Re: Does "git config --local core.excludefiles" exclude files in a single repository?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jul 3, 2012, 07:30 UTC
Message-ID: <20120703073016.GC16679@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <A0DB01D693D8EF439496BC8B037A0AEF02C738@xmb-rcd-x15.cisco.com>

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 06:11:06PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:

> Will git ignore files in an exclusion file that is specified in a
> local ($GIT_DIR/config) "core.excludefiles" configuration option?

Yes, git should treat it the same as if it were mentioned in $HOME/.gitconfig (modulo the correct spelling of "core.excludesfile"). It will override any core.excludesfile found in a system-level or user-level git config file.

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> I know that "$GIT_DIR/info/exclude" is normally used for listing files
> that a single user wants exclude from a single repository.  And I know
> that "git config --global core.excludefiles=<file>" is normally used
> for listing files that a single user wants to exclude from all
> repositories.  But I didn't see any explicit documentation for whether
> "git config core.excludefiles=<file>" would exclude files for a single
> user in a single repository.

In general, git does not care about the exact source of config variables. Options in more specific files override less-specific ones, but there is no per-variable code that cares specifically about the location of core.excludesfile or any other option.

-Peff