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Re: ~/.git/config ?

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
May 26, 2006, 17:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20060526171102.GH11941@pasky.or.cz>
In-Reply-To
<20060526200526.d8a2f776.tihirvon@gmail.com>

Dear diary, on Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:05:26PM CEST, I got a letter where Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com> said that...

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> > > I don't think a global config file is really needed but it would be
> > > nice if .git/config would override the environment variables, not the
> > > other way around.
> > 
> > Then you have no other way to override .git/config e.g. when committing
> > patches submitted by other people.
> 
> git commit --author "name <email>"
Except that this just sets the environment variables for you. :-)

Now, you could do some really funny stuff with overriding the environment variables at git commit's entry point with .git/config stuff, then possibly setting them again in case --author was passed, but I seriously think such a confusion is not worth it.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
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Message 6 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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