From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:20:47 -0700 Message-ID: <7vwr40rukg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <20120525181526.Horde.VibLf3wdC4BPv7AeKacSMiA@webmail.minatec.grenoble-inp.fr> <20120525174237.GA4267@burratino> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Jonathan Nieder , nguyenhu@minatec.inpg.fr, git@vger.kernel.org, matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr, Valentin DUPERRAY , Franck JONAS , Lucien KONG , Thomas NGUY , Huynh Khoi Nguyen NGUYEN , Jeff King , =?utf-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41j?= To: Hilco Wijbenga X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri May 25 20:21:14 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SXz8S-00075s-Pr for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:13 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932192Ab2EYSUv convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:51 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:45719 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932083Ab2EYSUu convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:50 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3867787D7; Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:50 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=JhTrp8/IBlH1 k8Dadz/O6+3nJRE=; b=CwcEc06ZKbohiMAT3b8ZRZSgBZh3fwNnVjn1K8deJmqR J88ZCl3MYIlWOgABsCSNsGPJfbGwYirdCkyYPpQVZDChiozyXrJLohsTS7nuiptW NR9OH4Tj8V46BdS+tvvny9LPoQ0HxpVk1YJu2mdz4pF/3if4LTnQ9fPRiYAyJ7Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=P4vq8E ktOM9qBZWOCuU/IrMc1BXdbhVXpD2Yz6FCvkJw0rajUZY0aZv0zZvaYq+YevVNeG M7IocwERveQUHNOIUT9AcHnHsTaCzn5/auBXmC40zwDzs/bp58thXm7xpNk+PLa9 /zBmjuZOKovQMqbT2K8tFc0DkmF1r77gwH5I0= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246A887D5; Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C35CA87D1; Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Hilco Wijbenga's message of "Fri, 25 May 2012 10:47:50 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5A51B88A-A696-11E1-9196-FC762E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hilco Wijbenga writes: >> Regarding $GIT_DIR/config, it says "The filename is of course relati= ve >> to the repository root, not the working directory.". =C2=A0Is this o= ut of >> date? =C2=A0(Cc-ing Peff and Duy.) It is only worded awkwardly, I think. The above is merely trying to sa= y that you do not place 'config' anywhere in the working tree; in other words, "repository" in the above refers to GIT_DIR, and the "root" mean= s not inside refs/, objects/, or anywhere, just next to index, HEAD, etc.