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Eliaz Bobadilla
Eliaz Bobadilla

Reputation: 666

Which is the file format of ~/.gitconfig?

I would like to format my ~/.gitconfig file, but I don't know the file type. Is it toml or yml or something else?

Do indentations matter? What structure does it expect?

Upvotes: 29

Views: 12853

Answers (2)

defend orca
defend orca

Reputation: 743

follow by wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file#cite_note-4 and official doc: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#_configuration_file

it is really totally ini file, u can use ini format it.

Upvotes: 4

KamilCuk
KamilCuk

Reputation: 140970

Which is the file format of ~/.gitconfig?

The format is described in documentation. It has no specific "standard" format. It's just a format that Git expects. It is similar to an ini file, but not quite - there are subsections and values with quotations.

what tool I could use able to format the text of the file

Just do not indent sections and comments and indent any other lines. You can write such a program in sed or awk.

Upvotes: 22

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