Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: May 7, 2010, 20:32 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071630170.14468@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005071235070.901@i5.linux-foundation.org>

On Fri, 7 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Fri, 7 May 2010, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > 
> > Given that only a subset of gitconfig could make sense to have 
> > distributed, I think the file should be named .gitparams to make the 
> > distinction clear.
> 
> I went through the options listed in "man gitconfig", and quite frankly, I 
> didn't find any new ones. I didn't grep the source, and I'm sure they're 
> not all documented, but if it really is just two options, I doubt it's 
> worth it at all.

I don't dispute that.

I was merely pointing out that naming such a file .gitconfig is a bad idea if it doesn't duplicate the entire .git/config functionality.

Nicolas

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