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Re: [PATCH] config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2007, 17:57 UTC
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<7vlkj0pqp5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0702141843190.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> Well, I don't use it myself (other than testing that the patch does what 
> it says). Let the list decide?

I am slightly worried about stupid distros screwing people over by shipping with a bad default config in /etc, which would make diagnosing their problems harder without knowing what they have there. But other than that I do not have a problem with it.

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  1. Andy ParkinsFeb 14, 2007
  2. Peter BaumannFeb 14, 2007
  3. config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfigJohannes Schindelin, Feb 14, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  9. Nicolas PitreFeb 14, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  11. Andy ParkinsFeb 15, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  13. Han-Wen NienhuysFeb 14, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  21. Eric WongFeb 15, 2007
  22. Eric WongFeb 15, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  24. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2007
  26. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2007
  27. Jakub NarebskiFeb 19, 2007
  28. Uwe Kleine-KönigFeb 14, 2007
  29. Allow config files to be includedAlex Riesen, Feb 16, 2007
  30. Alex RiesenFeb 16, 2007

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