Re: [PATCH 2/2] repo-config: learn the flag "--no-local"

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 8, 2006, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0606082300390.28654@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <e6a2rt$n6p$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > BTW it is the same reason I would rather not see /etc/gitconfig: it 
> > meddles with an existing configuration. If you want to give defaults, you 
> > can use a skeleton for $HOME, and templates for $GIT_DIR. As a user, I 
> > would be very surprised if the behaviour of git changed from one day to 
> > the other without my changing anything.
> 
> I agree wholeheartily. I guess that the 'skeleton' part has yet to be
> written...

I don't know what exactly you mean: the skeleton copying part, or the default .gitconfig?

As for the skeleton copying part, on the machine I am writing this on, there is a /etc/skel/ directory, which is automatically copied to the $HOME of every newly created user.

As for the default .gitconfig (which you could put into /etc/skel/): if the default behaviour of git is not to your liking, just make a $HOME/.gitconfig, and once you are satisfied with it, stick a copy into /etc/skel!

Ciao, Dscho