| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_PROGRAMDATA1 | System-wide on Windows, for compatibility with portable git |
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_SYSTEM2 | System-wide configuration file; /etc/gitconfig on Linux systems |
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_XDG3 | XDG compatible configuration file; typically ~/.config/git/config |
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_GLOBAL4 | User-specific configuration file (also called Global configuration file); typically ~/.gitconfig |
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_LOCAL5 | Repository specific configuration file; $WORK_DIR/.git/config on non-bare repos |
| GIT_CONFIG_LEVEL_APP6 | Application specific configuration file; freely defined by applications |
| GIT_CONFIG_HIGHEST_LEVEL-1 | Represents the highest level available config file (i.e. the most specific config file available that actually is loaded) |
Priority level of a config file. These priority levels correspond to the natural escalation logic (from higher to lower) when searching for config entries in git.git.
git_config_open_default() and git_repository_config() honor those priority levels as well.