Matthieu Moy wrote: > Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> What other hidden files at the root of the user's directory are you >> talking about? > > A typical user configuration (or at least mine ;-) ) can include: > > [core] > excludesfile = ~/.gitignore > attributesfile = ~/.gitattributes Ah, right, this line from .gitconfig: ;-) [core] excludesfile=~/.config/gitexcludes [...] > Actually, I now remember trying to find a default value some time ago: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/133343 > > The conclusion essentially boiled down to "let's drop the patch until > there's a clear consensus on what the default value should be", and > "don't default to ~/.gitsomething, because it will be painful to migrate > to a user config directory later". > > Once it's official that the configuration is in stg like ~/.config/git/, > we can start thinking about a default value for core.excludesfile and > core.attributesfile, in the same directory (note: we're just talking > about default values here, so users having set the variable explicitely > won't be affected by the change). Makes sense to me. Thanks, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html