git-repo-config(1) ================== NAME ---- git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]] 'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] 'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex] 'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex] 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex] 'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex] DESCRIPTION ----------- You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be escaped. If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. This command will fail if . .git/config is invalid, . .git/config can not be written to, . no section was provided, . the section or key is invalid, . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or . you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match. OPTIONS ------- --replace-all:: Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex) --get:: Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex matching the value). --get-all:: Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key is not exactly one. --unset:: Remove the line matching the key from .git/config. --unset-all:: Remove all matching lines from .git/config. EXAMPLE ------- Given a .git/config like this: # # This is the config file, and # a '#' or ';' character indicates # a comment # ; core variables [core] ; Don't trust file modes filemode = false ; Our diff algorithm [diff] external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u" renames = true ; Proxy settings [core] gitproxy="ssh" for "ssh://kernel.org/" gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org gitproxy="myprotocol-command" for "my://" gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest you can set the filemode to true with ------------ % git repo-config core.filemode true ------------ The hypothetic proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern to what URL they apply. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org to "ssh". ------------ % git repo-config core.gitproxy '"ssh" for kernel.org' 'for kernel.org$' ------------ This makes sure that only the key/value pair for kernel.org is replaced. To delete the entry for renames, do ------------ % git repo-config --unset diff.renames ------------ If you want to delete an entry for a multivar (like core.gitproxy above), you have to provide a regex matching the value of exactly one line. To query the value for a given key, do ------------ % git repo-config --get core.filemode ------------ or ------------ % git repo-config core.filemode ------------ or, to query a multivar: ------------ % git repo-config --get core.gitproxy "for kernel.org$" ------------ If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do: ------------ % git repo-config --get-all core.gitproxy ------------ If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a new one with ------------ % git repo-config --replace-all core.gitproxy ssh ------------ However, if you really only want to replace the line for the default proxy, i.e. the one without a "for ..." postfix, do something like this: ------------ % git repo-config core.gitproxy ssh '! for ' ------------ To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to ------------ % git repo-config section.key value '[!]' ------------ include::config.txt[] Author ------ Written by Johannes Schindelin Documentation -------------- Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite