How to configure the git that is used by TFS 2017 to merge a pull request?

Question

For some reasons, I want to change the .gitconfig that is used by git when TFS tries to merge two branches during a Pull Request.

Do you know a way to do that? Where is it?

I use a private TFS version 15.117.26714.0.

For information, I want to set variables such as diff.renameLimit, merge.renameLimit, etc...

What impact would adding an `sslCAInfo` configuration option have on the merge? — Edward Thomson, Feb 05 '18 at 17:50
I was just trying to fix an issue with Pull Requests, but finally it's not related to ssl certificates, so it's useless. Thanks! — Hemel, Feb 06 '18 at 10:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '18 at 15:21

You could not change such setting in TFS sever side. And I also think this should not be the root cause of your previous issue How to debug "Pull request cannot be automatically merged." in TFS?

Visual Studio allows you to configure and check some of the most common Git configuration settings. Global Settings corresponds to the user-specific configuration file and Repository Settings corresponds to the repository-specific configuration file.

Source Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/git/concepts/git-config?tabs=visual-studio#configuring-settings

Expect this there is no other setting. Your original issue should more related account/branch / repository. To narrow down the issue, you could use another account to create a pull request.

Use another branch, repository to store the source and do the pull request.

How to configure the git that is used by TFS 2017 to merge a pull request?

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