Re: [PATCH] introduce git root

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 1, 2014, 04:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwq6cq8cr.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD2jES1i+6zOt1gXqTWFy1UHu2GBwAisQktd_Ymbj9Db2g@mail.gmail.com>

Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:

> I wonder if we could reuse "git config" which is already a "kitchen
> synk" command to get/set a lot of parameters.

I doubt it makes much sense.

 * Things like toplevel and cdup are not even something you
   configure.  It is where you are, the current state of you.
   "git config" does not make any sense at all.

 * manpath and execpath and friends _might_ be something you may
   want to configure, and teach relevant codepaths to pay attention
   to the new configuration values.  But until that happens, it does
   not make sense to have that information in "git config".  "git
   config" does not show values that are not actually configured, so
   it won't be a replacement for "git --man-path" for those who do
   not have nonstandard place configured.

So...