# 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
showListFooter: true # for seeing the '5 of 20' message in list panels
showRandomTip: true
showCommandLog: true
commandLogSize: 8
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: 'auto' # one of 'auto' | 'merge' | 'rebase' | 'ff-only', auto reads from git configuration
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
parseEmoji: false
os:
editCommand: '' # see 'Configuring File Editing' section
openCommand: ''
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: '<a-enter>'
extrasMenu: '@'
toggleWhitespaceInDiffView: '<c-w>'
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'
viewPullRequestOptions: '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}}'
```
### Configuring File Editing
Lazygit will edit a file with the first set editor in the following:
1. config.yaml
```yaml
os:
editCommand: 'vim' # as an example
```
2. \$(git config core.editor)
3. \$GIT_EDITOR
4. \$VISUAL
5. \$EDITOR
6. \$(which vi)
Lazygit will log an error if none of these options are set.
### 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:
**Colors**
- black
- red
- green
- yellow
- blue
- magenta
- cyan
- white
- '#ff00ff'
**Modifiers**
- bold
- default
- 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
## 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:
## 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'
```