When you set a global configuration option for git on Windows, where does it get written to?

Question

If you set something like this on Windows:

git config --global core.autocrlf false

Where is this global setting getting written to?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '09 at 03:55

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It will write the values in a file called .gitconfig, unless you specify another name with the '--file' option

 git config --global --file myFile key value

Note: the environment variable GIT_CONFIG can also be used to specify another name for this file. --file will supersede GIT_CONFIG value.

Whatever its name, it will write it in:

If $HOME or %HOMEPATH% is not properly set, the git config command will fail.

It is used to store a per-user configuration and serves as fallback values for the repository-local '.git/config' file.

answered Sep 25 '09 at 03:55

VonC

Very helpful. Thank you. – S. Michaels Sep 25 '09 at 04:26
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Also with new enough Git you can use "`git config --global --edit`" to open per-user config file in your editor... and from there I would guess you would be able to find where it is. – Jakub Narębski Sep 26 '09 at 16:50

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '09 at 03:39

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You can check your $HOME directory for a file like .gitconfig

answered Sep 25 '09 at 03:39

Vincent

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