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Re: gitconfig includes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2016, 21:50 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> I think it's arguable whether "--global" should behave the same.
I know you know this and I am writing this message for others.

I admit that I wondered if "a single file" ought to cover these short-hand notations like --global and --local while re-reading the log message of 9b25a0b52 (config: add include directive, 2012-02-06). In other words, I agree that it used to be arguable before we released v1.7.10.

It no longer is arguable simply due to backward compatibilty. The ship has long sailed.

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