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Re: ~/.git/config ?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 26, 2006, 17:38 UTC
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Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au> writes:
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> It would be good if things were like:
> 	- try to construct one automagically
> 	- use ~/.git/config (if available)
> 	- use .git/config
> 	- use environment variables
>
> That way I could set my default email address in ~/.git/config and
> override it as required for those repositories that need it.

If you mean by the above "do all of these and take the last value that was available", that sounds sane. Except perhaps I would suggest to use ~/.git-config instead. Some people seem to want to track their home directory with git, and that way, your personal fallback default file can be version controlled.

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Message 16 of 19 in “~/.git/config ?”
  1. Anand KumriaMay 26, 2006
  2. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiMay 26, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  5. Timo HirvonenMay 26, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisMay 26, 2006
  7. Pavel RoskinMay 27, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisMay 27, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 27, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiMay 27, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2006
  14. Nikolai WeibullMay 27, 2006
  15. Timo HirvonenMay 27, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2006
  17. Read configuration also from ~/.gitrcPetr Baudis, May 28, 2006
  18. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiMay 29, 2006

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