# [PATCH 2/2] Complain in tests about aliases not working for, alternative config files

1 messages from 2012-03-02 to 2012-03-02. Participants: Rune Schjellerup Philosof.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/29813

## Rune Schjellerup Philosof, 2012-03-02 11:00

Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Complain in tests about aliases not working for, alternative config files
Message-ID: <4F50A83C.9090407@philosof.dk>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4F50A83C.9090407%40philosof.dk

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From c412e07ba45be32f2158c5668752354a979734d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rune Philosof <rune.git@philosof.dk>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 11:13:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Complain in tests about aliases not working for
 alternative config files

Aliases does not work when set in a configuration file specified by the
GIT_CONFIG variable.

Signed-off-by: Rune Philosof <rune.git@philosof.dk>
---
 t/t1300-repo-config.sh |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 81ccad5..433ef94 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -955,6 +955,17 @@ test_expect_success 'git -c works with aliases of
builtins' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '

+test_expect_failure 'aliases work with alternative config' '
+	(
+		GIT_CONFIG=alias &&
+		export GIT_CONFIG &&
+		git config alias.altconfig "-c foo.check=bar config foo.check" &&
+		echo bar >expect &&
+		git altconfig >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'git -c does not split values on equals' '
 	echo "value with = in it" >expect &&
 	git -c core.foo="value with = in it" config core.foo >actual &&
-- 
1.7.5.4


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