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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Storing private config files in .git directory?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:20:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq34v7lmb3.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8e344dee-f84e-4a2c-835a-406ee72d129b@haller-berlin.de> (Stefan Haller's message of "Sun, 7 Jan 2024 14:03:20 +0100")

Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de> writes:

> Our git client (lazygit) has a need to store per-repo config files that
> override the global one, much like git itself. The easiest way to do
> that is to store those in a .git/lazygit.cfg file, and I'm wondering if
> there's any reason why this is a bad idea?

An obvious alternative is to have .lazygit directory next to .git directory
which would give you a bigger separation, which can cut both ways.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-08 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-07 13:03 Storing private config files in .git directory? Stefan Haller
2024-01-08 18:20 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-01-10 11:08   ` Jeff King
2024-01-11 13:28     ` Stefan Haller
2024-01-12  6:56       ` Jeff King
2024-01-08 18:56 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2024-01-08 19:48 ` Marc Branchaud

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