Re: git makes it impossible to ignore or override global gitconfig, needs `GITCONFIGFILE`

From: Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net>
Date: Mar 19, 2020, 06:44 UTC
Message-ID: <20200319064407.GA26408@dcvr>
In-Reply-To: <CANri+Ey71QbWxNH+RhMfYuUSDEpYtv28ushUhK8Tt0xWUAU9iw@mail.gmail.com>

Timothee Cour <thelastmammoth@gmail.com> wrote:

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> git makes it impossible to ignore global gitconfig. This is
> essentially what's being asked here:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23400449/how-to-make-git-temporarily-ignore-gitconfig
> 
> ## proposal:
> add an environment variable (like for tig and other programs), eg:
> `GITCONFIGFILE=~/.gitconfig_temp git diff`
> seems like an easy change that would make it easy for users to ignore
> or override their gitconfig

You can use GIT_CONFIG for that, and there's also GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM. They're both documented in the git-config(5) manpage.

> ## note:
> I've asked here:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/1ehWsItL8vE but got
> 0 response after 6 months

Oh well... I don't pay any attention to that list, and not too much to this one, either. I was just working on the archives and noticed this was the latest message on this list :>