Inquiry about feature request #1665: Conditional includeIf by hostname
- From
- Ayush Sharma <ayusharma1706@gmail.com>
- Date
- Aug 18, 2025, 09:29 UTC
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- <CAK8tCCJEAt33AMkPKZazcS1h9PKFig2ixCUC4V+D6--jyTuJnA@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,
I am writing to inquire about a feature request, issue #1665 on the gitgitgadget/git GitHub repository, which proposes adding a "hostname" condition for conditional includes.
The proposal, opened by Diogo-Rossi on February 15, 2024, suggests a new keyword to match the machine's hostname. As noted in the issue, a primary use case for this would be to simplify dotfiles management across different machines, which can be cumbersome with the current approaches.
The example provided was:
[includeIf "hostname:FIRSTMACHINE"]
path = /path/to/firstmachineconfig.incI noticed that the issue is still open and does not appear to have any assignees or linked pull requests at this time.
I am interested in this feature and would like to ask if this is a direction the project would consider. If there is interest and no one is currently working on this, I would be happy to begin investigating and potentially work on a patch.
Thank you for your time and all your work on Git.
Best regards,
Ayush Sharma