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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> So the suggestion by both you and Peff, to use an environment variable,
> which is either global, or requires the user to set it manually per
> session, is simply not a good idea at all.

As I already said, I do not have a strong preference between config
and env.  I raised the env as a possible alternative that you can
think about its pros and cons, and as I already said, if you thought
and your concluded that config would work better for your needs,
that is fine by me.