Re: [BUG] PREFIX environment variable ignored by git config --system

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 29, 2025, 23:36 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwmedgpkf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <009c01db728d$164a60d0$42df2270$@nexbridge.com>

<rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:

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> On January 29, 2025 3:15 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>><rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>>
>>> The documentation on the Environment Configuration page seems to imply
>>> that
>>
>>Sorry, I am totally lost.  Whose documentation on what software are you
> referring
>>to?
>>
>>  $ git grep -i -e 'environment configuration'
>>
>>comes back empty.
>
> It is here:
> https://git-scm.com/book/ms/v2/Git-Internals-Environment-Variables

It is news to me ;-).

    $ git grep '[^_]PREFIX[^_]'

does not have any hits in the source, so I do not see how we _could_ be paying any attention to such a thing.

The description seems to originate at

  https://github.com/progit2-ms/progit2/commit/c24f22d6a6b0572f5756afd64f0c2e9fa6f804fa

that was more than 10 years old. I do not know how reliable the description there is.