Re: git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Jul 17, 2007, 14:27 UTC
Message-ID: <vpqbqebt8ak.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707170834040.14781@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Bradford Smith wrote:
>
>> So, I guess I need to add a GIT_CONFIG_HOME environment variable.  If I 
>> get that done, I'll send a patch to the list including doc updates.
>
> Alternatively, you could actually not ignore my hint at readlink(2) and 
> have a proper fix, instead of playing games with environment variables.

I second that.

Using an environment variable means having a configuration which is about git in my shell's config file, and that's a source of a lot of troubles. Murphy's law implies that one day, the environment variable won't be set properly (because you changed your shell, because you launch git from something which isn't a shell, because you logged-in in a way that didn't read the config file in which the variable was set, ...).

I can do with it, like many other software require an environment variable, but I find the symlink trick much more robust.

-- 
Matthieu