Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig

From: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Date: May 26, 2012, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20120526105936.GA37540@book.hvoigt.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s32GKrmXDND3_iO6CTOgHTfeuBeXYEOjcET5bBZ067pFQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:45:52PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:15 PM,  <nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.fr> wrote:
> 
> > As you know, git stores its configuration in ~/.gitconfig file and in other
> > hidden files at the root of the user's directory.
> >
> > We would like to have a configuration directory instead of all these
> > configuration files by following the XDG specification because:
> > - not a lot of hidden files at the root, so better view
> > - one directory per software in ~/.config
> >
> > We would like to give to users the possibility to store configuration in
> > ~/.config/git/config file.
> 
> I like this, but it shouldn't be "~/.config", it should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

If we do that what about a fallback to .config for operating systems that do not have XDG? E.g. Git for Windows would then also be able to benefit from that.

Cheers Heiko