git config

git config get and set repository or global options

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

• git config --list
• git config --list --show-origin
• git config --global
• git config --global --list
• git config --global --edit
• git config --global --replace-all
• git config --add

• 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)

• git config --local gc.auto 0

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 gc.auto 0

git config -f ci.gitconfig

git config commit.gpgsign true
git config --global push.autoSetupRemote true

Activities

• Configure git

Related

• git fsck --full
• git push
• git config --global credential.helper cache
• git remote
• remote.origin.url
• remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.

See also

• git config, .git/config, ~/.gitconfig, --list, --global, Usage: git config, credential.helper, --get, Configure git, pull.rebase

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