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Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 25, 2012, 18:13 UTC
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Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com> writes:
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> This is, of course, highly OS dependent. Ironically, I'd say we need a
> setting in .gitconfig for it. :-)
>
> There is also /etc(/default|/sysconfig|)/git/config to consider
> (perhaps for some settings that should be the same for everyone).
> Better yet, it would be nice if at least some settings could be part
> of the repository itself (whitespace handling e.g.).

As long as we make sure we have knobs for distro packagers and people building from the source to twist so that they can easily name the places they want us to read from and write to, what we decide in-tree does not matter. We default to ~/.gitconfig and /etc/gitconfig as before, and that is perfectly fine. We already have ETC_GITCONFIG, so the only thing it might be nicer to add is the build configurability of ~/.gitconfig file, no?

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Message 13 of 26 in “[RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig”
  1. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frMay 25, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  3. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  5. Hilco WijbengaMay 25, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  7. Hilco WijbengaMay 25, 2012
  8. config doc: remove confusion about relative GIT_DIR from FILES sectionJonathan Nieder, May 25, 2012
  9. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  11. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  12. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  14. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  16. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  18. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  20. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  23. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  24. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  25. Felipe ContrerasMay 26, 2012
  26. Heiko VoigtMay 26, 2012

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