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Re: ~/.git/config ?

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PRPavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date
May 27, 2006, 02:36 UTC
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On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 18:38 +0200, Petr Baudis wrote:
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> Dear diary, on Fri, May 26, 2006 at 06:33:25PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com> said that...
> > I backup my $HOME using git, so there's a .git directory in ~.
> 
> Then it should be called ~/.gitconfig. :-)
No, make it .gitrc for compatibility with .cvsrc, .lynxrc and others.
I know, it's becoming a bikeshed issue :-)
-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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Message 7 of 19 in “~/.git/config ?”
  1. Anand KumriaMay 26, 2006
  2. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 26, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  5. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  7. Pavel RoskinMay 27, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisMay 27, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiMay 27, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  14. Nikolai WeibullMay 27, 2006
  15. Timo HirvonenMay 27, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2006
  17. Read configuration also from ~/.gitrcPetr Baudis, May 28, 2006
  18. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiMay 29, 2006

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