Re: Git config not working correctly with included configurations

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Apr 12, 2016, 15:50 UTC
Message-ID: <20160412155000.GA21249@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <assp.0910338c53.570CDB33.9020300@itflex.com.br>

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:25:39AM -0300, Rudinei Goi Roecker wrote:

> I'm having a problem with included configurations in ~/.gitconfig, when
> using this command:
> 
> git config --global user.email

You need to turn on "--includes" explicitly. From "git help config" in v2.8.0:

  --[no-]includes
    Respect include.* directives in config files when looking up
    values. Defaults to off when a specific file is given (e.g., using
    --file, --global, etc) and on when searching all config files.

> I'm using Fedora 23, git version 2.5.5

The rule above has always been the case, but the documentation made it more clear in v2.8.0.

-Peff