How to obtain the effective git-config values and their source?

Question

I know git-config doesn't know all possible default values, but is there any way to see not only which config values apply to the current repo but also which config (local, global, system) is responsible?

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '17 at 09:16

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Sure, just

git config --list --show-origin

answered Feb 09 '17 at 09:16

Tobias Kienzler

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only as of git 2.8 – cori Mar 23 '18 at 03:58
This won't include values set from supported environment variables, like `EMAIL` (for `user.email`). – void.pointer Mar 17 '21 at 17:07
@void.pointer Good point, though not too surprising since that could be overridden per command anyway... The dupe-question https://stackoverflow.com/q/17756753/321973 also doesn't mention this I think... Did you find a solution for this? – Tobias Kienzler Mar 18 '21 at 07:13
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This doesn't show the full picture (i.e. it doesn't include defaults/unset values), doesn't show the effective configuration in its entirety. – tmillr Apr 23 '23 at 23:27

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