From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DC4202AC for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:12:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752863AbdGMTMN (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:12:13 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f169.google.com ([209.85.192.169]:36776 "EHLO mail-pf0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752435AbdGMTMM (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:12:12 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f169.google.com with SMTP id q86so33812865pfl.3 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:12:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=LINfAxhuGygxz0UWQ5UhQb3sO9VktXp3wVx1HbpJUwE=; b=MfvnDl1pO08ZsQxSnxhRzuxaoprEixPEPgagPWtXbow06RwQwuHuIwsFzH8t1dyB/H 2XYcBybpdxI1qC5nw0cQsOBN5PfU6esnRlCWvYl4U92e5xBQlZOsRBiS2KrVv87RLAVw Y+SFOQIhBTE938uovmCWMUl+rm3Y8lE76E9p+eaq1Cy6DgbSc8tcEDJGFR0TWG7wTl+j hvyu4jTi5JzC8X5UtiXWZN/MNvBR9RKRVzJCTSWyrejZQDDpQ+M4trK6+9svCZwHyukK nswF/jURp5qiCK6ClRqhUEdrCoEFz4VyQ/YBA5JpyIlew2zOqNEAzwIs12a5oXUUlRmk mVxw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=LINfAxhuGygxz0UWQ5UhQb3sO9VktXp3wVx1HbpJUwE=; b=WeJ+ZTGDf9XJHZnGP3D03holrj5Jt8Gvek6RsV/pAE/UynUWcTW77b2ZBV10C0LSnW UM0B3dfEGB76J4hmyIhXAiHoltxcGn9zFXJfRLrJGi/NE3aPs7kCQtUKwV7LPSs1XI/1 8LIKlIbC2ZNi4ztSNNV4rfinFzaipFvomciGHlHrpVbUvlcM56QbPTJnwKDHgy5e0w2S uRqSecIQS2aDBuWrGOX2WUZJnMiiWi9WOktLv2SZME6G1VDi+ldwZqaJZKbx3Ku/07Sq p9VZJ68gR7c/L6vw4+KKLp5SQ6OmBaDprpolBvdFEYxLKCIOZlzt244/C7jXXbeKHC/p YxVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw112Rn3jjRFJNpkvmxL9lI07iJyw7j7G8rDp9JStyB2gm3j0UV9hL fhx/BhNatwlAIw== X-Received: by 10.99.0.151 with SMTP id 145mr10852515pga.115.1499973131314; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:12:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1000:8622:3079:9e61:8883:4f9c]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 68sm15313325pfi.69.2017.07.13.12.12.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:12:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Stefan Beller Cc: Jeff King , "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Jonathan Tan Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile' References: <20170711233827.23486-1-sbeller@google.com> <20170712205734.h77fgbbkavwpkr4h@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20170713155923.a2nissoyczvewoh3@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:12:10 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Thu, 13 Jul 2017 10:30:59 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Stefan Beller writes: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Jeff King wrote: >>> This triggers two reactions for me: >>> >>> (a) We should totally do that. >> >>> (b) It's a rabbit hole to go down. >> >> And yes, I had both of those reactions, too. We've had the >> "project-level .gitconfig" discussion many times over the years. And it >> generally comes back to "you can ship a snippet of config and then give >> people a script which adds it to their repo". > > I see this "project-level .gitconfig" via the .gitmodules file. > See GITMODULES(5), anything except submodule..path is > just project-level .gitconfig,... They were from day one meant as a suggestion made by the project. You do not have to follow them and you are free to update them, i.e. after "submodule init" copied URL to point at a closer mirror, for example.