From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>,
Anurag Priyam <anurag08priyam@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:50:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vk3vfqrrp.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpq626zjtds.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:57:35 +0200")
Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
> Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> index eaea079..c8db03f 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
>> @@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
>> User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
>> configuration file.
>>
>> +$GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG::
>> + Overrides the path of the global configuration file.
>> +
>
> I'm not particularly in favor of introducing another environment
> variable, but if you are to introduce it, why just override the
> configuration file, and not $HOME completely (e.g. to override
> $HOME/.git-credentials too).
>
> There was a patch proposing that here ($GIT_HOME to override $HOME):
I think both of these are at the entrance of slippery slope to
insanity I'd rather not to venture into.
If somebody hates ~/.dotmanyfiles so much, why not do HOME=~/dots/,
instead of having to set GIT_HOME to move ~/.gitconfig, FROTZ_HOME
to move ~/.frotzconfig, MAIL_HOME to move ~/.mailrc, etc.?
I wouldn't be surprised if some _other_ things break with your HOME
pointing at a directory inside your home directory, but then it may
be better to fix that other thing instead.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-27 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-26 14:14 Configuring the location of ~/.gitconfig Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-09-26 18:34 ` David Aguilar
2012-09-27 6:49 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-09-27 14:46 ` [PATCH] config: introduce GIT_GLOBAL_CONFIG to override ~/.gitconfig Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-09-27 16:57 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-09-27 17:50 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-09-27 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-27 17:35 ` Jeff King
2012-09-27 19:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-27 20:51 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-09-28 7:05 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-09-27 6:09 ` Configuring the location of ~/.gitconfig Junio C Hamano
2012-09-27 6:40 ` Anurag Priyam
2012-09-27 17:16 ` Junio C Hamano
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