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

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 15, 2007, 11:26 UTC
Message-ID: <7vr6srd5lf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200702151019.25409.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Wednesday 2007 February 14 16:30, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Site-wide configuration for options that are potentially
>> compatibility-breaking is a bad idea on a multi-user machines,
>> and it was certainly the case back when our machines hosted many
>> diverse set of people.
>
> Isn't it more likely that on a multi-user machine all users are sharing one 
> install of git - in which case you do want the upgrade of facilities to be 
> system-wide.

Not really. Some repositories would need to be accessible by people with older git coming over the network. Some don't.