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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add possibility to store configuration in ~/.config/git/config file

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 26, 2012, 21:49 UTC
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<20120526214904.GB29463@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:53:27AM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> NGUYEN Huynh Khoi Nguyen <nguyenhu@ensimag.imag.fr> writes:
> 
> > +			sprintf(config_path, "%s/.config/git/config", home);
> 
> It's not terribly important, but if we are to use something that looks
> like XDG, I'd rather have a real support for it. ~/.config/ is the
> default, but the spec
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
> also define $XDG_CONFIG_HOME that may override the default and we may
> want to support $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS too.

I agree. This series is much less appealing as "put the config in some other place" and much more appealing as "conform to an existing standard about dot-file locations". And if we are going to follow the standard, then we should do all parts of it.

-Peff
Previous: Matthieu Moy
Message 12 of 12 in “Add possibility to store configuration in ~/.config/git/config file”
  1. 1/2 Add possibility to store configuration in ~/.config/git/config fileNGUYEN Huynh Khoi Nguyen, May 25, 2012
  2. 2/2 Test File Name: t1306-second-config-file.shNGUYEN Huynh Khoi Nguyen, May 25, 2012
  3. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  5. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 26, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMay 26, 2012
  8. David AguilarMay 28, 2012
  9. Matthieu MoyMay 26, 2012
  10. jaseem abidMay 25, 2012
  11. Matthieu MoyMay 26, 2012
  12. Jeff KingMay 26, 2012

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