Most of Hound's behavior is defined by a single config.json
configuration file. A list of its available options are provided below, along with their defaults.
keys used in the config json file are the options,description provides details about keys.Default values gives idea about value which can be used for the option.
ConfigOption | Description | Default Values |
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max-concurrent-indexers | defines the total number of indexers required to be used for indexing code | 2 |
health-check-uri | health check url for hound | /healthz |
dbpath | absolute file path where the config.json file exists |
data |
title | Title used for the application | Hound |
url-pattern | composed of base url and anchor values in form of key value pairs | n/a |
vcs-config | holds the version control config, default VCS used in Hound is git.Other options for VCS are svn,mercurial,bitbucket,hg, etc.Refer to config-example.json to get the list of vcs and usage. Below tables provide detailed options list of each type of vcs |
git |
repos | holds the list of repos which are required to be indexed by Hound . Each Repo is added with reponame as a Json Key with options associated with repo as values similar to example provided in config-example.json |
n/a |
List of options associated with git vcs in repos
GitOptions | Description | Default Values |
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ms-between-poll | time interval to poll the repo url | 30s |
detect-ref | used to determine branch | master branch |
ref | used to provide reference for the branch for repo | n/a |
List of options available for SVN vcs in repos
SvnOptions | Descriptions | Default Values |
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username | user name for the svn repo | n/a |
password | password to authenticate use for svn repo | n/a |
Options for url used for repo link under repos
URLOptions | Description | Default Values |
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display-name | alternative display name for repo | "" |
url-pattern | when provided used by Hound for config | {url}/blob/{rev}/{path}{anchor} |
anchor | when provided used for vcs config | #L{line} |
These options are available for repos
Options | Description | Default Values |
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exclude-dot-files | excludes filenames that start with dot | true |
auto-generated-files | marks filenames as autogenerated in UI | [] (for git, Hound checks for git attributes with the linguist-generated attribute) |