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Re: [PATCH] Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 17, 2009, 06:22 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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>> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
>> index d1e2120..c37b51d 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
>> @@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
>>  core.excludesfile::
>>  	In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
>>  	'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
>> -	of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
>> +	of files which are not meant to be tracked.  "~" and "~user"
>> +	are expanded to the user's home directory.  See
>>  	linkgit:gitignore[5].
>>  
>>  core.editor::
>
> It would be nice to have an option to git-config which would do such
> expansion, as a separate type similar to --int and --bool, e.g.:
>
>   git config --path section.key
>
> so that not only core.excludesfile could use this new feature, but for
> example also core.worktree, commit.template, gitcvs.logfile,
> mailmap.file, and perhaps also *.receivepack and *.uploadpack
What should "git config -l" do for these (and core.excludesfile)?
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  1. Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.templateMatthieu Moy, Nov 16, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2009
  4. Matthieu MoyNov 17, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 16, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2009
  7. Matthieu MoyNov 17, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiNov 17, 2009
  9. Jakub NarebskiNov 17, 2009
  10. Jeff KingNov 17, 2009
  11. Mike HommeyNov 17, 2009
  12. Andreas SchwabNov 17, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2009
  14. Andreas SchwabNov 18, 2009
  15. Matthieu MoyNov 18, 2009
  16. Matthieu MoyNov 17, 2009
  17. Jeff KingNov 17, 2009
  18. Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.templateMatthieu Moy, Nov 17, 2009
  19. Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.templateMatthieu Moy, Nov 18, 2009
  20. Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.templateMatthieu Moy, Nov 18, 2009
  21. expand_user_path: expand ~ to $HOME, not to the actual homedir.Matthieu Moy, Nov 19, 2009
  22. Jeff KingNov 19, 2009
  23. Matthieu MoyNov 19, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2009

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