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Re: [PATCH 1/4] config: add include directive

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jan 26, 2012, 09:16 UTC
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<4F2119E6.8010109@viscovery.net>
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<20120126073752.GA30474@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Am 1/26/2012 8:37, schrieb Jeff King:
> This patch introduces an include directive for config files.
Nice. I haven't had a need for it, yet, but the concept looks good.
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> +test_expect_success 'recursive relative paths' '
> +	mkdir subdir &&
> +	echo "[test]three = 3" >subdir/three &&
> +	echo "[include]path = three" >subdir/two &&
> +	echo "[include]path = subdir/two" >base &&
> +	echo 3 >expect &&
> +	git config -f base test.three >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
Isn't it rather "chained relative paths"? Recursive would be if I write
  [include]path = .gitconfig
in my ~/.gitconfig. What happens in this case?
-- Hannes
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  3. Johannes SixtJan 26, 2012
  4. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2012
  6. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
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  9. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
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  11. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  12. Jens LehmannJan 27, 2012
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 27, 2012
  14. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 27, 2012
  16. Michael HaggertyJan 27, 2012
  17. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  18. 2/4 config: factor out config file stack managementJeff King, Jan 26, 2012
  19. 3/4 config: support parsing config data from buffersJeff King, Jan 26, 2012
  20. 4/4 config: allow including config from repository blobsJeff King, Jan 26, 2012
  21. Johannes SixtJan 26, 2012
  22. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
  23. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 27, 2012
  24. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2012
  26. Jeff KingJan 26, 2012
  27. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2012
  28. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2012
  30. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  31. Johannes SixtJan 27, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2012
  33. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJan 27, 2012
  34. Jeff KingJan 27, 2012
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 27, 2012
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