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From: <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
To: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [Question] etc/gitconfig and .gitconfig missing errors
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 10:07:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <021501db643a$9c5357b0$d4fa0710$@nexbridge.com> (raw)

Hi All,

Question from my community. The standard git install does not automatically
create
the /usr/local/etc directory if it does not exist, so the git config
--system fails.
If etc/gitconfig is missing, the command also fails. Similarly, if
~/.gitconfig is missing,
git config -global fails.

Is this intended? I have been telling my people that they should pre-create
those files
with appropriate security. I have mused that having git auto-create this
file may
introduce potential CVEs, explaining the situation. Is this assumption
correct?

Thanks,
Randall

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             reply	other threads:[~2025-01-11 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-11 15:07 rsbecker [this message]
2025-01-13  6:01 ` [Question] etc/gitconfig and .gitconfig missing errors Jeff King

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