Changing System Properties in SmartGit
In addition to the options available in the SmartGit Preferences, there are additional customization options to SmartGit available through the System Properties file (smartgit.properties) - this article describes these additional properties.
| Most of the below system properties can be edited directly in the **Edit | Preferences** settings dialog, under the section Low-Level Properties. Changing these values updates the smartgit.properties file which is located in SmartGit’s Settings Directory. |
In some rare instances, you may need to resort to editing the smartgit.properties file directly.
Each of the settings in smartgit.properties is specified on a separate line, according to the following syntax:
key=value
If a line starts with#, the entire line is treated as a comment and ignored by SmartGit.
The file encoding is UTF-8.
Note
The
smartgit.propertiesfile contains only settings for SmartGit itself. If you want to configure the underlying behaviour of git, have a look at the various Git configuration files instead, such as.git/configfor the configuration of individual Git repositories, and~\.gitconfig(in your HOME directory) for global configuration options.
Networking
java.net.preferIPv4Stack
By default, SmartGit prefers to connect via IPv4. To instead connect via IPv6, set this option to false.
http.nonProxyHosts
Use these properties to specify servers to connect directly to, bypassing the configured proxy, for example: *.foo.com|localhost. Note: This only affects the behavior of SmartGit. Any git usage outside of SmartGit will not use the http.nonProxyHosts.
Company-wide configuration
smartgit.setupFinishedUrl
This setting specifies the URL to open after SmartGit has been started for the first time and the setup wizard was completed.
smartgit.preferences.<category>.visible
You can use this system property to hide certain Preferences pages. Available categories are:
executablesexternalToolscompareToolsconflictSolverspellCheckproxyupdateCheckbugReports
To hide a specific page, set the corresponding property to false.
Example
To hide the Tools page, set:
smartgit.preferences.externalTools.visible=false
smartgit.contactSupportEnabled
Set this option to false to hide the menu item Help|Contact Support.
smartgit.registerEnabled
Set this option to false to hide the menu item Help|Register.
Update Check
smartgit.updateCheck.enabled
Set to false to disable the automatic checking and disallow the manual checking for new program versions by hiding the corresponding menu items Help|Check for New Version and Help|Check for Latest Build. You should only turn this check off for network installations where SmartGit users may not be able to perform the update themselves. When settings this option, you will probably also want to hide the corresponding page from the Preferences, using smartgit.preferences.updateCheck.visible.
Note that this will also disable notifications of new bugfix releases which you can upgrade to for free and which improve the stability or reliability of SmartGit.
If you just want to switch off automatic checking, use smartgit.updateCheck.automatic=false instead.
smartgit.updateCheck.automatic
Set to false to disable the automatic check for new versions on a global level which can be convenient e.g. for network installations. To disable the check for an individual installation/user, better do that in the Preferences, section SmartGit Updates.
smartgit.updateCheck.alwaysUpgradeToLatestBuild
Set to true to make SmartGit check for the availability of a new latest build on start up.
Latest Builds are the “bleeding edge” builds between subsequent (minor) release builds, like between version 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 or 8.1 preview 3 and 8.1 preview 4. They will contain the latest improvements and bugfixes. Usually we will ask you to manually fetch the latest build using Help|Check for Latest Builds.
smartgit.updateCheck.checkForLatestBuildVisible
Set to false to hide Help|Check for Latest Build.
smartgit.installation.update.workingArea
Use this property to customize the program updater’s temporary directory, which is by default located in your home directory/profile. This should only be necessary if updating is not possible due to (file system) restrictions in this default directory, e.g. if execution of files is prevented by the system. On Windows, paths have to be specified using forward-slashes, like c:/temp.
Bug Reporting
smartgit.disableBugReporting
Set to true to disable sending of crash footprints (even if configured in the Preferences) and skip the option to send bug reports to us. When setting this option, you will probably also want to hide the corresponding page from the Preferences, see smartgit.preferences.bugReports.visible.
Warning
When using this option, be sure to provide an alternative way for your users to report SmartGit bugs to you, otherwise they will go unnoticed.
smartgit.license.defaultPath
By default, SmartGit will look for a “default” license file in the installation default directory. You can use this system property to specify a different file system path for the default license to look for.
Example
To have SmartGit take the default license from
\\license-server\smartgit\license, set:smartgit.license.defaultPath=\\\\license-server\\smartgit\\license
smartgit.license.alwaysCheckForNewerDefaultLicense
By default, SmartGit will only look for a default license, if there is no or no valid existing license. Sometimes, it may be desirable to replace even valid licenses by newer default licenses. To do so, set:
Example
smartgit.license.alwaysCheckForNewerDefaultLicense=true
Debug Properties
logging.[category]
Use this property to enable debug logging for certain SmartGit modules; [category] has to be replaced by the appropriate module identifier.
Example
To enable debug logging for the Refreshing modules, set following properties:
logging.smartgit.refresh=DEBUG logging.sc.vcs.model.refresh=DEBUG