From: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 01:29:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Git log.decorate can't be overridden in global config (v2.13.0)
Message-ID: <20170520012950.GC25542@zaya.teonanacatl.net>
In-Reply-To: <15c2318a2c4.1100a44f3621653.6175207833450352995@calebevans.me>

Hi Caleb,

Caleb Evans wrote:
> I recently updated to Git v2.13.0 (macOS Sierra via Homebrew), and I 
> noticed that the default --decorate option for `git log` has changed 
> from --decorate=no to --decorate=auto. I'd prefer to keep decoration 
> disabled to minimize clutter in the logs, so I try disabling it in 
> my global .gitconfig (~/.gitconfig) like so:
>
> git config --global log.decorate none
>
> However, this does not seem to disable the log decorations. Running 
> `git log` again still shows the decorations. Strangely, running `git 
> config log.decorate none` does seem to disable decoration, but I 
> would prefer not to do this on a per-repository basis. I can only 
> suspect that this is a Git bug, as my log.decorate global config 
> setting is not being honored. I have already confirmed that my 
> repository's .git/config is not overriding my global preference.
>
> I hope this should be a simple issue, but please let me know if you 
> have questions.

I believe a patch for this is on the ah/log-decorate-default-to-auto 
branch, courtesy of Brian Carlson (Cc:d):

    https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/c74271aae7

The relevant list thread is here:

    https://public-inbox.org/git/20170512213407.46251-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net/

Cheers,

-- 
Todd
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