* [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
@ 2013-07-07 22:00 Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:21 ` John Keeping
2013-07-07 22:23 ` Robin Rosenberg
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Robin Rosenberg @ 2013-07-07 22:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: gitster, Robin Rosenberg
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
--system::
For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
- rather than the repository .git/config.
+ rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr
+ then /etc/gitconfig is used.
+
For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
rather than from all available files.
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
file was added fairly recently.
$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
- System-wide configuration file.
+ System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the
+ latter case /etc/gitconfig is used.
If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
--
1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
2013-07-07 22:00 [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr Robin Rosenberg
@ 2013-07-07 22:21 ` John Keeping
2013-07-07 22:32 ` Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:23 ` Robin Rosenberg
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: John Keeping @ 2013-07-07 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robin Rosenberg; +Cc: git, gitster
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 12:00:02AM +0200, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
> ---
> Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
>
> --system::
> For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
> - rather than the repository .git/config.
> + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr
> + then /etc/gitconfig is used.
That's a build time condition, not something that's decided at runtime
so I'm not sure that this logic belongs in the user facing
documentation. The technically correct change would be to use
"$(sysconfdir)/gitconfig" but I think that will just confuse users more.
Since we have a build step for the documentation, I wonder if it's
possible to replace these with the correct directory at build time.
> +
> For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
> rather than from all available files.
> @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
> file was added fairly recently.
>
> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
> - System-wide configuration file.
> + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the
> + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used.
>
> If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
> files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
> --
> 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
2013-07-07 22:21 ` John Keeping
@ 2013-07-07 22:32 ` Robin Rosenberg
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Robin Rosenberg @ 2013-07-07 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Keeping; +Cc: git, gitster, Shawn Pearce
----- Ursprungligt meddelande -----
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 12:00:02AM +0200, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> > b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> > index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> > @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
> >
> > --system::
> > For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
> > - rather than the repository .git/config.
> > + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is
> > /usr
> > + then /etc/gitconfig is used.
>
> That's a build time condition, not something that's decided at
> runtime
> so I'm not sure that this logic belongs in the user facing
> documentation. The technically correct change would be to use
> "$(sysconfdir)/gitconfig" but I think that will just confuse users
> more.
>
> Since we have a build step for the documentation, I wonder if it's
> possible to replace these with the correct directory at build time.
Might work for documentation. I'd like a run-time variant for my
particular problem, but the one I found now, e.g. git rev-parse --show-prefix"
does not work in the general case. I want to tell JGit where the system
wide configuration file is, even before we have a git repository.
-- robin
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
2013-07-07 22:00 [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:21 ` John Keeping
@ 2013-07-07 22:23 ` Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:47 ` Junio C Hamano
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Robin Rosenberg @ 2013-07-07 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: gitster
I guess this isn't true either. Anyone has a better way of
specifiying where the system wide config file is read from,
or a user-parseable definition of $(prefix) ?
-- robin
----- Ursprungligt meddelande -----
> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
> ---
> Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
>
> --system::
> For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
> - rather than the repository .git/config.
> + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr
> + then /etc/gitconfig is used.
> +
> For reading options: read only from system-wide
> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
> rather than from all available files.
> @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
> file was added fairly recently.
>
> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
> - System-wide configuration file.
> + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the
> + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used.
>
> If no further options are given, all reading options will read all
> of these
> files that are available. If the global or the system-wide
> configuration
> --
> 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc
>
>
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* Re: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
2013-07-07 22:23 ` Robin Rosenberg
@ 2013-07-07 22:47 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2013-07-07 22:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robin Rosenberg; +Cc: git
Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> writes:
> I guess this isn't true either. Anyone has a better way of
> specifiying where the system wide config file is read from,
> or a user-parseable definition of $(prefix) ?
... the system-wide configuration file (typically
/etc/gitconfig), rather than the repository specific
configuration file (.git/config)
should be sufficient.
>
> -- robin
>
> ----- Ursprungligt meddelande -----
>> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
>>
>> --system::
>> For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
>> - rather than the repository .git/config.
>> + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr
>> + then /etc/gitconfig is used.
>> +
>> For reading options: read only from system-wide
>> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
>> rather than from all available files.
>> @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
>> file was added fairly recently.
>>
>> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
>> - System-wide configuration file.
>> + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the
>> + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used.
>>
>> If no further options are given, all reading options will read all
>> of these
>> files that are available. If the global or the system-wide
>> configuration
>> --
>> 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc
>>
>>
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