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authorHuynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen <Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@ensimag.imag.fr>2012-06-22 11:03:26 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-06-25 09:06:15 -0700
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config: write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file when appropriate
Teach git to write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config if - it already exists, - $HOME/.gitconfig file doesn't, and - The --global option is used. Otherwise, write to $HOME/.gitconfig when the --global option is given, as before. If the user doesn't create $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config, there is absolutely no change. Users can use this new file only if they want. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Advice for users who often come back to an old version of Git: you shouldn't create this file. Signed-off-by: Huynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen <Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@ensimag.imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Valentin Duperray <Valentin.Duperray@ensimag.imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Franck Jonas <Franck.Jonas@ensimag.imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Lucien Kong <Lucien.Kong@ensimag.imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Thomas Nguy <Thomas.Nguy@ensimag.imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ OPTIONS
--global::
For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
- the repository .git/config.
+ the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file
+ if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn't.
+
For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.