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Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig
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Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday 2007 February 14 16:30, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Site-wide configuration for options that are potentially
>> compatibility-breaking is a bad idea on a multi-user machines,
>> and it was certainly the case back when our machines hosted many
>> diverse set of people.
>
> Isn't it more likely that on a multi-user machine all users are sharing one 
> install of git - in which case you do want the upgrade of facilities to be 
> system-wide.

Not really.  Some repositories would need to be accessible by
people with older git coming over the network.  Some don't.