From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] a tale of Git 2.5, ssh transport and GIT_* environment variables
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 17:44:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150904214454.GA18320@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpp1yf3qe.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 11:18:01AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > It shouldn't be necessary for $GIT_DIR, but it makes sense for other git
> > variables. E.g., with "AcceptEnv GIT_*", "git -c" config is propagated.
> > E.g.:
> > ...
>
> Just to make sure I got you correctly, you are saying that "we
> propagate, but that is not correct. We should stop doing so", right?
Exactly. We do not propagate config over git:// or http:// (because we
do not share our environment). Nor do we do so over same-machine
connections (because we explicitly clean the environment). So ssh:// is
the odd duck.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-04 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-04 10:52 [RFC] a tale of Git 2.5, ssh transport and GIT_* environment variables Giuseppe Bilotta
2015-09-04 12:54 ` Jeff King
2015-09-04 14:02 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2015-09-04 14:26 ` Jeff King
2015-09-04 18:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-04 21:10 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2015-09-04 21:44 ` Jeff King [this message]
2015-09-04 22:40 ` [PATCH] git_connect: clear GIT_* environment for ssh Jeff King
2015-09-05 13:50 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2015-09-08 8:33 ` [PATCH] git_connect: clarify conn->use_shell flag Jeff King
2015-09-08 17:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-09-08 21:40 ` Jeff King
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