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Re: [PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 27, 2012, 19:57 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Also, have you considered using a config include? Like:
>
>   $ echo '[include]path = ~/my-dotfiles/gitconfig' >~/.gitconfig
Very good suggestion.
> ... you have to bootstrap
> somehow (e.g., you're going to have to copy a .profile or similar to get
> the GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG variable set).
Exactly my thought ;-)
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  1. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 26, 2012
  2. David AguilarSep 26, 2012
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 27, 2012
  4. config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfigRamkumar Ramachandra, Sep 27, 2012
  5. Matthieu MoySep 27, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2012
  8. Jeff KingSep 27, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2012
  10. Matthieu MoySep 27, 2012
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 28, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2012
  13. Anurag PriyamSep 27, 2012
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