Re: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
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- Jul 7, 2013, 22:23 UTC
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I guess this isn't true either. Anyone has a better way of specifiying where the system wide config file is read from, or a user-parseable definition of $(prefix) ?
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> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> > --- > Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt > b/Documentation/git-config.txt > index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt > @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. > > --system:: > For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig > - rather than the repository .git/config. > + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr > + then /etc/gitconfig is used. > + > For reading options: read only from system-wide > $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig > rather than from all available files. > @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: > file was added fairly recently. > > $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: > - System-wide configuration file. > + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the > + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used. > > If no further options are given, all reading options will read all > of these > files that are available. If the global or the system-wide > configuration > -- > 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc > >