6 git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config.
11 'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
12 'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
13 'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
14 'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
15 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
16 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
20 You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
21 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
24 If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you
25 should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
26 *not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
29 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
30 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
31 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
32 a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
33 no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
35 This command will fail if
37 . .git/config is invalid,
38 . .git/config can not be written to,
39 . no section was provided,
40 . the section or key is invalid,
41 . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
42 . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match.
49 Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
50 all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex)
53 Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
57 Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
61 Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
64 Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
70 Given a .git/config like this:
73 # This is the config file, and
74 # a '#' or ';' character indicates
80 ; Don't trust file modes
85 external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
90 command="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/"
91 command="proxy-command" for kernel.org
92 command="myprotocol-command" for "my://"
93 command=default-proxy ; for all the rest
95 you can set the filemode to true with
98 % git repo-config core.filemode true
101 The hypothetic proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
102 to what URL they apply. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
106 % git repo-config proxy.command '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$'
109 This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced.
111 To delete the entry for renames, do
114 % git repo-config --unset diff.renames
117 If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like proxy.command above),
118 you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line.
120 To query the value for a given key, do
123 % git repo-config --get core.filemode
129 % git repo-config core.filemode
132 or, to query a multivar:
135 % git repo-config --get proxy.command "for kernel.org$"
138 If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
141 % git repo-config --get-all proxy.command
144 If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* proxy.commands by a
148 % git repo-config --replace-all proxy.command ssh
151 However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy,
152 i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this:
155 % git repo-config proxy.command ssh '! for '
158 To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
161 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
167 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
171 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin.
175 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite