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Re: does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig

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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date
Jan 23, 2009, 03:26 UTC
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On Thursday 22 January 2009, bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> wrote about 'does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig':

>Suppose I got several git repositories to maintain, instead of using
>command git config [--global] again and again.  Can I call up a text
>editor to edit .git/config or .gitconfig manually, or just copy from
>another .gitconfig ?
Yes.  Absolutely.
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