Junio C Hamano wrote: > Why is it bad to keep using ~/.gitconfig in the first place? The UNIX > convention to exclude names that begin with dot is not working for you? Ok, now you're making more sense. :) I don't think anyone was proposing dropping support for .gitconfig. But: Any patch to add support for ~/.config/git should of course take care to include a rationale that answers this question. (I am guessing that putting all user git configuration in one directory is part of the goal, and separating temporary files like ~/.fontconfig/*.cache* from configuration files like ~/.mutt/muttrc is another part.) Ciao, 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