Re: [PATCH] config: Introduce GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 8, 2021, 23:56 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo8eopbyk.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <8735w0icb9.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Thu, Apr 08 2021, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>
>> +`GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL`::
>> +	Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide `~/.gitconfig`
>> +	and `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` files.  This environment variable can
>
> Let's not call ~/.gitconfig system-wide with /etc/gitconfig being,
> saying "global" is consistent with git-config's own
> --global/--system/--local etc. Still a bit odd, but at least the same
> nomenclature.

Yeah, GLOBAL should be renamed to PER-USER everywhere.

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