From: Rudinei Goi Roecker Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:03:58 GMT Subject: Re: Git config not working correctly with included configurations Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20160412155000.GA21249@sigill.intra.peff.net> Thanks, I didn't knew about that option, as Jeff King said, the documentation is way more explicit about how it works in 2.8.0 On 12-04-2016 12:50, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:25:39AM -0300, Rudinei Goi Roecker wrote: > >> I'm having a problem with included configurations in ~/.gitconfig, when >> using this command: >> >> git config --global user.email > You need to turn on "--includes" explicitly. From "git help config" in > v2.8.0: > > --[no-]includes > Respect include.* directives in config files when looking up > values. Defaults to off when a specific file is given (e.g., using > --file, --global, etc) and on when searching all config files. > >> I'm using Fedora 23, git version 2.5.5 > The rule above has always been the case, but the documentation made it > more clear in v2.8.0. > > -Peff