From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 21:44:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] a tale of Git 2.5, ssh transport and GIT_* environment variables
Message-ID: <20150904214454.GA18320@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpp1yf3qe.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 11:18:01AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > It shouldn't be necessary for $GIT_DIR, but it makes sense for other git
> > variables. E.g., with "AcceptEnv GIT_*", "git -c" config is propagated.
> > E.g.:
> > ...
> 
> Just to make sure I got you correctly, you are saying that "we
> propagate, but that is not correct. We should stop doing so", right?

Exactly. We do not propagate config over git:// or http:// (because we
do not share our environment). Nor do we do so over same-machine
connections (because we explicitly clean the environment). So ssh:// is
the odd duck.

-Peff