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Re: git should not use a default user.email config value

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2013, 16:33 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I guess we could do something like:
>
>   [include "repo:...your regex here..."]
>     path = .gitconfig-only-for-some-repos
>   [include "env:USE_MY_MAGIC_CONFIG"]
>     path = .gitconfig-only-when-magic-env-set

I am not sure if "env" is very useful, but there certainly are other possibilities (e.g. apply this only on this host, only for members of this UNIX group, etc.), so having "repo:" prefix even if we only support the repository path mapping in the initial version is a good way forward.

Thanks.
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  33. Matthieu MoyAug 14, 2013
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  37. Matthieu MoyAug 14, 2013
  38. conditional config syntaxJeff King, Aug 14, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2013
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  41. Jeff KingAug 14, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2013
  43. Matthieu MoyAug 13, 2013
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