Git config

git config get and set repository or global options

• Doc: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config
• Configuration file: $HOME/.gitconfig

• git config --list
• git config --list --show-origin
• git config --global
• git config --global --list
• git config --global --edit

• Set your username:

git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"

• Set your email address:

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

• git config --local credential.helper "" (will prompt for username and password)

Turn off the SSL validation

• git config --global http.sslVerify false

Git indexing fails due to bad pack header :

• git config --global pack.windowMemory "100m"
• git config --global pack.SizeLimit "100m"
• git config --global pack.threads "1"

• git config pull.rebase false # merge (the default strategy)
• git config pull.rebase true # rebase
• git config pull.ff only # fast-forward only

git config --global core.askpass "git-gui--askpass"
(no output)

• git config --global sendpack.sideband false

• git config push.default tracking

git config

git config
usage: git config [<options>]

Config file location
    --global              use global config file
    --system            use system config file
    --local               use repository config file
    --worktree            use per-worktree config file
    -f, --file <file>     use given config file
    --blob <blob-id>      read config from given blob object

Action
    --get                 get value: name [value-regex]
    --get-all             get all values: key [value-regex]
    --get-regexp          get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex]
    --get-urlmatch        get value specific for the URL: section[.var] URL
    --replace-all         replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex]
    --add                 add a new variable: name value
    --unset               remove a variable: name [value-regex]
    --unset-all           remove all matches: name [value-regex]
    --rename-section      rename section: old-name new-name
    --remove-section      remove a section: name
    -l, --list            list all
    -e, --edit            open an editor
    --get-color           find the color configured: slot [default]
    --get-colorbool       find the color setting: slot [stdout-is-tty]

Type
    -t, --type <>         value is given this type
    --bool                value is "true" or "false"
    --int                 value is decimal number
    --bool-or-int         value is --bool or --int
    --path                value is a path (file or directory name)
    --expiry-date         value is an expiry date

Other
    -z, --null            terminate values with NUL byte
    --name-only           show variable names only
    --includes            respect include directives on lookup
    --show-origin         show origin of config (file, standard input, blob, command line)
    --default <value>     with --get, use default value when missing entry

Related commands

• git fsck --full
• git push
• git config --global credential.helper cache

See also

• git config, .git/config, ~/.gitconfig, --list, --global, Usage: git config, credential.helper
• git: [config | init | status ], git add, git rm, git commit, git push, git pull, .gitconfig, .gitignore, git (clone, fetch, pull), git tag, git log, git blame, Merge Request, LFS, git branch, git apply, git rebase, git diff, git diff-tree, git config --global, remote | submodule | request-pull, GIT_TRACE, GIT_CURL_VERBOSE, clean, main, git show-ref, git reset, git prune, git ls-remote origin, git checkout, git switch, pathspec, git credential-osxkeychain, git version, pre-commit, git --help, GitBook, refs/

https://confluence.atlassian.com/fishkb/git-indexing-fails-due-to-bad-pack-header-371360062.html