Git config not working correctly with included configurations

I'm having a problem with included configurations in ~/.gitconfig, when using this command:

git config --global user.email

It doesn't return anything, in commits it works as intended. The configuration looks like this:

~/.gitconfig
[include]
   path = .gitconfig.user
# ... more configurations

~/.gitconfig.user
[user]
   name = My Full Name
   email = myemail@example.com

I'm using Fedora 23, git version 2.5.5

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:25:39AM -0300, Rudinei Goi Roecker wrote:

I think you need:

	git config --global --includes user.email

or simply:

	git config user.email

See the documentation of the --includes and --no-includes options in git-config(1).

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:25:39AM -0300, Rudinei Goi Roecker wrote:

You need to turn on "--includes" explicitly. From "git help config" in v2.8.0:

  --[no-]includes
    Respect include.* directives in config files when looking up
    values. Defaults to off when a specific file is given (e.g., using
    --file, --global, etc) and on when searching all config files.

The rule above has always been the case, but the documentation made it more clear in v2.8.0.

-Peff

Thanks, I didn't knew about that option, as Jeff King said, the documentation is way more explicit about how it works in 2.8.0

On 12-04-2016 12:50, Jeff King wrote: