# User Config

Default path for the config file:

* Linux: `~/.config/lazygit/config.yml`
* MacOS: `~/Library/Application Support/lazygit/config.yml`
* Windows: `%APPDATA%\lazygit\config.yml`

For old installations (slightly embarrassing: I didn't realise at the time that you didn't need to supply a vendor name to the path so I just used my name):

* Linux: `~/.config/jesseduffield/lazygit/config.yml`
* MacOS: `~/Library/Application Support/jesseduffield/lazygit/config.yml`
* Windows: `%APPDATA%\jesseduffield\lazygit\config.yml`

## Default

```yaml
  gui:
    # stuff relating to the UI
    scrollHeight: 2 # how many lines you scroll by
    scrollPastBottom: true # enable scrolling past the bottom
    sidePanelWidth: 0.3333 # number from 0 to 1
    expandFocusedSidePanel: false
    mainPanelSplitMode: 'flexible' # one of 'horizontal' | 'flexible' | 'vertical'
    theme:
      lightTheme: false # For terminals with a light background
      activeBorderColor:
        - white
        - bold
      inactiveBorderColor:
        - green
      optionsTextColor:
        - blue
      selectedLineBgColor:
        - default
      selectedRangeBgColor:
        - blue
    commitLength:
      show: true
    mouseEvents: true
    skipUnstageLineWarning: false
    skipStashWarning: true
    showFileTree: false # for rendering changes files in a tree format
  git:
    paging:
      colorArg: always
      useConfig: false
    merging:
      # only applicable to unix users
      manualCommit: false
      # extra args passed to `git merge`, e.g. --no-ff
      args: ""
    pull:
      mode: 'merge' # one of 'merge' | 'rebase' | 'ff-only'
    skipHookPrefix: WIP
    autoFetch: true
    branchLogCmd: "git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium {{branchName}} --"
    allBranchesLogCmd: "git log --graph --all --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative  --pretty=medium"
    overrideGpg: false # prevents lazygit from spawning a separate process when using GPG
    disableForcePushing: false
  refresher:
    refreshInterval: 10 # file/submodule refresh interval in seconds
    fetchInterval: 60 # re-fetch interval in seconds
  update:
    method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
    days: 14 # how often an update is checked for
  reporting: 'undetermined' # one of: 'on' | 'off' | 'undetermined'
  confirmOnQuit: false
  # determines whether hitting 'esc' will quit the application when there is nothing to cancel/close
  quitOnTopLevelReturn: false
  disableStartupPopups: false
  notARepository: 'prompt' # one of: 'prompt' | 'create' | 'skip'
  keybinding:
    universal:
      quit: 'q'
      quit-alt1: '<c-c>' # alternative/alias of quit
      return: '<esc>' # return to previous menu, will quit if there's nowhere to return
      quitWithoutChangingDirectory: 'Q'
      togglePanel: '<tab>' # goto the next panel
      prevItem: '<up>' # go one line up
      nextItem: '<down>' # go one line down
      prevItem-alt: 'k' # go one line up
      nextItem-alt: 'j' # go one line down
      prevPage: ',' # go to next page in list
      nextPage: '.' # go to previous page in list
      gotoTop: '<' # go to top of list
      gotoBottom: '>' # go to bottom of list
      prevBlock: '<left>' # goto the previous block / panel
      nextBlock: '<right>' # goto the next block / panel
      prevBlock-alt: 'h' # goto the previous block / panel
      nextBlock-alt: 'l' # goto the next block / panel
      nextMatch: 'n'
      prevMatch: 'N'
      optionMenu: 'x' # show help menu
      optionMenu-alt1: '?' # show help menu
      select: '<space>'
      goInto: '<enter>'
      confirm: '<enter>'
      confirm-alt1: 'y'
      remove: 'd'
      new: 'n'
      edit: 'e'
      openFile: 'o'
      scrollUpMain: '<pgup>' # main panel scrool up
      scrollDownMain: '<pgdown>' # main panel scrool down
      scrollUpMain-alt1: 'K' # main panel scrool up
      scrollDownMain-alt1: 'J' # main panel scrool down
      scrollUpMain-alt2: '<c-u>' # main panel scrool up
      scrollDownMain-alt2: '<c-d>' # main panel scrool down
      executeCustomCommand: ':'
      createRebaseOptionsMenu: 'm'
      pushFiles: 'P'
      pullFiles: 'p'
      refresh: 'R'
      createPatchOptionsMenu: '<c-p>'
      nextTab: ']'
      prevTab: '['
      nextScreenMode: '+'
      prevScreenMode: '_'
      undo: 'z'
      redo: '<c-z>'
      filteringMenu: '<c-s>'
      diffingMenu: 'W'
      diffingMenu-alt: '<c-e>' # deprecated
      copyToClipboard: '<c-o>'
      submitEditorText: '<enter>'
      appendNewline: '<tab>'
    status:
      checkForUpdate: 'u'
      recentRepos: '<enter>'
    files:
      commitChanges: 'c'
      commitChangesWithoutHook: 'w' # commit changes without pre-commit hook
      amendLastCommit: 'A'
      commitChangesWithEditor: 'C'
      ignoreFile: 'i'
      refreshFiles: 'r'
      stashAllChanges: 's'
      viewStashOptions: 'S'
      toggleStagedAll: 'a' # stage/unstage all
      viewResetOptions: 'D'
      fetch: 'f'
      toggleTreeView: '`'
    branches:
      createPullRequest: 'o'
      checkoutBranchByName: 'c'
      forceCheckoutBranch: 'F'
      rebaseBranch: 'r'
      mergeIntoCurrentBranch: 'M'
      viewGitFlowOptions: 'i'
      fastForward: 'f' # fast-forward this branch from its upstream
      pushTag: 'P'
      setUpstream: 'u' # set as upstream of checked-out branch
      fetchRemote: 'f'
    commits:
      squashDown: 's'
      renameCommit: 'r'
      renameCommitWithEditor: 'R'
      viewResetOptions: 'g'
      markCommitAsFixup: 'f'
      createFixupCommit: 'F' # create fixup commit for this commit
      squashAboveCommits: 'S'
      moveDownCommit: '<c-j>' # move commit down one
      moveUpCommit: '<c-k>' # move commit up one
      amendToCommit: 'A'
      pickCommit: 'p' # pick commit (when mid-rebase)
      revertCommit: 't'
      cherryPickCopy: 'c'
      cherryPickCopyRange: 'C'
      pasteCommits: 'v'
      tagCommit: 'T'
      checkoutCommit: '<space>'
      resetCherryPick: '<c-R>'
      copyCommitMessageToClipboard: '<c-y>'
    stash:
      popStash: 'g'
    commitFiles:
      checkoutCommitFile: 'c'
    main:
      toggleDragSelect: 'v'
      toggleDragSelect-alt: 'V'
      toggleSelectHunk: 'a'
      pickBothHunks: 'b'
    submodules:
      init: 'i'
      update: 'u'
      bulkMenu: 'b'
```

## Platform Defaults

### Windows

```yaml
  os:
    openCommand: 'cmd /c "start "" {{filename}}"'
```

### Linux

```yaml
  os:
    openCommand: 'sh -c "xdg-open {{filename}} >/dev/null"'
```

### OSX

```yaml
  os:
    openCommand: 'open {{filename}}'
```

### Recommended Config Values

for users of VSCode

```yaml
  os:
    openCommand: 'code -rg {{filename}}'
```

## Color Attributes

For color attributes you can choose an array of attributes (with max one color attribute)
The available attributes are:

- default
- black
- red
- green
- yellow
- blue
- magenta
- cyan
- white
- bold
- reverse # useful for high-contrast
- underline

## Light terminal theme

If you have issues with a light terminal theme where you can't read / see the text add these settings

```yaml
  gui:
    theme:
      lightTheme: true
      activeBorderColor:
        - black
        - bold
      inactiveBorderColor:
        - black
      selectedLineBgColor:
        - default
```

## Struggling to see selected line

If you struggle to see the selected line I recommend using the reverse attribute on selected lines like so:

```yaml
  gui:
    theme:
      selectedLineBgColor:
        - reverse
      selectedRangeBgColor:
        - reverse
```

The following has also worked for a couple of people:
```yaml
gui:
  theme:
    activeBorderColor:
      - white
      - bold
    inactiveBorderColor:
      - white
    selectedLineBgColor:
      - reverse
      - blue
```

Alternatively you may have bold fonts disabled in your terminal, in which case enabling bold fonts should solve the problem.

If you're still having trouble please raise an issue.

## Example Coloring

![border example](../../assets/colored-border-example.png)

## Keybindings

For all possible keybinding options, check [Custom_Keybindings.md](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/keybindings/Custom_Keybindings.md)

### Example Keybindings For Colemak Users

```yaml
  keybinding:
    universal:
      prevItem-alt: 'u'
      nextItem-alt: 'e'
      prevBlock-alt: 'n'
      nextBlock-alt: 'i'
      nextMatch: '='
      prevMatch: '-'
      new: 'k'
      edit: 'o'
      openFile: 'O'
      scrollUpMain-alt1: 'U'
      scrollDownMain-alt1: 'E'
      scrollUpMain-alt2: '<c-u>'
      scrollDownMain-alt2: '<c-e>'
      undo: 'l'
      redo: '<c-r>'
      diffingMenu: 'M'
      filteringMenu: '<c-f>'
    files:
      ignoreFile: 'I'
    commits:
      moveDownCommit: '<c-e>'
      moveUpCommit: '<c-u>'
    branches:
      viewGitFlowOptions: 'I'
      setUpstream: 'U'
```

## Custom pull request URLs

Some git provider setups (e.g. on-premises GitLab) can have distinct URLs for git-related calls and
the web interface/API itself. To work with those, Lazygit needs to know where it needs to create
the pull request. You can do so on your `config.yml` file using the following syntax:

```yaml
services:
  "<gitDomain>": "<provider>:<webDomain>"
```

Where:

- `gitDomain` stands for the domain used by git itself (i.e. the one present on clone URLs), e.g. `git.work.com`
- `provider` is one of `github`, `bitbucket` or `gitlab`
- `webDomain` is the URL where your git service exposes a web interface and APIs, e.g. `gitservice.work.com`

## Predefined commit message prefix
In situations where certain naming pattern is used for branches and commits, pattern can be used to populate
commit message with prefix that is parsed from the branch name.

Example:
* Branch name: feature/AB-123
* Commit message: [AB-123] Adding feature

```yaml
  git:
    commitPrefixes:
      my_project: # This is repository folder name
        pattern: "^\\w+\\/(\\w+-\\w+).*"
        replace: "[$1] "
```

## Custom git log command

You can override the `git log` command that's used to render the log of the selected branch like so:

```
git:
  branchLogCmd: "git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium --oneline {{branchName}} --"
```

Result:

![](https://i.imgur.com/Nibq35B.png)

## Launching not in a repository behaviour

By default, when launching lazygit from a directory that is not a repository,
you will be prompted to choose if you would like to initialize a repo. You can
override this behaviour in the config with one of the following:

```yaml
# for default prompting behaviour
notARepository: 'prompt'
```

```yaml
# to skip and initialize a new repo
notARepository: 'create'
```

```yaml
# to skip without creating a new repo
notARepository: 'skip'
```