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Re: hostname: includeIf condition — anyone already working on this?

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ICIsabella Caselli <bellacaselli20@gmail.com>
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Oct 2, 2026, 01:52 UTC
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Interesting, I didn't know there had already been a discussion about this issue. Thank you, Jeff, for pointing me to the 2024 series.

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Ignacio Encinas" <ignacio@iencinas.com> writes:
>
>> That's what happened. Similar to Isabella, I was looking for a small
>> contribution but it ended up being more complicated than expected. I got
>> a bit overwhelmed and decided to drop it.
>> ...
>> I hope the discussion from 2024 is at least helpful now if this ends up
>> being implemented by Isabella.

Ignacio, if you don't mind, I'd like to continue the work based on yours and credit you when submitting the series.

> I was re-reading the thread yesterday.  It looked like we were _so_
> close to the finish line before the discussion stopped, which is a
> shame.  All the good bits were already designed and the only thing
> left was to assemble and package them up.

That's encouraging to hear! Sounds like a plan to go through the 2024 thread, including Jeff's suggestion of exposing the hostname via "git var", and send an updated version of the series addressing the comments on v3.

Thanks, Isabella

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Message 6 of 10 in “hostname: includeIf condition — anyone already working on this?”
  1. Isabella CaselliSep 28, 2026
  2. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  3. Ignacio EncinasSep 29, 2026
  4. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  6. Isabella CaselliOct 2, 2026
  7. 0/3 Add hostname condition to includeIfIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  8. 1/3 var: add GIT_HOSTNAMEIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  9. 2/3 t6500: get hostname from "git var"Isabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  10. 3/3 config: learn the "hostname:" includeIf conditionIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026

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