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Re: hostname: includeIf condition — anyone already working on this?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 29, 2026, 19:55 UTC
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"Ignacio Encinas" <ignacio@iencinas.com> writes:
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> On Tue Sep 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM IST, Jeff King wrote:
> ...
>> It looks like after review on v3 of the series we never saw more. I'd
>> guess the author (cc'd) just never got around to pushing it forward.
>
> That's what happened. Similar to Isabella, I was looking for a small
> contribution but it ended up being more complicated than expected. I got
> a bit overwhelmed and decided to drop it.
> ...
> I hope the discussion from 2024 is at least helpful now if this ends up
> being implemented by Isabella.

I was re-reading the thread yesterday. It looked like we were _so_ close to the finish line before the discussion stopped, which is a shame. All the good bits were already designed and the only thing left was to assemble and package them up.

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Message 5 of 10 in “hostname: includeIf condition — anyone already working on this?”
  1. Isabella CaselliSep 28, 2026
  2. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  3. Ignacio EncinasSep 29, 2026
  4. Jeff KingSep 29, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026
  6. Isabella CaselliOct 2, 2026
  7. 0/3 Add hostname condition to includeIfIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  8. 1/3 var: add GIT_HOSTNAMEIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  9. 2/3 t6500: get hostname from "git var"Isabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026
  10. 3/3 config: learn the "hostname:" includeIf conditionIsabella Caselli, Oct 12, 2026

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