# does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig

3 messages from 2009-01-23 to 2009-01-23. Participants: bill lam, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr..
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17316

## bill lam, 2009-01-23 03:12

Subject: does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig
Message-ID: <20090123031210.GB6931@b2j>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090123031210.GB6931%40b2j

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Suppose I got several git repositories to maintain, instead of using
command git config [--global] again and again.  Can I call up a text
editor to edit .git/config or .gitconfig manually, or just copy from
another .gitconfig ?

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## Boyd Stephen Smith Jr., 2009-01-23 03:26

Subject: Re: does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig
Message-ID: <200901222126.46964.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200901222126.46964.bss%40iguanasuicide.net
In-Reply-To: <20090123031210.GB6931@b2j>

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On Thursday 22 January 2009, bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> wrote 
about 'does git config get any side effect other than 
changing .gitconfig':
>Suppose I got several git repositories to maintain, instead of using
>command git config [--global] again and again.  Can I call up a text
>editor to edit .git/config or .gitconfig manually, or just copy from
>another .gitconfig ?

Yes.  Absolutely.
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## bill lam, 2009-01-23 03:41

Subject: Re: does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig
Message-ID: <20090123034157.GD6931@b2j>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090123034157.GD6931%40b2j
In-Reply-To: <200901222126.46964.bss@iguanasuicide.net>

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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> >Suppose I got several git repositories to maintain, instead of using
> >command git config [--global] again and again.  Can I call up a text
> >editor to edit .git/config or .gitconfig manually, or just copy from
> >another .gitconfig ?
> 
> Yes.  Absolutely.

Thanks for confirmation.  I realised that the subject is in the
opposite tone to the message body.

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