Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> What other hidden files at the root of the user's directory are you
>> talking about?
>
> A typical user configuration (or at least mine ;-) ) can include:
>
> [core]
> 	excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
> 	attributesfile = ~/.gitattributes

Ah, right, this line from .gitconfig: ;-)

	[core] excludesfile=~/.config/gitexcludes

[...]
> Actually, I now remember trying to find a default value some time ago:
>
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/133343
>
> The conclusion essentially boiled down to "let's drop the patch until
> there's a clear consensus on what the default value should be", and
> "don't default to ~/.gitsomething, because it will be painful to migrate
> to a user config directory later".
>
> Once it's official that the configuration is in stg like ~/.config/git/,
> we can start thinking about a default value for core.excludesfile and
> core.attributesfile, in the same directory (note: we're just talking
> about default values here, so users having set the variable explicitely
> won't be affected by the change).

Makes sense to me.

Thanks,
Jonathan