Re: [PATCH 4/4 v8] config: write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file if appropriate

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2012, 18:08 UTC
Message-ID: <7v1ul3gt7k.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <vpq395jj3dt.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

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> We can squash this into PATCH 1:
>
> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> @@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
>         Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
>         or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
>         variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
> -       ~/.gitconfig.
> +       ~/.gitconfig. Support for this file was added after Git
> +       1.7.11, so if you sometimes use older versions of Git, it's a
> +       good idea not to create this file.

Okay.  Thanks.

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