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git_config [2019/02/18 09:39] – [Basic configuration examples] rpjdaygit_config [2019/02/18 09:57] (current) – [Configuration sections and keys] rpjday
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 </code> </code>
  
-All of the above (based on specifying ''--global'') end up in your (INI-style) personal ''~/.gitconfig'' file with the form:+All of the above (based on specifying ''%%--%%global'') end up in your (INI-style) personal ''~/.gitconfig'' file with the form:
  
 <code> <code>
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 and so on. and so on.
  
-To delete a configuration setting, add ''--unset'':+To delete a configuration setting, add ''%%--%%unset'':
  
 <code> <code>
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   * global (''~/.gitconfig'')   * global (''~/.gitconfig'')
   * local (''.git/config'') [associated with the repo itself]   * local (''.git/config'') [associated with the repo itself]
- 
- 
- 
-===== Three levels of configuration ===== 
  
 ==== /etc/gitconfig (--system) ==== ==== /etc/gitconfig (--system) ====
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 ==== ~/.gitconfig (--global) ==== ==== ~/.gitconfig (--global) ====
  
-Per-user (it would have killed them to call it ''%%--%%user''?):+Per-user:
  
 <code> <code>
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 </code> </code>
  
-===== Setting your configuration ===== +NOTE: If you don't specify which of the three levels you want, the operation defaults to ''%%--%%local'', which will fail if you are not inside a working tree, and is probably not what you want, anyway.
- +
-==== Global configuration ==== +
- +
-Setting globally (in personal ''~/.gitconfig''): +
- +
-<code> +
-$ git config --global user.name "Robert P. J. Day" +
-$ git config --global user.email "rpjday@crashcourse.ca" +
-$ git config --global color.ui false +
-</code> +
- +
-==== Local configuration ==== +
- +
-Setting locally (in repo's ''.git/config''): +
- +
-<code> +
-$ git config [--local] gui.wmstate normal   (the default mode) +
-</code>+
  
 ===== Listing config settings ===== ===== Listing config settings =====
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 ===== Overriding configuration settings ===== ===== Overriding configuration settings =====
  
-==== One-time config override with -c ==== 
  
-<code> 
-$ git -c user.name="Keyser Soze" <command>... 
-</code> 
  
 ==== Environment variables ==== ==== Environment variables ====
  
-As an example, ''git commit'' searches for the editor to use when entering the commit message:+Most Git commands support environment variables for overriding configuration settings. As an example, ''git commit'' searches for the editor to use when entering the commit message:
  
   * ''GIT_EDITOR'' environment variable   * ''GIT_EDITOR'' environment variable
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 </code> </code>
  
-===== Configuration sections and keys =====+==== One-time config override with -c ==== 
 + 
 +If you need a one-time-only override of some config setting, most Git commands support the "-c" option: 
 + 
 +<code> 
 +$ git -c user.name="Keyser Soze" <some command>... 
 +</code> 
 +===== Sections and subsections =====
  
 Format of ''<section>.<key>'': Format of ''<section>.<key>'':
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