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Re: project wide: git config entry for [diff] renames=true

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2014, 18:43 UTC
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Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> writes:
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> On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 14:00 -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> ...
>> diff.renames is probably safe, but any config-sharing mechanism would
>> have to deal with either whitelisting, or providing some mechanism for
>> the puller to review changes before blindly following them.
>
> Another mechanism might be to add a repository
> top level .gitconfig and add whatever to that.

That could be smaller half of an implementation detail of one of the two possibilities Jeff mentioned i.e. "mechanism for the puller to review changes before blindly following". It gives the transfer part. You still need a new mechanism to make that file that is tracked in the repository to be used as part of your configuration variable set after letting the puller to review and approve.

A puller who blindly trust the project could use the "include" mechanism from your .git/config to include a file with a well-known name that is tracked by the project _without_ review or approval. I doubt we would recommend that in an open source setting, though.

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Message 4 of 14 in “project wide: git config entry for [diff] renames=true”
  1. Joe PerchesSep 25, 2014
  2. Jeff KingSep 25, 2014
  3. Joe PerchesSep 25, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2014
  7. 0/2 Introduce safe-include config featureRasmus Villemoes, Oct 3, 2014
  8. 1/2 config: Add safe-include directiveRasmus Villemoes, Oct 3, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  12. Rasmus VillemoesOct 6, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2014
  14. 2/2 config: Add test of safe-include featureRasmus Villemoes, Oct 3, 2014

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