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Re: gitconfig includes

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Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Date
Nov 29, 2016, 19:53 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org> writes:
>
>> So this is at least a documentation issue,...
>
> This already is documented, and I think it is clear enough.
>
>        --[no-]includes
>                   Respect include.* directives in config files when
>                   looking up values.  Defaults to off when a specific
>                   file is given (e.g., using --file, --global, etc)
>                   and on when searching all config files.
Yeah, that's clear, sorry for not checking the latest.

[I'd expect/wish it to be on by default though... Any reason for the default being off in these cases?]

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