Set or query a library global option

Available options:

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t *):

Get the maximum mmap window size

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_SIZE, size_t):

Set the maximum mmap window size

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t *):

Get the maximum memory that will be mapped in total by the library

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_MAPPED_LIMIT, size_t):

Set the maximum amount of memory that can be mapped at any time by the library

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_MWINDOW_FILE_LIMIT, size_t *):

Get the maximum number of files that will be mapped at any time by the library

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_MWINDOW_FILE_LIMIT, size_t):

Set the maximum number of files that can be mapped at any time by the library. The default (0) is unlimited.

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, git_buf *buf)

Get the search path for a given level of config data. "level" must be one of GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG, or GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_PROGRAMDATA. The search path is written to the out buffer.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SEARCH_PATH, int level, const char *path)

Set the search path for a level of config data. The search path applied to shared attributes and ignore files, too.

• path lists directories delimited by GIT_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR. Pass NULL to reset to the default (generally based on environment variables). Use magic path $PATH to include the old value of the path (if you want to prepend or append, for instance).

• level must be GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL, GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG, or GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_PROGRAMDATA.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_OBJECT_LIMIT, git_object_t type, size_t size)

Set the maximum data size for the given type of object to be considered eligible for caching in memory. Setting to value to zero means that that type of object will not be cached. Defaults to 0 for GIT_OBJECT_BLOB (i.e. won't cache blobs) and 4k for GIT_OBJECT_COMMIT, GIT_OBJECT_TREE, and GIT_OBJECT_TAG.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, ssize_t max_storage_bytes)

Set the maximum total data size that will be cached in memory across all repositories before libgit2 starts evicting objects from the cache. This is a soft limit, in that the library might briefly exceed it, but will start aggressively evicting objects from cache when that happens. The default cache size is 256MB.

• opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_CACHING, int enabled)

Enable or disable caching completely.

Because caches are repository-specific, disabling the cache cannot immediately clear all cached objects, but each cache will be cleared on the next attempt to update anything in it.

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_CACHED_MEMORY, ssize_t *current, ssize_t *allowed)

Get the current bytes in cache and the maximum that would be allowed in the cache.

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_TEMPLATE_PATH, git_buf *out)

Get the default template path. The path is written to the out buffer.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_TEMPLATE_PATH, const char *path)

Set the default template path.

• path directory of template.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CERT_LOCATIONS, const char *file, const char *path)

Set the SSL certificate-authority locations.

• file is the location of a file containing several certificates concatenated together.
• path is the location of a directory holding several certificates, one per file.

Either parameter may be NULL, but not both.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_USER_AGENT, const char *user_agent)

Set the value of the User-Agent header. This value will be appended to "git/1.0", for compatibility with other git clients.

• user_agent is the value that will be delivered as the User-Agent header on HTTP requests.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_WINDOWS_SHAREMODE, unsigned long value)

Set the share mode used when opening files on Windows. For more information, see the documentation for CreateFile. The default is: FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE. This is ignored and unused on non-Windows platforms.

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_WINDOWS_SHAREMODE, unsigned long *value)

Get the share mode used when opening files on Windows.

• opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_STRICT_OBJECT_CREATION, int enabled)

Enable strict input validation when creating new objects to ensure that all inputs to the new objects are valid. For example, when this is enabled, the parent(s) and tree inputs will be validated when creating a new commit. This defaults to enabled.

• opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_STRICT_SYMBOLIC_REF_CREATION, int enabled)

Validate the target of a symbolic ref when creating it. For example, foobar is not a valid ref, therefore foobar is not a valid target for a symbolic ref by default, whereas refs/heads/foobar is. Disabling this bypasses validation so that an arbitrary strings such as foobar can be used for a symbolic ref target. This defaults to enabled.

• opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SSL_CIPHERS, const char *ciphers)

Set the SSL ciphers use for HTTPS connections.

• ciphers is the list of ciphers that are eanbled.

• opts(GIT_OPT_GET_USER_AGENT, git_buf *out)

Get the value of the User-Agent header. The User-Agent is written to the out buffer.

• opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_OFS_DELTA, int enabled)

Enable or disable the use of "offset deltas" when creating packfiles, and the negotiation of them when talking to a remote server. Offset deltas store a delta base location as an offset into the packfile from the current location, which provides a shorter encoding and thus smaller resultant packfiles. Packfiles containing offset deltas can still be read. This defaults to enabled.

• opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_FSYNC_GITDIR, int enabled)

Enable synchronized writes of files in the gitdir using fsync (or the platform equivalent) to ensure that new object data is written to permanent storage, not simply cached. This defaults to disabled.

opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_STRICT_HASH_VERIFICATION, int enabled)

Enable strict verification of object hashsums when reading objects from disk. This may impact performance due to an additional checksum calculation on each object. This defaults to enabled.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_ALLOCATOR, git_allocator *allocator)

Set the memory allocator to a different memory allocator. This allocator will then be used to make all memory allocations for libgit2 operations. If the given allocator is NULL, then the system default will be restored.

opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_UNSAVED_INDEX_SAFETY, int enabled)

Ensure that there are no unsaved changes in the index before beginning any operation that reloads the index from disk (eg, checkout). If there are unsaved changes, the instruction will fail. (Using the FORCE flag to checkout will still overwrite these changes.)

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_PACK_MAX_OBJECTS, size_t *out)

Get the maximum number of objects libgit2 will allow in a pack file when downloading a pack file from a remote. This can be used to limit maximum memory usage when fetching from an untrusted remote.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_PACK_MAX_OBJECTS, size_t objects)

Set the maximum number of objects libgit2 will allow in a pack file when downloading a pack file from a remote.

opts(GIT_OPT_DISABLE_PACK_KEEP_FILE_CHECKS, int enabled) > This will cause .keep file existence checks to be skipped when > accessing packfiles, which can help performance with remote filesystems.

opts(GIT_OPT_ENABLE_HTTP_EXPECT_CONTINUE, int enabled) > When connecting to a server using NTLM or Negotiate > authentication, use expect/continue when POSTing data. > This option is not available on Windows.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_ODB_PACKED_PRIORITY, int priority) > Override the default priority of the packed ODB backend which > is added when default backends are assigned to a repository

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_ODB_LOOSE_PRIORITY, int priority) > Override the default priority of the loose ODB backend which > is added when default backends are assigned to a repository

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_EXTENSIONS, git_strarray *out) > Returns the list of git extensions that are supported. This > is the list of built-in extensions supported by libgit2 and > custom extensions that have been added with > GIT_OPT_SET_EXTENSIONS. Extensions that have been negated > will not be returned. The returned list should be released > with git_strarray_dispose.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_EXTENSIONS, const char **extensions, size_t len) > Set that the given git extensions are supported by the caller. > Extensions supported by libgit2 may be negated by prefixing > them with a !. For example: setting extensions to > { "!noop", "newext" } indicates that the caller does not want > to support repositories with the noop extension but does want > to support repositories with the newext extension.

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_OWNER_VALIDATION, int *enabled) > Gets the owner validation setting for repository > directories.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_OWNER_VALIDATION, int enabled) > Set that repository directories should be owned by the current > user. The default is to validate ownership.

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_HOMEDIR, git_buf *out) > Gets the current user's home directory, as it will be used > for file lookups. The path is written to the out buffer.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_HOMEDIR, const char *path) > Sets the directory used as the current user's home directory, > for file lookups. > > - path directory of home directory.

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, int *timeout) > Gets the timeout (in milliseconds) to attempt connections to > a remote server.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, int timeout) > Sets the timeout (in milliseconds) to attempt connections to > a remote server. Set to 0 to use the system default. Note that > this may not be able to be configured longer than the system > default, typically 75 seconds.

opts(GIT_OPT_GET_SERVER_TIMEOUT, int *timeout) > Gets the timeout (in milliseconds) for reading from and writing > to a remote server.

opts(GIT_OPT_SET_SERVER_TIMEOUT, int timeout) > Sets the timeout (in milliseconds) for reading from and writing > to a remote server. Set to 0 to use the system default.