How can I print out the value of a git configuration setting (core.autocrlf) on Windows?
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I'm trying to fix a problem with CRLF on Windows.
How do I see what the value of the configuration setting core.autocrlf is set to on my system?
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
If you're using Git Bash:
git config --get core.autocrlf
And for the global config:
git config --global --get core.autocrlf
Solution 2 - Git
Where ever your git repo is ie:public_html do:
[~/public_html]$ git config -l
this should list your whole config for that repo. You could also always use:
[~/public_html]$ git config -help
this will show you all the list commands
Solution 3 - Git
If you want to check your settings, you can use the git config --list command to list all the settings Git can find at that point:
$ git config --list
user.name=John Doe
user.email[email protected]
color.status=auto
color.branch=auto
color.interactive=auto
color.diff=auto
...
You may see keys more than once, because Git reads the same key from different files (/etc/gitconfig and ~/.gitconfig, for example). In this case, Git uses the last value for each unique key it sees.
You can also check what Git thinks a specific key’s value is by typing git config <key>:
$ git config user.name
John Doe
Here the used documentation
Solution 4 - Git
In the .git dir there is a file named 'config' which has your settings in. This help?
Solution 5 - Git
I am not sure if you set that option as global, that can override the local configuration. You can have a try. If it is yes, you don't need care too much about the one inside the git repo.
Solution 6 - Git
To read from particular value from a git configuration files ,
git config --system –get core.autocrlf
Reads the value core.autocrlf from configuration file of Git set at System level.
There are 3 levels of configuration files for git :
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Local (use --local)
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System (use --system)
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Global (use --global)
Q) What will happen if I skip to mention the level of a file ?
In case of Read operation , then value will be searched in all the 3 configuration files.
git config –get core.autocrlf
Q) What does it mean if it does not print anything ?
It simply means , that no such configuration is set.
Q) What if a configuration value is mentioned in all 3 files ? Which will it show ?
Well, highest priority to local , then global and then system. Sometimes a config variable can have multiple value , say in local. In that case the last value mentioned in the local config file, it will show.
Q) What if I want to see all values for a config variable ?
Use --get-all like
git config --local --get-all core.autocrlf
Q) What happens if I write git config --get-all core.autocrlf ?
Clearly you have skipped to write the level of file , hence in that case it shows for all files and all values mentioned in them for this config variable.