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Reputation: 381

Is there any other place for a git config setting other than global, system and local?

I'm on git version 2.8.3.windows.1 and a bit perplexed about where the core.autocrlf setting is actually being stored. In Git Extensions it shows as "not set", however I get the following when I query git config:

$ cd /c             <-- i.e. not a repo

$ git config --get core.autocrlf
false

$ git config --global --get core.autocrlf
(nothing)
$ git config --system --get core.autocrlf
(nothing)

$ git config -l
core.symlinks=false
core.autocrlf=false
core.fscache=true
...

$ git config --system -l
credential.helper=manager

$ git config --global -l
core.editor="C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitExtensions.exe" fileeditor
core.quotepath=false
color.ui=auto
... (not here either)

$ git config --local -l
fatal: unable to read config file '.git/config': No such file or directory

The .gitconfig file also doesn't have it

$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[core]
        editor = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitExtensions.exe\" fileeditor
        quotepath = false

So I get how GitExt is showing it as "not set", but I don't understand at all how git config -l is getting the value for core.autocrlf. And I can't seem to get rid of it to re-write it:

$ git config --unset core.autocrlf
fatal: not in a git directory

$ git config --unset --global core.autocrlf

$ git config -l
core.symlinks=false
core.autocrlf=false
core.fscache=true
...

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1270

Answers (1)

Edward Thomson
Edward Thomson

Reputation: 78873

Yes. Beginning with Git for Windows 2.5.0, there is a system-wide Windows configuration area, so that all Windows clients can interoperate.

This new path is %PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config.

Despite the name, the "global" configuration area is not global on Windows, it is tied to a particular Git for Windows installation.

Upvotes: 4

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