Re: Feature request: read git config from parent directory

> >> Sounds like the same problem I have (and the reason I came up with
> >> conditional include [1]). Would that work for you (check out the
> >> example part in that patch)?
> > 
> > If I understand correcly, I would need to set up config include in each
> > git
> > repository. This is as much work as setting up user.email in the same
> > place.
> 
> Well, no. You set this up in ~/.gitconfig. If you need to add some
> settings in /abc/def/.gitconfig and expect repositories in this path
> to reach it via the parent chain, then you could write something like
> 
> [include "gitdir:/abc/def/"]
> file = your-config-file
> 
> in ~/.gitconfig and achieve the same effect, because all repos will
> read ~/.gitconfig, and if it finds out the repo's location is inside
> /abc/def, your-config-file will be loaded. It could contain email
> settings or whatever.
> 
> So, instead of spreading .gitconfig files around and relying on
> parent-chain to reach them, you write a few filter rules in
> ~/.gitconfig to tell all the repos what to load.