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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index e7ecf5d803..2dbe486eb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -44,22 +44,26 @@ a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. -The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' -which specify where the values will be read from or written to. -The default is to assume the config file of the current repository, -.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG -(see <<FILES>>). +When reading, the values are read from the system, global and +repository local configuration files by default, and options +'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be +used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>). -This command will fail (with exit code ret) if: +When writing, the new value is written to the repository local +configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global', +'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to +that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default). + +This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit +codes are: . The config file is invalid (ret=3), . can not write to the config file (ret=4), . no section or name was provided (ret=2), . the section or key is invalid (ret=1), . you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5), -. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), -. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or -. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128). +. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or +. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6). On success, the command returns the exit code 0. @@ -78,38 +82,60 @@ OPTIONS --get:: Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not - found and error code 2 if multiple key values were found. + found and the last value if multiple key values were found. --get-all:: Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key is not exactly one. --get-regexp:: - Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression. - Also outputs the key names. + Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and + writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently + case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key + in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection + names are not. --global:: - For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than - the repository .git/config. + For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file + rather than the repository `.git/config`, write to + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` file if this file exists and the + `~/.gitconfig` file doesn't. + -For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than -from all available files. +For reading options: read only from global `~/.gitconfig` and from +`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. --system:: - For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig - rather than the repository .git/config. + For writing options: write to system-wide + `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than the repository + `.git/config`. + -For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig +For reading options: read only from system-wide `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. +--local:: + For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file. + This is the default behavior. ++ +For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than +from all available files. ++ +See also <<FILES>>. + -f config-file:: --file config-file:: Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG. +--blob blob:: + Similar to '--file' but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. + you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file + '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" + section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for a more complete list of + ways to spell blob names. + --remove-section:: Remove the given section from the configuration file. @@ -178,24 +204,34 @@ See also <<FILES>>. Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either '--system', '--global', or repository (default). +--[no-]includes:: + Respect `include.*` directives in config files when looking up + values. Defaults to on. + [[FILES]] FILES ----- -If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where +If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where 'git config' will search for configuration options: -$GIT_DIR/config:: - Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is - of course relative to the repository root, not the working - directory.) +$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: + System-wide configuration file. + +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: + Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set + or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/config` will be used. Any single-valued + variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in + `~/.gitconfig`. It is a good idea not to create this file if + you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this + file was added fairly recently. ~/.gitconfig:: User-specific configuration file. Also called "global" configuration file. -$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: - System-wide configuration file. +$GIT_DIR/config:: + Repository specific configuration file. If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration @@ -203,6 +239,10 @@ file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued. +The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking +precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all +values of a key from all files will be used. + All writing options will per default write to the repository specific configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all' and '--unset'. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*. @@ -221,6 +261,10 @@ GIT_CONFIG:: Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. +GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM:: + Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide + $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig file. See linkgit:git[1] for details. + See also <<FILES>>. @@ -248,7 +292,7 @@ Given a .git/config like this: ; Proxy settings [core] - gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org + gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest you can set the filemode to true with @@ -323,7 +367,7 @@ To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use ------------ -% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com' +% git config --add core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com' ------------ An example to use customized color from the configuration in your |