From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:29:36 GMT
Subject: Re: git bug? + question
Message-ID: <20061103232936.GC6970@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061103202945.GA7585@spearce.org>

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:29:45PM -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote:

> Nack.  I'd rather see the entries added/removed from .git/config when
> the branch is created/deleted, just like the ref and the reflog are
> created/deleted.  It makes behavior more consistent for the user
> and it is mostly self documenting...

If we go this route, please consider updating .git/auto-branch-config or
similar, and adding the functionality to include that file into
.git/config.

I think the concept of automagically munging a user-editable config file
is problematic, especially when users might manage those files with
version control or other systems.