Re: [PATCH v2] Add global and system-wide gitattributes

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Aug 28, 2010, 17:33 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqbp8mskv1.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <87d3t7ow39.fsf@gmail.com>

Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com> writes:

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> Petr Onderka <gsvick@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Allow gitattributes to be set globally and system wide. This way, settings
>> for particular file types can be set in one place and apply for all user's
>> repositories.
>
> [...]
>
> I really can't wait till this gets into Git and I'm certainly not the
> only one (thank you so much for working on it, Petr!).

Same here ;-).

> Any reason the patch still hasn't been applied?

Usually, patches are applied if either

1) Junio has personal interest in it, or

2) Other people review the code and show interest for it.

I guess none of the conditions were met here (and Junio was very busy these days). I'm sure you can help about point 2) ;-)

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Matthieu Moy
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