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FEATURE REQUEST: Env override GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG

From
MMoe <moe@signalbeam.net>
Date
Dec 18, 2009, 22:54 UTC
Message-ID
<4B2C0828.4010505@signalbeam.net>
Hello list,

I'm looking for a way to read a custom config file in addition to .git/config.

An env var along the lines of GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG (and perhaps GIT_SYSTEM_CONFIG) to override the default locations of ~/.gitconfig or $prefix/etc/gitconfig would be most welcome here.

$GIT_CONFIG doesn't work for this purpose because when set git will *only* read the referenced file and ignore the repository settings.

$GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL wouldn't do either and has been removed from git anyways.

Use-Case: Multiple users sharing one unix account. Trying to inject the respective git identity and other preferences without overwriting the actual .gitconfig-file - because that doesn't work when multiple users are logged in concurrently to the same unix-account.

Kind regards, Moe

Next: Miklos Vajna
Message 1 of 23 in “FEATURE REQUEST: Env override GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG”
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  2. Introduce the GIT_CONFIG_EXTRA environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  3. Shawn O. PearceDec 19, 2009
  4. MoeDec 19, 2009
  5. Miklos VajnaDec 19, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  7. MoeDec 19, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  9. MoeDec 19, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2009
  11. MoeDec 19, 2009
  12. Nanako ShiraishiDec 19, 2009
  13. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberDec 19, 2009
  15. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  16. Matthieu MoyDec 19, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  18. Matthieu MoyDec 21, 2009
  19. Jeff KingDec 21, 2009
  20. Matthieu MoyDec 21, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberDec 21, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  23. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 20, 2009

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