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Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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May 25, 2012, 19:39 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
>> That's another good thing with XDG (~/.config Vs ~/.cache/ for example),
>> but I don't think Git would have anything user-wide that would not be
>> configuration.
>
> Of course, but your home directory that you read with "ls -A" does.
> Putting configuration in ~/.config makes it easier to find amid all
> that noise.

Yes. My sentence above was just replying to "separating temporary files" (i.e. putting stuff in ~/.cache/), I over-quoted your message.

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Message 23 of 26 in “[RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig”
  1. nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.frMay 25, 2012
  2. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  3. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  5. Hilco WijbengaMay 25, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  7. Hilco WijbengaMay 25, 2012
  8. config doc: remove confusion about relative GIT_DIR from FILES sectionJonathan Nieder, May 25, 2012
  9. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  11. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  12. Jeff KingMay 25, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  14. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  16. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2012
  18. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  19. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  20. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2012
  23. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  24. Matthieu MoyMay 25, 2012
  25. Felipe ContrerasMay 26, 2012
  26. Heiko VoigtMay 26, 2012

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