From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:20:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Storing private config files in .git directory?
Message-ID: <xmqq34v7lmb3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <8e344dee-f84e-4a2c-835a-406ee72d129b@haller-berlin.de>

Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de> writes:

> Our git client (lazygit) has a need to store per-repo config files that
> override the global one, much like git itself. The easiest way to do
> that is to store those in a .git/lazygit.cfg file, and I'm wondering if
> there's any reason why this is a bad idea?

An obvious alternative is to have .lazygit directory next to .git directory
which would give you a bigger separation, which can cut both ways.