Re: What is XDG_CONFIG_HOME for exactly?

From: Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 15, 2015, 23:50 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHd499AGHgBECH9t_EtkwLx7VCx3yVnDS27PteF3zF1xSAG8Yg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499CmxwGJeW6gMARhc+cT+r3TK98m+LyyS+eCFXz8qKHrFw@mail.gmail.com>

As a follow-up, I tested the following in my .bashrc:

# Utilize different GIT settings based on platform
if [[ $OSTYPE == 'msys' || $OSTYPE == 'cygwin' ]]; then
    echo 'Using WINDOWS specific git settings'
    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=.config-windows
else
    echo 'Using LINUX specific git settings'
    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=.config-linux
fi

This seems to work nicely!! I share my $HOME directory (located in dropbox) across all platforms so this helps me keep a consistent environment across all my machines with zero effort.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

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> My understanding is that git reads the priority of configuration as follows:
>
> 1. <local_repo>/.git/config
> 2. $HOME/.gitconfig
> 3. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config
> 4. system level git config (not sure exactly where this is; not
> relevant to me on Windows)
>
> I have a .gitconfig in Dropbox that I symlink to my home directory on
> different platforms. Specifically, I share this gitconfig across
> Cygwin/msys on Windows and Ubuntu.
>
> If I can use XDG_CONFIG_HOME to leverage platform-specific settings,
> I'd be able to keep platform-agnostic settings in my $HOME/.gitconfig
> and put platform-specific settings in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config and
> simply give XDG_CONFIG_HOME a different name on different platforms.
>
> Is this what it was designed for? If not, what would be the best
> approach for this? I was thinking of contributing a patch that would
> let you specify the name of your git config in the home directory, but
> I'm not sure if that is necessary. Something like this:
>
> $HOME/$GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME, where GIT_CONFIG_FILENAME defaults to
> ".gitconfig" if it is not set or empty.