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# 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
  showRandomTip: true
  showCommandLog: true
  commandLogSize: 8
  sortTagsDescending: false # sort order for tags
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>'
    openRecentRepos: '<c-r>'
    confirm: '<enter>'
    confirm-alt1: 'y'
    remove: 'd'
    new: 'n'
    edit: 'e'
    openFile: 'o'
    scrollUpMain: '<pgup>' # main panel scroll up
    scrollDownMain: '<pgdown>' # main panel scroll down
    scrollUpMain-alt1: 'K' # main panel scroll up
    scrollDownMain-alt1: 'J' # main panel scroll down
    scrollUpMain-alt2: '<c-u>' # main panel scroll up
    scrollDownMain-alt2: '<c-d>' # main panel scroll 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