From: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.fr, git@vger.kernel.org,
matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr,
Valentin DUPERRAY <Valentin.Duperray@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr>,
Franck JONAS <Franck.Jonas@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr>,
Lucien KONG <Lucien.Kong@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr>,
Thomas NGUY <Thomas.Nguy@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr>,
Huynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN
<Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@phelma.grenoble-inp.fr>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 12:59:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120526105936.GA37540@book.hvoigt.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s32GKrmXDND3_iO6CTOgHTfeuBeXYEOjcET5bBZ067pFQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:45:52PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:15 PM, <nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.fr> wrote:
>
> > As you know, git stores its configuration in ~/.gitconfig file and in other
> > hidden files at the root of the user's directory.
> >
> > We would like to have a configuration directory instead of all these
> > configuration files by following the XDG specification because:
> > - not a lot of hidden files at the root, so better view
> > - one directory per software in ~/.config
> >
> > We would like to give to users the possibility to store configuration in
> > ~/.config/git/config file.
>
> I like this, but it shouldn't be "~/.config", it should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.
If we do that what about a fallback to .config for operating systems
that do not have XDG? E.g. Git for Windows would then also be able to
benefit from that.
Cheers Heiko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-26 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-25 16:15 [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig nguyenhu
2012-05-25 17:01 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 17:29 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-25 17:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 17:31 ` Hilco Wijbenga
2012-05-25 17:42 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 17:47 ` Hilco Wijbenga
2012-05-25 18:12 ` [PATCH] config doc: remove confusion about relative GIT_DIR from FILES section Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 20:06 ` Jeff King
2012-05-25 18:20 ` [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig Junio C Hamano
2012-05-25 17:54 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-25 20:11 ` Jeff King
2012-05-25 18:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-05-25 18:25 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 18:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-05-25 18:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-05-25 19:13 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-25 19:17 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 19:29 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-25 19:35 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 19:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-05-25 19:39 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-25 19:01 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-05-26 10:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2012-05-26 10:59 ` Heiko Voigt [this message]
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