From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:28:03 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Teach 'git apply' to look at $GIT_DIR/config Message-ID: <7vbqjsqpgs.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: >> > If I read this correctly, running 'git apply' inside a git repository >> > will parse $GIT_DIR/config and $HOME/.gitconfig. However, outside of a >> > repository it will parse neither. It would make more sense to me to >> > still parse $HOME/.gitconfig to pick up the user's global options. >> >> I thought about that, but decided against it. If you are truly >> operating outside a git managed repository, it does not feel >> right to apply configuration user has for git. > > That is a good point. But in the same vein, why not have a flag to > git-apply, and let it ignore the configuration altogether? Do you mean --whitespace=strip option from the command line? But I think Jeff is right. It would make sense to let apply and perhaps 'diff', if we can somehow merge 'diff2' into it, still read from $HOME/.gitconfig if available.