From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:05:40 GMT
Subject: Re: receive.denyNonNonFastForwards not denying force update
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In-Reply-To: <CAHgXSooFj2PJtcOWqsVNHUzMBQnH0cYzPjfs1CkzVuufwRVrog@mail.gmail.com>

John Arthorne <arthorne.eclipse@gmail.com> writes:

> For all the details see this bugzilla, particularly comment #59 where we
> finally narrowed this down:
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=343150

What does "at the system level" in your "does *not* work at the
system level." exactly mean?

A configuration variable in the repository configuration take
precedence over user preference $HOME/.gitconfig which in turn take
precedence over system wide default /etc/gitconfig (or whereever you
or your distro decided to place it).  In other words, if you have
"[receive] denyNonFastForwards" in the system wide default, you can
say "[receive] denyNonFastForwards = false" in one particular
repository to allow it for that repository.