# [PATCH] Documentation: mention environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NO(GLOBAL|SYSTEM) 4 messages from 2010-10-03 to 2010-10-04. Participants: Jan Krüger, Sverre Rabbelier, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25325 ## Jan Krüger, 2010-10-03 21:53 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: mention environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NO(GLOBAL|SYSTEM) Message-ID: <20101003235329.6f4d2572@jk.gs> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20101003235329.6f4d2572%40jk.gs ``` The environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL and GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM which have the opposite effect of the --global and --system switches to git-config are completely undocumented. This mentions them in the 'files' and 'environment' sections of the manpage for git-config where GIT_CONFIG is already mentioned. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 543dd64..c3ea29c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want. +You can also set the environment GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL and GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM +to explicitly prevent git from falling back to global/system settings. + ENVIRONMENT ----------- @@ -219,6 +222,14 @@ GIT_CONFIG:: Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. +GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL:: + If set to true, do not use the global configuration file + in ~/.gitconfig. + +GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM:: + If set to true, do not use the system-wide configuration file in + /etc/gitconfig. + See also <>. -- 1.7.2.3.392.g02377.dirty ``` ## Sverre Rabbelier, 2010-10-03 23:10 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NO(GLOBAL|SYSTEM) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimkDEff5dzO%2BPDR44vSq9JQ7Junj%2BLwm30Fy1Vr%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20101003235329.6f4d2572@jk.gs> ``` Heya, On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 23:53, Jan Krüger wrote: > The environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL and GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM > which have the opposite effect of the --global and --system switches to > git-config are completely undocumented. This mentions them in the > 'files' and 'environment' sections of the manpage for git-config where > GIT_CONFIG is already mentioned. Nice. > +GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL:: > +       If set to true, do not use the global configuration file > +       in ~/.gitconfig. > + > +GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM:: > +       If set to true, do not use the system-wide configuration file in > +       /etc/gitconfig. > + If there are a '--no-global' and '--no-system', would it good to mention those too? Something like: "If set to true, do not use the system-wide configuration file in /etc/gitconfig, equivalent to --no-global."? -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2010-10-03 23:27 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NO(GLOBAL|SYSTEM) Message-ID: <7vvd5ieu29.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vvd5ieu29.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20101003235329.6f4d2572@jk.gs> ``` Jan Krüger writes: > The environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL and GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM > which have the opposite effect of the --global and --system switches to > git-config are completely undocumented. This mentions them in the > 'files' and 'environment' sections of the manpage for git-config where > GIT_CONFIG is already mentioned. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger Aren't they undocumented because the use case for them is pretty much limited to the test scripts and nowhere else? I am not absolutely sure about GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL, but NOSYSTEM surely was started that way. ``` ## Jan Krüger, 2010-10-04 06:31 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: mention environment variables GIT_CONFIG_NO(GLOBAL|SYSTEM) Message-ID: <20101004083106.74623cd5@jk.gs> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20101004083106.74623cd5%40jk.gs In-Reply-To: <7vvd5ieu29.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` --- Junio C Hamano wrote: > Aren't they undocumented because the use case for them is pretty much > limited to the test scripts and nowhere else? I am not absolutely > sure about GIT_CONFIG_NOGLOBAL, but NOSYSTEM surely was started that > way. I don't know. I found them when someone on IRC was looking for a way to bypass an insteadOf setting in his ~/.gitconfig file, so I guess that there is an actual use case for some. -Jan ```