[PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-config.txt | 3 +++
path.c | 5 +++++
t/t1306-xdg-files.sh | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index eaea079..c8db03f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
configuration file.
+$GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG::
+ Overrides the path of the global configuration file.
+
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index cbbdf7d..9b09cee 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -131,10 +131,15 @@ char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...)
void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg, char *file)
{
+ char *global_config = getenv("GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG");
char *xdg_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
char *home = getenv("HOME");
char *to_free = NULL;
+ if (global_config) {
+ *global = mkpathdup("%s", global_config);
+ return;
+ }
if (!home) {
if (global)
*global = NULL;
diff --git a/t/t1306-xdg-files.sh b/t/t1306-xdg-files.sh
index 8b14ab1..5b0e08e 100755
--- a/t/t1306-xdg-files.sh
+++ b/t/t1306-xdg-files.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ test_expect_success 'read config: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
test_cmp expected actual
'
+test_expect_success 'read config: $GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG is set and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+ >.gitconfig &&
+ echo "[alias]" >.gittestconfig &&
+ echo " myalias = !echo in_gitconfig" >>.gittestconfig &&
+ echo in_gitconfig >expected &&
+ GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG=~/.gittestconfig git myalias >actual &&
+ test_cmp expected actual
+'
test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
rm .gitconfig &&
--
1.7.8.1.362.g5d6df.dirty
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>