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description: "Change a setting"
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# gt config set

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Change a setting

## Synopsis

```text
Change a preference, an instance setting (--host) or an account setting (--host and --user).

Preferences:
  default_host    instance to use when no flag or repository selects one
  git_protocol    https or ssh, for clones and remotes
  editor          command that edits bodies and messages, such as "code --wait"
  prompt          enabled or disabled; disabled turns prompts off
  pager           command that pages long output on a terminal; GITEA_CLI_PAGER overrides it
  browser         command that opens URLs; never disables opening
  color           auto, always or never
  hyperlinks      auto, always or never, for clickable links in terminals
  markdown        auto renders Markdown on a terminal, raw prints the source
  remote          Git remote used to find the repository of a clone
  http_timeout    longest wait for the instance to answer a request, such as 30s, or for more
                  data while a transfer stalls; 0 waits as long as it takes; a transfer that
                  keeps moving and migrations are not cut off. The wait for an answer starts
                  once an upload has reached the instance's machine, so an instance that reads
                  uploads slowly from its connection needs a longer timeout

Instance settings: user (active account), ssh_host, insecure, git_protocol, oauth_client_id,
and headers: "Name: value" adds a header to every API request to the instance, such as an
access proxy needs, "Name:" removes it, and a value of $NAME or ${NAME} is read from that
environment variable when sent; client_cert and client_key name the PEM files of a TLS client
certificate for an instance that requires one; without client_key, the key is read from
client_cert.
Account settings: ssh_key, ssh_agent, ssh_certificate_principal, ssh_key_fingerprint.
```

```
gt config set <key> <value> [flags]
```

## Examples

```
$ gt config set editor "code --wait"
$ gt config set ssh_host git.example.com:2222 --host https://example.com
$ gt config set ssh_key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 --host https://example.com --user alice
```

## Options

```
  -h, --help   help for set
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt config](../config/index.md): Manage settings