perennial-regex

All branches matching this regular expression are considered perennial branches.

config file

In the config file the perennial regex exists inside the [branches] section:

[branches]
perennial-regex = "^release-.*"

Git metadata

You can configure the perennial branches manually by running:

git config [--global] git-town.perennial-regex 'release-.*'

The optional --global flag applies this setting to all Git repositories on your machine. Without it, the setting applies only to the current repository.

environment variable

You can configure the perennial regex by setting the GIT_TOWN_PERENNIAL_REGEX environment variable.