# Inquiry about feature request #1665: Conditional includeIf by hostname 2 messages from 2025-08-18 to 2025-08-18. Participants: Ayush Sharma, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/63975 ## Ayush Sharma, 2025-08-18 09:29 Subject: Inquiry about feature request #1665: Conditional includeIf by hostname Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAK8tCCJEAt33AMkPKZazcS1h9PKFig2ixCUC4V%2BD6--jyTuJnA%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, I am writing to inquire about a feature request, issue #1665 on the gitgitgadget/git GitHub repository, which proposes adding a "hostname" condition for conditional includes. The proposal, opened by Diogo-Rossi on February 15, 2024, suggests a new keyword to match the machine's hostname. As noted in the issue, a primary use case for this would be to simplify dotfiles management across different machines, which can be cumbersome with the current approaches. The example provided was: [includeIf "hostname:FIRSTMACHINE"] path = /path/to/firstmachineconfig.inc I noticed that the issue is still open and does not appear to have any assignees or linked pull requests at this time. I am interested in this feature and would like to ask if this is a direction the project would consider. If there is interest and no one is currently working on this, I would be happy to begin investigating and potentially work on a patch. Thank you for your time and all your work on Git. Best regards, Ayush Sharma ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2025-08-18 16:47 Subject: Re: Inquiry about feature request #1665: Conditional includeIf by hostname Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqqzx8k258.fsf%40gitster.g In-Reply-To: ``` Ayush Sharma writes: > [includeIf "hostname:FIRSTMACHINE"] > path = /path/to/firstmachineconfig.inc A quick lore search finds this thread https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240319183722.211300-1-ignacio@iencinas.com/ which looks somewhat relevant. ```