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Re: /etc/gitconfig

From
Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
Date
Feb 14, 2007, 10:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20070214104052.GA9047@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
In-Reply-To
<200702140909.28369.andyparkins@gmail.com>
Andy Parkins wrote:
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> With the release of 1.5.0 I added legacyheaders=false and 
> usedelatbaseoffset=true to my repositories.
> 
> While doing that though, it felt wrong to be editing every single config.  Is 
> there a justification for having three config files?
> 
>  /etc/gitconfig
>  $HOME/.gitconfig
>  $GIT_DIR/config
> 
> With /etc/gitconfig coming in at lowest priority?

I didn't try it, but maybe you could place your desired config to /usr/share/git-core/templates/config and then at least newly created repos get it?

Best regards Uwe

-- 
Uwe Kleine-König

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Message 28 of 30 in “/etc/gitconfig”
  1. Andy ParkinsFeb 14, 2007
  2. Peter BaumannFeb 14, 2007
  3. config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfigJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  9. Nicolas PitreFeb 14, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  11. Andy ParkinsFeb 15, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  13. Han-Wen NienhuysFeb 14, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  21. Eric WongFeb 15, 2007
  22. Eric WongFeb 15, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  24. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  26. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2007
  27. Jakub NarebskiFeb 19, 2007
  28. Uwe Kleine-KönigFeb 14, 2007
  29. Allow config files to be includedAlex Riesen, Feb 16, 2007
  30. Alex RiesenFeb 16, 2007

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