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Re: [RFC] Questions for "Git User's Survey 2010" - features used, features wanted

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Aug 16, 2010, 06:51 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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>> > 16. Which of the following features would you like to see implemented
>> >     in git?
>> [...]
>> >  + environmental variables in config, expanding ~ and ~user
>> 
>> I think we have ~ and ~user now.
>
> Thanks, will fix.

To be more precise, Git knows how to expand ~ and ~user (that's git_config_pathname() in C, and "git config --path" from the command-line), and does it for some configuration variables (core.excludesfile for example).

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  1. Jakub NarebskiAug 15, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederAug 15, 2010
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  4. Matthieu MoyAug 16, 2010
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