From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 18:20:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig
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Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com> writes:

>> Regarding $GIT_DIR/config, it says "The filename is of course relative
>> to the repository root, not the working directory.".  Is this out of
>> date?  (Cc-ing Peff and Duy.)

It is only worded awkwardly, I think.  The above is merely trying to say
that you do not place 'config' anywhere in the working tree; in other
words, "repository" in the above refers to GIT_DIR, and the "root" means
not inside refs/, objects/, or anywhere, just next to index, HEAD, etc.