lazygit/docs/Config.md

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

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'
  language: 'auto' # one of 'auto' | 'en' | 'zh' | 'pl' | 'nl'
  theme:
    lightTheme: false # For terminals with a light background
    activeBorderColor:
      - white
      - bold
    inactiveBorderColor:
      - green
    optionsTextColor:
      - blue
    selectedLineBgColor:
      - default
    selectedRangeBgColor:
      - blue
    cherryPickedCommitBgColor:
      - blue
    cherryPickedCommitFgColor:
      - cyan
  commitLength:
    show: true
  mouseEvents: true
  skipUnstageLineWarning: false
  skipStashWarning: true
  showFileTree: true # 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
  commit:
    signOff: false
  merging:
    # only applicable to unix users
    manualCommit: false
    # extra args passed to `git merge`, e.g. --no-ff
    args: ''
  log:
    # one of date-order, author-date-order, topo-order.
    # topo-order makes it easier to read the git log graph, but commits may not
    # appear chronologically. See https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log#_commit_ordering
    order: 'topo-order'
    # one of always, never, when-maximised
    # this determines whether the git graph is rendered in the commits panel
    showGraph: 'when-maximised'
  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
  diffContextSize: 3 # how many lines of context are shown around a change in diffs
os:
  editCommand: '' # see 'Configuring File Editing' section
  editCommandTemplate: '{{editor}} {{filename}}'
  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
    scrollLeft: 'H' # scroll left within list view
    scrollRight: 'L' # scroll right within list view
    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
    jumpToBlock: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'] # goto the Nth 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>'
    increaseContextInDiffView: '}'
    decreaseContextInDiffView: '{'
  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>'
    openLogMenu: '<c-l>'
  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

os:
  openCommand: 'start "" {{filename}}'

Linux

os:
  openCommand: 'xdg-open {{filename}} >/dev/null'

OSX

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

Configuring File Editing

Lazygit will edit a file with the first set editor in the following:

1. config.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.

You can specify a line number you are currently at when in the line-by-line mode.

os:
  editCommand: 'vim'
  editCommandTemplate: '{{editor}} +{{line}} {{filename}}'

or

os:
  editCommand: 'code'
  editCommandTemplate: '{{editor}} --goto {{filename}}:{{line}}'

{{editor}} in editCommandTemplate is replaced with the value of editCommand.

Overriding default config file location

To override the default config directory, use $CONFIG_DIR="~/.config/lazygit". This directory contains the config file in addition to some other files lazygit uses to keep track of state across sessions.

To override the individual config file used, use the --use-config-file arg or the LG_CONFIG_FILE env var.

If you want to merge a specific config file into a more general config file, perhaps for the sake of setting some theme-specific options, you can supply a list of comma-separated config file paths, like so:

lazygit --use-config-file=~/.base_lg_conf,~/.light_theme_lg_conf
or
LG_CONFIG_FILE="~/.base_lg_conf,~/.light_theme_lg_conf" lazygit

Recommended Config Values

for users of VSCode

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

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:

gui:
  theme:
    selectedLineBgColor:
      - reverse
    selectedRangeBgColor:
      - reverse

The following has also worked for a couple of people:

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.

Custom Author Color

Lazygit will assign a random color for every commit author in the commits pane by default.

You can customize the color in case you're not happy with the randomly assigned one:

gui:
  authorColors:
    'John Smith': '#ff0000' # use red for John Smith

You can use wildcard to set a unified color in case your are lazy to customize the color for every author or you just want a single color for all/other authors:

gui:
  authorColors:
    # use red for John Smith
    'John Smith': '#ff0000'
    # use blue for other authors
    '*': '#0000ff'

Example Coloring

Keybindings

For all possible keybinding options, check Custom_Keybindings.md

Example Keybindings For Colemak Users

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:

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

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:

# for default prompting behaviour
notARepository: 'prompt'

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

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