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Generic configuration plumbing (Was: Re: [RFC 2/2] Automatically transform...)

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JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 28, 2005, 14:32 UTC
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<200511281532.36054.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
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On Monday 28 November 2005 14:11, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
> > 
> > To allow for this, git_config() should not be hardcoded to only
> > read .git/config, but perhaps a list of files in environment variable
> > GIT_CONFIG_FILES.
> > 
> 
> $HOME/.gitrc:$GIT_DIR/conf/*
Yes, perhaps with this as default...
> All files could support the freestanding "include" syntax.

Better run cpp on the config files before loading ;-) Or provide a hook which returns the config on stdout. The default for .git/hooks/config would be

	cat $GIT_DIR/config

Hmm... this was only meant to be a joke; but now I actually think this is a nice idea as basic configuration mechanism of git plumbing.

Josef
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Message 14 of 21 in “[RFC 2/2] Automatically transform .git/{branches,remotes} into .git/config”
  1. Johannes SchindelinNov 21, 2005
  2. Josef WeidendorferNov 21, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 21, 2005
  4. Josef WeidendorferNov 21, 2005
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 21, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisNov 27, 2005
  8. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  10. Andreas EricssonNov 28, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  12. Josef WeidendorferNov 28, 2005
  13. Andreas EricssonNov 28, 2005
  14. Generic configuration plumbing (Was: Re: [RFC 2/2] Automatically transform...)Josef Weidendorfer, Nov 28, 2005
  15. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2005
  16. Petr BaudisNov 28, 2005
  17. Josef WeidendorferNov 28, 2005
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2005
  19. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisNov 28, 2005
  21. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2005

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