Re: BUG: Git path --config doesn't work with ~ symbol
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- Theodor Negrescu <theodor.negrescu@gmail.com>
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- May 5, 2021, 18:13 UTC
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I meant Git config --file!! Sorry, I wrote the wrong thing in the title.
On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 9:06 PM Theodor Negrescu <theodor.negrescu@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! > Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. > > What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) > > I ran the command "git config --file ~/git-settings/.gitconfig -l" > (git-settings is a repo where I keep my config, the global one is just > an include) > > What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) > > It would list the settings in the file. > > What happened instead? (Actual behavior) > > fatal: unable to read config file '~/git-settings/.gitconfig': No such > file or directory > > What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? > > The ~ symbol should point to my home folder. > > Anything else you want to add: > > "git config --file ~/.gitconfig -l" doesn't work either so the ~ > symbol is the problem. > fatal: unable to read config file '~/.gitconfig': No such file or directory > "git config --file .gitconfig -l" works when I run it from my home > folder or from git-settings so the --file argument is working. > > [System Info] > git version: > git version 2.31.1.windows.1 > cpu: x86_64 > built from commit: c5f0be26a7e3846e3b6268d1c6c4800d838c6bbb > sizeof-long: 4 > sizeof-size_t: 8 > shell-path: /bin/sh > feature: fsmonitor--daemon > uname: Windows 10.0 19042 > compiler info: gnuc: 10.2 > libc info: no libc information available > $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): <unset> > > > [Enabled Hooks] > not run from a git repository - no hooks to show