# Change Default merge strategy options 2 messages from 2016-10-14 to 2016-10-16. Participants: Daniel Lopez, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44295 ## Daniel Lopez, 2016-10-13 15:57 Subject: Change Default merge strategy options Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/HE1PR0101MB218771966DAC7634B9735634BDDC0%40HE1PR0101MB2187.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, How to use 'git config --global' to set default strategy like recursive. Example: Currently , when we want to enforce a specific strategic we need to include  its reference on the command line :  git.exe merge --strategy=recursive --strategy-option=ignore-all-space dev-local we would like to define it as the default strategic to follow and be able to simplify the command line to: git.exe merge dev-fix1.3-local Using alias is not an option as the git is being called from TortoiseGit (our current gui tool). Daniel Lopez Concept Developer Tel: +351 289 100683 | Email: dlopez@csscorporate.com | www.csscorporate.com |    ``` ## Jeff King, 2016-10-14 19:18 Subject: Re: Change Default merge strategy options Message-ID: <20161014191827.qf43nk3bum7gy4dj@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20161014191827.qf43nk3bum7gy4dj%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 03:57:55PM +0000, Daniel Lopez wrote: > How to use 'git config --global' to set default strategy like > recursive. I don't think there is a way to do so, though note that the default strategy is already "recursive". You can set individual file merge drivers with gitattributes, but I don't know of a way to set the overall strategy. > Example: > Currently , when we want to enforce a specific strategic we need to > include  its reference on the command line :  > git.exe merge --strategy=recursive --strategy-option=ignore-all-space dev-local Some strategy options have their own config already (like merge.renormalize). I guess in theory we could grow config options for the other ones, though I think config for "strategy and its options" might be more elegant. -Peff ```