From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:22:53 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git config: error when editing a repo config and not being in one Message-ID: <7v1vrb59ki.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > Hi, > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c >> index d8da72c..6e936e1 100644 >> --- a/builtin-config.c >> +++ b/builtin-config.c >> @@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix) >> } >> else if (actions == ACTION_EDIT) { >> check_argc(argc, 0, 0); >> + if (!config_exclusive_filename && !is_inside_git_dir()) >> + die("not in a git directory"); > > Why not use the nongit variable? Good; makes a lot more sense.