From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 03:07:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git appears to ignore GIT_CONFIG environment variable
Message-ID: <xmqqpnvoqirp.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <3389BCF7-6170-4242-82D3-0FE7FB2EA5F2@gmail.com>

Sirio Balmelli <sirio.bm@gmail.com> writes:

> It appears that git ignores the GIT_CONFIG environment variable,
> while git-config *does* consider it.

Yup, that is exactly how it is designed and documented.  These
dasys, with "git config" taking "--file" to work on any arbitrary
filename, you do not necessarily need GIT_CONFIG enviornment.