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To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Lukas Sandstr=F6m wrote:
>> > Since there is a global config now, we need a way to access it
>> > conveniently. Now you can say
>> >=20
>> > 	git repo-config --no-local alias.l "log --stat -M ORIG_HEAD.."
>> >=20
>> > to set the alias globally (it will be stored in ~/.gitconfig).
>>=20
>> Wouldn't it make more sense to call the flag --global ?
>
> Sure, why not? Other opinions? (I will not add a test case until this=
 is=20
> resolved! ;-)

The wording "--no-local" means you are looking at things
relative to a particular repository.  I.e. some configuration
variables come from repository-local file, and others from
somewhere else.  But I do not think that somewhere else is
"global".  We are reading from $HOME, which is different
depending on who is interacting with that same repository.  So I
would probably call the other one "--user" or something if I
were force to pick name.

But as you know, I am horrible at picking names, so please don't
stop this from coming up with a good name the list can agree
upon.