Re: [PATCH (resend)] Let core.excludesfile default to ~/.gitexcludes.

[Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 13:00, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> Matthieu Moy venit, vidit, dixit 26.11.2009 11:35:
>> Most users will set it to ~/.gitsomething. ~/.gitignore would conflict
>> with per-directory ignore file if ~/ is managed by Git, so ~/.gitexcludes
>> is a sane default.
>
> I'm sorry to jump in so late, and this may sound like bike-shedding, but
> right now we have
>
> .git/info/exclude
> .gitignore
>
> and this would add
>
> ~/.gitexcludes
>
> That is, three terms, or two, where one comes in two variations
> (exclude/exludes). I always wondered why we have two.
>
> The reason for .gitignore is most probably the similarity to
> .${othervcs}ignore, and that is a valid reason.
>
> I know we have ~/.gitconfig for the global version of .git/config, and
> maybe that was just no good idea either. But I don't even dare
> suggesting to rename it ~/.gitglobalconfig.
>
> So, in line at least with our term "global" (per user) config, I would
> suggest to use "~/.gitglobalignore" for the global ignore file. Maybe,
> eventually, we'll manage to rename .git/info/excludes to .git/info/ignore.
>
> On a somewhat larger scale, a good alternative strategy would be to have
> a directory "~/.gitglobal/" in which Git would look for
> ~/.gitglobal/config and
> ~/.gitglobal/info/ignore or
> ~/.gitglobal/ignore
>
> i.e. mirroring the repo structure or at least bundling everything in a
> single dir, which would also be a good place for a global svnauthors
> file and such, and for other global configuration files we don't think
> of right now.
I would vote for that too. Its more future-proof than a single new
file. Also I would suggest to name this dir ~/.gitrc/. On the other
hand the --global option to git config specifies the .gitconfig in
your HOME.

Bert
>
> Michael