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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
git maintains configuration in a hierarchy of files, from system-wide configuration in <code>/etc/gitconfig</code>, user-specific configuration in and , to repository specific configuration in. It resolves a configuration element to the most specific value - a repository-level value takes precedence over a user-level values, and a user-level values takes precedence over the corresponding system-level value. | git maintains configuration in a hierarchy of files, from system-wide configuration in <code>/etc/gitconfig</code>, user-specific configuration in and , to repository specific configuration in. | ||
<code>/etc/gitconfig</code> contains configuration that applies to all users of the system. <code>git config --system</code> reads and writes this file. | |||
It resolves a configuration element to the most specific value - a repository-level value takes precedence over a user-level values, and a user-level values takes precedence over the corresponding system-level value. | |||
=Environment Variables= | =Environment Variables= | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 18 July 2019
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git maintains configuration in a hierarchy of files, from system-wide configuration in /etc/gitconfig, user-specific configuration in and , to repository specific configuration in.
/etc/gitconfig contains configuration that applies to all users of the system. git config --system reads and writes this file.
It resolves a configuration element to the most specific value - a repository-level value takes precedence over a user-level values, and a user-level values takes precedence over the corresponding system-level value.