Re: [PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 28, 2012, 07:05 UTC
Message-ID: <CALkWK0=CCLrfM2Jr_JNVP0VQnp1dvRAkDjRrTsogvpD8rGrumw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120927173532.GD1547@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

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> Like the other reviews, I am not overly enthused. If we are going to add
> a new variable, I think $GIT_HOME makes a lot more sense. But it really
> sounds like using $XDG_CONFIG_HOME would be even simpler.
>
> Also, have you considered using a config include? Like:
>
>   $ echo '[include]path = ~/my-dotfiles/gitconfig' >~/.gitconfig

Sounds like this is the way to go. Or I could pick up Junio's suggestion to use a Makefile. I'll discontinue working on the patch.

Thanks.

Ram