From: Avery Pennarun Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 21:00:39 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Per-repository end-of-line normalization Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Fri, 7 May 2010, Avery Pennarun wrote: >> Since the options it *does* have are exactly the same as .git/config, >> however, naming it .gitconfig makes sense. > > Well, I disagree. > >> I'd say just print a >> warning when reading options that are going to be ignored for security >> reasons (or because they're not known at all, or whatever). > > Or just make it .gitparams (or anything you wish) which is not the same > as gitconfig. This way it is less likely to get bogus bug reports for > options that aren't supported. It has exactly the same syntax as ~/.gitconfig, and the options it does support can all be carried over literally to ~/.gitconfig. Calling it something else would imply that it deserves its own man page, which would need to repeat all the options that are already documented for ~/.gitconfig. I'd say something that's syntactically identical, and in some cases actually interchangeable, should have the same name. Using a different name could actually be *misleading*. Have fun, Avery