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Re: git config --global needs to be run in a git directory

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TKTrix Knotts <enderk@tuta.io>
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Jan 7, 2024, 07:14 UTC
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My bad, I had `--global` after the item to be configured. -- Trix Knotts (she/they)

Jan 6, 2024, 11:56 PM by enderk@tuta.io:
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> Hi! This is a minor issue, but I noticed when I ran `git config --global` from my home directory it gave me this error: `fatal: not in a git directory`. I was able to resolve this simply by moving to a git directory on my machine and rerunning it, so it is not really a big issue. However, I think for convenience it would be nice to be able to run global things like this anywhere. What do y'all think? Would this be easy to change?
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> BTW this is my first time emailing the git mailing list, so sorry if I did something wrong. Please let me know if so!
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> Trix Knotts (she/they)
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