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Subject: Querying Git for the path to the system config file
Sebastian SchuberthHi,
I was in need to find out the path to the system-wide config file that Git is using. I need to do this in a platform-independent way (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows). What I came up with is
$ GIT_EDITOR=echo git config --system --edit
to trick Git into printing the path instead of opening the file in an editor.
Just wondering, is there a less hacky way to do that?
-- Sebastian Schuberth
Jeff KingRe: Querying Git for the path to the system config file
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:23:55PM +0200, Sebastian Schuberth wrote:
> I was in need to find out the path to the system-wide config file that > Git is using. I need to do this in a platform-independent way (Linux, > Mac OS X, Windows). What I came up with is > > $ GIT_EDITOR=echo git config --system --edit > > to trick Git into printing the path instead of opening the file in an editor. > > Just wondering, is there a less hacky way to do that?
No, there isn't. It's baked in at compile-time, so something similar to "git --exec-path" might make sense (but if we are going to start exposing a lot of build flags, it might be nice to come up with some organized system rather than haphazardly adding options).
Of course adding a new option probably won't help you, as it will take some time before it can be used reliably. I think the hack you came up with is pretty reasonable in the meantime.
-Peff
Sebastian SchuberthRe: Querying Git for the path to the system config file
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> Of course adding a new option probably won't help you, as it will take > some time before it can be used reliably. I think the hack you came up > with is pretty reasonable in the meantime.
Right, so I'll keep using that hack, thanks!
-- Sebastian Schuberth