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"git config --edit" outside a Git repository

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Apr 20, 2009, 16:29 UTC
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On 2009-04-18 18:10 (-0700), Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * git-config learned -e option to open an editor to edit the config
>   file directly.

There's a small flaw in this feature when "git config --edit" is run outside a Git repository. It launches $EDITOR but complains on saving that the file does not exist (tried with emacsclient and vim). I think it should check before if there's a repository around. "git config --global --edit" works.

Otherwise this is a nice feature. :-)
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  2. "git config --edit" outside a Git repositoryTeemu Likonen, Apr 20, 2009
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