Re: [QUESTION] How to add new configuration variable

From: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 17, 2021, 16:21 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPUEspgv49ppMbwHMPjF6_4FBU1_tYk_DdXXOTDuWwAx74UL8Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9f3cc3f0-36db-f7e5-de1d-2c8c9f246884@gmail.com>

you might want this in --global instead, but assuming it is ok to be repository specific:

$ git config foobar.something baz

and in your script

  baz=$(git config foobar.something)

Carlo

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