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Re: [PATCH] Introduce the GIT_CONFIG_EXTRA environment variable

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 19, 2009, 10:54 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0912191150450.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<4B2C7EC3.6070501@signalbeam.net>
Hi,
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Moe wrote:
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> What we do is, we put our entire runtime environment [for a web 
> application] under a dedicated user and under version control. This is a 
> very comfortable way to maintain an identical environment across the 
> board, we even deploy this way to our production servers by the means of 
> a git pull on a dedicated branch.

Just ignoring the fact that you version control a version controlled directory (including the repository), which is inefficient, and even further ignoring the fact that you open the door for concurrent -- incompatible -- modifications, if all you want to do is:

> In practice our developers will su or ssh to this user to get working 
> and generally they need only a very small set of divertions from the 
> common configuration - such as their personal git identity and their 
> preferred editor settings.

... then I suggest reading up on GIT_EDITOR, GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT and GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, and leaving the $HOME/.gitconfig alone.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 10 of 23 in “FEATURE REQUEST: Env override GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG”
  1. MoeDec 18, 2009
  2. Introduce the GIT_CONFIG_EXTRA environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  3. Shawn O. PearceDec 19, 2009
  4. MoeDec 19, 2009
  5. Miklos VajnaDec 19, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  7. MoeDec 19, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  9. MoeDec 19, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinDec 19, 2009
  11. MoeDec 19, 2009
  12. Nanako ShiraishiDec 19, 2009
  13. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberDec 19, 2009
  15. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 19, 2009
  16. Matthieu MoyDec 19, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  18. Matthieu MoyDec 21, 2009
  19. Jeff KingDec 21, 2009
  20. Matthieu MoyDec 21, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberDec 21, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2009
  23. Introduce the GIT_HOME environment variableMiklos Vajna, Dec 20, 2009

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