List git configuration

Created Mittwoch 05 März 2025

Git has 3 configuration locations (scopes):

Configuration scopes

Ordered from highest to lowest specificity.

List of scopes

• Worktree -> Working tree(s)
  • <Git repository>/.git/config.worktree
• Local (= Git repository):
  • <Git repository>/.git/config
• Global (= User configration)
  • Linux:
    • ~/.gitconfig
    • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config (-> only written to if it exists)
  • Windows:
    • %USERPROFILE%\.gitconfig
• System (= Global OS configuration location):
  • Linux:
    • /etc/gitconfig
  • Windows:
    • %ProgramFiles%/Git/etc/gitconfig
• Portable
  • Linux: Not available
  • Windows:
    • %ProgramData%\Git\config
    • %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Git\config

Applications with own git settings

Some applications have there own git settings which override the git ones:

• VS Code

All configuration

List/show all configuration settings:
$ git config --list

Show configuration origin paths

List/show all configuration settings with there origin file paths:
$ git config --list --show-origin [--show-scope]
--show-scope: Also lists the scope names

Show scope system configuration

List/show all configuration settings from scope system:
$ git config --list --system [--show-origin]

Show scope global configuration

List/show all configuration settings from scope global:
$ git config --list --global [--show-origin]

Show scope local configuration

List/show all configuration settings from scope local:
$ git config --list --local [--show-origin]