When you set a global configuration option for git

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If you set something like this on Windows:

git config --global core.autocrlf false

Where is this global setting getting written to?

Answer 1

You can check your $HOME directory for a file like .gitconfig

Answer 2

It will write the values in a file called .gitconfig, unless you specify another name with the '--file' option

 git config --global --file myFile key value

Note: the environment variable GIT_CONFIG can also be used to specify another name for this file. --file will supersede GIT_CONFIG value.

Whatever its name, it will write it in:

• $HOME for Unix
• %HOMEPATH% for Windows (c:\Users\MyName by default)

If $HOME or %HOMEPATH% is not properly set, the git config command will fail.

It is used to store a per-user configuration and serves as fallback values for the repository-local '.git/config' file.