Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation/gitk: Document new config file location

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2014, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy504yckj.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1395322429-1501-1-git-send-email-astrilhayato@gmail.com>

Astril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com> writes:

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> User config file location now complies with the XDG base directory specification
>
> Signed-off-by: Astril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitk.txt | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
> index 1e9e38a..7e03fcc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
> @@ -166,8 +166,14 @@ gitk --max-count=100 --all \-- Makefile::
>  
>  Files
>  -----
> -Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store preferences
> -such as display options, font, and colors.
> +User configuration and preferences are stored at:
> +
> +* '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' if it exists, otherwise
> +* '$HOME/.gitk' if it exists
> +
> +If neither of the above exist then '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' is created and
> +used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to
> +'$HOME/.config' in all cases.

Thanks; looks good.