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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of
 ~/.gitconfig
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 12:42:37 -0500
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To: Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com>
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Hi Hilco,

Hilco Wijbenga wrote:

> This is, of course, highly OS dependent. Ironically, I'd say we need a
> setting in .gitconfig for it. :-)
>
> There is also /etc(/default|/sysconfig|)/git/config to consider
> (perhaps for some settings that should be the same for everyone).
> Better yet, it would be nice if at least some settings could be part
> of the repository itself (whitespace handling e.g.).

The FILES section of git-config(1) might leave you happier. :)

Regarding $GIT_DIR/config, it says "The filename is of course relative
to the repository root, not the working directory.".  Is this out of
date?  (Cc-ing Peff and Duy.)

Jonathan