From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:03:50 GMT
Subject: Re: /etc/git/
Message-ID: <mxnhqas7uhg3iq4ftxygur3555dqmnortun4dcwls554qfppg6@fq4zsubda6ay>
In-Reply-To: <016801db57d7$40a7b740$c1f725c0$@nexbridge.com>

Hi Randall,

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 03:46:29PM -0500, rsbecker@nexbridge.com wrote:
> >So, I prefer /etc/gitconfig over /etc/git/config + GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM, but I prefer
> >/etc/git/config over both.
> 
> One possible thing is to have your central git config, wherever you put it, use [include] sections.
> These allow flexibility to pull in relevant configurations depending on the qualification
> of the include. Maybe something else to think about.

I had forgotten about core.attributesFile and core.excludesFile.  I now
have /etc/gitconfig, and then everything else under /etc/git/, and have

[core]
	attributesFile = /etc/git/attributes
	excludesFile = /etc/git/ignore

This seems quite decent.


Have a lovely new year!
Alex

> 
> An enhancement like this is high impact and would touch a fair amount of code. It is not
> Just for --system, but --global and --local also. The semantic of specifying and resolving 
> Configurations and attributes (inherited in repositories) are significant.
> 
> --Randall
> 
> 
> 

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