository that has
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a working directory associated with it, and false by
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default in a bare repository.
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core.repositoryFormatVersion::
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Internal variable identifying the repository format and layout
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version.
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core.sharedRepository::
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When 'group' (or 'true'), the repository is made shareable between
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several users in a group (making sure all the files and objects are
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group-writable). When 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'), the
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repository will be readable by all users, additionally to being
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group-shareable. When 'umask' (or 'false'), Git will use permissions
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reported by umask(2). When '0xxx', where '0xxx' is an octal number,
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files in the repository will have this mode value. '0xxx' will override
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user's umask value (whereas the other options will only override
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requested parts of the user's umask value). Examples: '0660' will make
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the repo read/write-able for the owner and group, but inaccessible to
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others (equivalent to 'group' unless umask is e.g. '0022'). '0640' is a
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repository that is group-readable but not group-writable.
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See linkgit:git-init[1]. False by default.
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core.warnAmbiguousRefs::
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If true, Git will warn you if the ref name you passed it is ambiguous
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and might match multiple refs in the repository. True by default.
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core.compression::
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An integer -1..9, indicating a default compression level.
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-1 is the zlib default. 0 means no compression,
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and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being slowest.
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If set, this provides a default to other compression variables,
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such as `core.looseCompression` and `pack.compression`.
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core.looseCompression::
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An integer -1..9, indicating the compression level for objects that
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are not in a pack file. -1 is the zlib default. 0 means no
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compression, and 1..9 are various speed/size tradeoffs, 9 being
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slowest. If not set, defaults to core.compression. If that is
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not set, defaults to 1 (best speed).
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core.packedGitWindowSize::
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Number of bytes of a pack file to map into memory in a
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single mapping operation. Larger window sizes may allow
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your system to process a smaller number of large pack files
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more quickly. Smaller window sizes will negatively affect
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performance due to increased calls to the operating system's
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memory manager, but may improve performance when accessing
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a large number of large pack files.
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Default is 1 MiB if NO_MMAP was set at compile time, otherwise 32
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MiB on 32 bit platforms and 1 GiB on 64 bit platforms. This should
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be reasonable for all users/operating systems. You probably do
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not need to adjust this value.
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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core.packedGitLimit::
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Maximum number of bytes to map simultaneously into memory
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from pack files. If Git needs to access more than this many
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bytes at once to complete an operation it will unmap existing
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regions to reclaim virtual address space within the process.
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Default is 256 MiB on 32 bit platforms and 32 TiB (effectively
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unlimited) on 64 bit platforms.
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This should be reasonable for all users/operating systems, except on
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the largest projects. You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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core.deltaBaseCacheLimit::
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Maximum number of bytes per thread to reserve for caching base objects
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that may be referenced by multiple deltified objects. By storing the
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entire decompressed base objects in a cache Git is able
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to avoid unpacking and decompressing frequently used base
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objects multiple times.
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Default is 96 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
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for all users/operating systems, except on the largest projects.
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You probably do not need to adjust this value.
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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core.bigFileThreshold::
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Files larger than this size are stored deflated, without
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attempting delta compression. Storing large files without
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delta compression avoids excessive memory usage, at the
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slight expense of increased disk usage. Additionally files
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larger than this size are always treated as binary.
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Default is 512 MiB on all platforms. This should be reasonable
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for most projects as source code and other text files can still
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be delta compressed, but larger binary media files won't be.
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Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
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core.excludesFile::
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Specifies the pathname to the file that contains patterns to
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describe paths that are not meant to be tracked, in addition
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to `.gitignore` (per-directory) and `.git/info/exclude`.
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Defaults to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore`.
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If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/ignore`
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is used instead. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
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core.askPass::
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Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively
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ask for a password can be told to use an external program given
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via the value of this variable. Can be overridden by the `GIT_ASKPASS`
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environment variable. If not set, fall back to the value of the
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`SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable or, failing that, a simple password
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prompt. The external program shall be given a suitable prompt as
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command-line argument and write the password on its STDOUT.
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core.attributesFile::
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In addition to `.gitattributes` (per-directory) and
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`.git/info/attributes`, Git looks into this file for attributes
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(see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
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way as for `core.excludesFile`. Its default value is
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`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes`. If `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is either not
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set or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/attributes` is used instead.
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core.hooksPath::
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By default Git will look for your hooks in the
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`$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory. Set this to different path,
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e.g. `/etc/git/hooks`, and Git will try to find your hooks in
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that directory, e.g. `/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive` instead of
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in `$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive`.
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+
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The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is
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taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see
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the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]).
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+
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This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to
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centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
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per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
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alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
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default hooks.
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core.editor::
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Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
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messages by launching an editor use the value of this
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variable when it is set, and the environment variable
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`GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
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core.commentChar::
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Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit
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messages consider a line that begins with this character
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commented, and removes them after the editor returns
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(default '#').
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+
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If set to "auto", `git-commit` would select a character that is not
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the beginning character of any line in existing commit messages.
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core.filesRefLockTimeout::
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The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
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lock an individual reference. Value 0 means not to retry at
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all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 100 (i.e.,
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retry for 100ms).
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core.packedRefsTimeout::
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The length of time, in milliseconds, to retry when trying to
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lock the `packed-refs` file. Value 0 means not to retry at
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all; -1 means to try indefinitely. Default is 1000 (i.e.,
|
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retry for 1 second).
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core.pager::
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|
Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
|
|
is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference
|
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is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager`
|
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configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
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compile time (usually 'less').
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+
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When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
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(if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
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all). If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
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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
|
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command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
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`S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
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long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
|
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deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
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command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
|
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`less`. One can specifically activate some flags for particular
|
|
commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
|
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line truncation only for `git blame`.
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+
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|
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`.
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|
|
|
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`):
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|
+
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* `blank-at-eol` treats trailing whitespaces at the end of the line
|
|
as an error (enabled by default).
|
|
* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
|
|
before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
|
|
error (enabled by default).
|
|
* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
|
|
characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
|
|
default).
|
|
* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
|
|
the line as an error (not enabled by default).
|
|
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
|
|
(enabled by default).
|
|
* `trailing-space` is a short-hand to cover both `blank-at-eol` and
|
|
`blank-at-eof`.
|
|
* `cr-at-eol` treats a carriage-return at the end of line as
|
|
part of the line terminator, i.e. with it, `trailing-space`
|
|
does not trigger if the character before such a carriage-return
|
|
is not a whitespace (not enabled by default).
|
|
* `tabwidth=<n>` tells how many character positions a tab occupies; this
|
|
is relevant for `indent-with-non-tab` and when Git fixes `tab-in-indent`
|
|
errors. The default tab width is 8. Allowed values are 1 to 63.
|
|
|
|
core.fsyncObjectFiles::
|
|
This boolean will enable 'fsync()' when writing object files.
|
|
+
|
|
This is a total waste of time and effort on a filesystem that orders
|
|
data writes properly, but can be useful for filesystems that do not use
|
|
journalling (traditional UNIX filesystems) or that only journal metadata
|
|
and not file contents (OS X's HFS+, or Linux ext3 with "data=writeback").
|
|
|
|
core.preloadIndex::
|
|
Enable parallel index preload for operations like 'git diff'
|
|
+
|
|
This can speed up operations like 'git diff' and 'git status' especially
|
|
on filesystems like NFS that have weak caching semantics and thus
|
|
relatively high IO latencies. When enabled, Git will do the
|
|
index comparison to the filesystem data in parallel, allowing
|
|
overlapping IO's. Defaults to true.
|
|
|
|
core.unsetenvvars::
|
|
Windows-only: comma-separated list of environment variables'
|
|
names that need to be unset before spawning any other process.
|
|
Defaults to `PERL5LIB` to account for the fact that Git for
|
|
Windows insists on using its own Perl interpreter.
|
|
|
|
core.restrictinheritedhandles::
|
|
Windows-only: override whether spawned processes inherit only standard
|
|
file handles (`stdin`, `stdout` and `stderr`) or all handles. Can be
|
|
`auto`, `true` or `false`. Defaults to `auto`, which means `true` on
|
|
Windows 7 and later, and `false` on older Windows versions.
|
|
|
|
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 true. 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 linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1]
|
|
for more information.
|
|
|
|
core.sparseCheckoutCone::
|
|
Enables the "cone mode" of the sparse checkout feature. When the
|
|
sparse-checkout file contains a limited set of patterns, then this
|
|
mode provides significant performance advantages. See
|
|
linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[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.
|