From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:57:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig
Message-ID: <7vtxujp7c6.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120927173532.GD1547@sigill.intra.peff.net>

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 ;-)