Unknown branch type

This setting defines the branch type to use when Git Town cannot determine the branch type using all other configuration settings:

• main-branch,
• perennial-branches
• Feature regex
• Contribution regex
• Observed regex
• or a manual branch type override set by git town park, git town contribute, git town hack, git town observe, git town prototype

Possible values are:

• feature (default)
• contribution
• observed
• parked
• prototype

configuration via setup assistant

A great way to configure this setting is through the setup assistant.

configure in config file

In the config file, the unknown branch type is specified in the [branches] section:

[branches]
unknown-type = "feature"

configure in Git metadata

You can manually configure the unknown branch type using Git metadata:

git config [--global] git-town.unknown-branch-type "feature"

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 branch type Git Town should assume for unknown existing branches by setting the GIT_TOWN_UNKNOWN_BRANCH_TYPE environment variable.