RE: [Best Practices Request] clean/smudge configuration

> "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
> 
> > What if we create a ../.gitconfig like ../.gitattributes, that is
> > loaded before .git/config?
> 
> You should not forget one of the two reasons why clean/smudge/diff etc.
> drivers must be given with a step of redirection, split between attributes and
> config.  "This path holds text from ancient macs" at the logical level may be
> expressed in .gitattributes, and then "when checking out text from ancient
> macs, process the blob data with this program to turn it into a form suitable
> for working tree" is given as a smudge filter program, that is (1) suitable for
> the platform _you_ as the writer of the config file is using *AND* (2)
> something you are confortable running on behalf of you.
> 
> We *deliberately* lack a mechanism to pay attention to in-tree config that
> gets propagated to those who get them via "git clone", exactly because
> otherwise your upstream may not just specify a "smudge" program that your
> platform would be unable to run, but can specify a "smudge" program that
> pretends to be a smudger, but is actually a program that installs a keylogger
> and posts your login password and bank details to this mailing list ;-)
> 
> So, no, I do not think in-tree configuration will fly.