Change temporary file location

You can change the location of temporary files used by the Git Client when running commands.

In this topic:

Change temporary file location (v2.3 and earlier)

  1. Edit the script start-git-client located in:
    • Windows: %GIT_HOME%\mingw64\libexec\git-core\
    • UNIX, Linux, and MacOS: /usr/libexec/git-core/
  2. Edit the value of GIT_CLIENT_TEMP_DIR.

Note: The location of start-git-client on your system may be different

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Change temporary file location (v2.3.1.1 and later)

  1. Edit the script setup-git-dm located in:
    • Windows: %GIT_HOME%\mingw64\libexec\git-core\
    • UNIX, Linux, and MacOS: /usr/libexec/git-core/
  2. Edit the value of GIT_CLIENT_TEMP_DIR.

Note: The location of setup-git-dm on your system may be different

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