# parse-git-config [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-git-config) [](https://npmjs.org/package/parse-git-config) [](https://npmjs.org/package/parse-git-config) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/parse-git-config)
> Parse `.git/config` into a JavaScript object. sync or async.
Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save parse-git-config
```
## Usage
```js
const parse = require('parse-git-config');
// sync
const config = parse.sync();
// or async
parse(function (err, config) {
// do stuff with err/config
});
```
**Custom path and/or cwd**
```js
parse.sync({cwd: 'foo', path: '.git/config'});
// async
parse({cwd: 'foo', path: '.git/config'}, function (err, config) {
// do stuff
});
```
**Example result**
Config object will be something like:
```js
{ core:
{ repositoryformatversion: '0',
filemode: true,
bare: false,
logallrefupdates: true,
ignorecase: true,
precomposeunicode: true },
'remote "origin"':
{ url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert/parse-git-config.git',
fetch: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*' },
'branch "master"': { remote: 'origin', merge: 'refs/heads/master', ... } }
```
## API
### [parse](index.js#L35)
Asynchronously parse a `.git/config` file. If only the callback is passed, the `.git/config` file relative to `process.cwd()` is used.
**Params**
* `options` **{Object|String|Function}**: Options with `cwd` or `path`, the cwd to use, or the callback function.
* `callback` **{Function}**: callback function if the first argument is options or cwd.
* `returns` **{Object}**
**Example**
```js
parse(function(err, config) {
if (err) throw err;
// do stuff with config
});
```
### [.sync](index.js#L64)
Parse the given
**Params**
* `options` **{Object|String}**: Options with `cwd` or `path`, or the cwd to use.
* `returns` **{Object}**
**Example**
```js
parse.promise({ path: '/path/to/.gitconfig' })
.then(config => console.log(config));
```
### [.sync](index.js#L98)
Synchronously parse a `.git/config` file. If no arguments are passed, the `.git/config` file relative to `process.cwd()` is used.
**Params**
* `options` **{Object|String}**: Options with `cwd` or `path`, or the cwd to use.
* `returns` **{Object}**
**Example**
```js
const config = parse.sync();
```
### [.expandKeys](index.js#L149)
Returns an object with only the properties that had ini-style keys converted to objects.
**Params**
* `config` **{Object}**: The parsed git config object.
* `returns` **{Object}**
**Example**
```js
const config = parse.sync({ path: '/path/to/.gitconfig' });
const obj = parse.expandKeys(config);
```
### .keys examples
Converts ini-style keys into objects:
**Example 1**
```js
const parse = require('parse-git-config');
const config = {
'foo "bar"': { doStuff: true },
'foo "baz"': { doStuff: true }
};
console.log(parse.keys(config));
```
Results in:
```js
{
foo: {
bar: { doStuff: true },
baz: { doStuff: true }
}
}
```
**Example 2**
```js
const parse = require('parse-git-config');
const config = {
'remote "origin"': {
url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert/normalize-pkg.git',
fetch: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
},
'branch "master"': {
remote: 'origin',
merge: 'refs/heads/master'
},
'branch "dev"': {
remote: 'origin',
merge: 'refs/heads/dev',
rebase: true
}
};
console.log(parse.keys(config));
```
Results in:
```js
{
remote: {
origin: {
url: 'https://github.com/jonschlinkert/normalize-pkg.git',
fetch: '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
}
},
branch: {
master: {
remote: 'origin',
merge: 'refs/heads/master'
},
dev: {
remote: 'origin',
merge: 'refs/heads/dev',
rebase: true
}
}
}
```
## About
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
Running Tests
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
Building docs
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```sh
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### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 51 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 1 | [sam3d](https://github.com/sam3d) |
| 1 | [js-n](https://github.com/js-n) |
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
* [linkedin/in/jonschlinkert](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert)
* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
* [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
### License
Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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