• ConfigOptions
  • Git options
  • SVN options
  • URL options
  • Misc options

Config Options

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
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

Git Options

List of options associated with git vcs in repos

GitOptions	Description	Default Values
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

SVN Options

List of options available for SVN vcs in repos

SvnOptions	Descriptions	Default Values
username	user name for the svn repo	n/a
password	password to authenticate use for svn repo	n/a

URL Options

Options for url used for repo link under repos

URLOptions	Description	Default Values
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}

Misc Options

These options are available for repos

Options	Description	Default Values
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)