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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: Storing private config files in .git directory?
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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.