How do I show my global Git configuration?

Question

I\'d like to show all configured Git sections.

I only found git config --get core.editor, and I\'d like to output everything that\'s configured globally

Answer 1

The shortest,

git config -l

shows all inherited values from: system, global and local

Answer 2

To find all configurations, you just write this command:

git config --list

In my local i run this command .

Md Masud@DESKTOP-3HTSDV8 MINGW64 ~
$ git config --list
core.symlinks=false
core.autocrlf=true
core.fscache=true
color.diff=auto
color.status=auto
color.branch=auto
color.interactive=true
help.format=html
rebase.autosquash=true
http.sslcainfo=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
http.sslbackend=openssl
diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
credential.helper=manager
user.email=infomasud@gmail.com
filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
filter.lfs.required=true
filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f

Answer 3

Since Git 2.26.0, you can use --show-scope option:

git config --list --show-scope

Example output:

system  rebase.autosquash=true
system  credential.helper=helper-selector
global  core.editor='code.cmd' --wait -n
global  merge.tool=kdiff3
local   core.symlinks=false
local   core.ignorecase=true

It can be combined with

• --local for project config, --global for user config, --system for all users' config
• --show-origin to show the exact config file location

Answer 4

On Linux-based systems you can view/edit a configuration file by

vi/vim/nano .git/config

Make sure you are inside the Git init folder.

If you want to work with --global config, it's

vi/vim/nano .gitconfig

on /home/userName

This should help with editing: https://help.github.com/categories/setup/

Answer 5

How do I edit my global Git configuration?

Short answer: git config --edit --global

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To understand Git configuration, you should know that:

Git configuration variables can be stored at three different levels. Each level overrides values at the previous level.

1. System level (applied to every user on the system and all their repositories)

• to view, git config --list --system (may need sudo)
• to set, git config --system color.ui true
• to edit system config file, git config --edit --system

2. Global level (values specific personally to you, the user).

• to view, git config --list --global
• to set, git config --global user.name xyz
• to edit global config file, git config --edit --global

3. Repository level (specific to that single repository)

• to view, git config --list --local
• to set, git config --local core.ignorecase true (--local optional)
• to edit repository config file, git config --edit --local (--local optional)

How do I view all settings?

• Run git config --list, showing system, global, and (if inside a repository) local configs
• Run git config --list --show-origin, also shows the origin file of each config item

How do I read one particular configuration?

• Run git config user.name to get user.name, for example.
• You may also specify options --system, --global, --local to read that value at a particular level.

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Reference: 1.6 Getting Started - First-Time Git Setup

Answer 6

git config --list

is one way to go. I usually just open up .gitconfig though.