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Re: Possible bug in includeIf / conditional includes

From
Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2017, 18:58 UTC
Message-ID
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On 2017-05-10 19:00, raphael.stolt@gmail.com wrote:
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> Current configuration which finds the conditional configuration.
> 
> ~/.gitconfig
> [includeIf "gitdir:~/Work/git-repos/oss/"]
>    path = ~/Work/git-repos/oss/.oss-gitconfig
> 
> Expected configuration which doesn't find the conditional configuration:
> 
> ~/.gitconfig
> [includeIf "gitdir:~/Work/git-repos/oss/"]
>    path = .oss-gitconfig

My guess is, because includeIf might contain other conditionals than "gitdir", the generic convention is to always use an absolute path for "path".

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Sebastian Schuberth
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Message 2 of 22 in “Possible bug in includeIf / conditional includes”
  1. raphael.stolt@gmail.comMay 10, 2017
  2. Sebastian SchuberthMay 10, 2017
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 10, 2017
  4. Raphael StoltMay 10, 2017
  5. Raphael StoltMay 10, 2017
  6. Jeff KingMay 11, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMay 11, 2017
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  9. Jeff KingMay 11, 2017
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  11. Jeff KingMay 11, 2017
  12. 0/4 doc improvements for config includesJeff King, May 11, 2017
  13. 1/4 docs/config: clarify include/includeIf relationshipJeff King, May 11, 2017
  14. Ramsay JonesMay 11, 2017
  15. Jeff KingMay 12, 2017
  16. 2/4 docs/config: give a relative includeIf exampleJeff King, May 11, 2017
  17. 3/4 docs/config: avoid the term "expand" for includesJeff King, May 11, 2017
  18. 4/4 docs/config: consistify include.path examplesJeff King, May 11, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2017
  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 11, 2017
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2017
  22. Jeff KingMay 11, 2017

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