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[BUG] git init doesn't respect `--template` like configuration variable init.templateDir and $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR

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DBDoron Behar <doron.behar@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 14, 2018, 10:10 UTC
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The title says it all.

If I run `git init --template=~/path/to/my/template` I get the following message:

	warning: templates not found ~/path/to/my/template
But, if I run:
	$ env GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=~/path/to/my/template git init
I don't get a warning and the template is used just fine.

If I configure the configuration variable `init.templateDir` to `~/path/to/my/template` and run `git init` I don't get a warning and the template is used just fine.

Next: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
Message 1 of 11 in “[BUG] git init doesn't respect `--template` like configuration variable init.templateDir and $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR”
  1. Doron BeharFeb 14, 2018
  2. 1/2 parse-options: expand $HOME on filename optionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 14, 2018
  3. 2/2 init-db: change --template type to OPTION_FILENAMENguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 14, 2018
  4. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2018
  5. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2018
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 14, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2018
  9. Duy NguyenFeb 22, 2018
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 22, 2018
  11. Duy NguyenFeb 23, 2018

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