On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lanoxx <lanoxx@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> Git and Gitk are currently using the ~/.gitconfig and ~/.gitk files in >> the $HOME directory. It would be nice to use the XDG Base Directory >> standard for the location instead, see [1] and [2]. Are there any >> plans regarding this standard? > > Git does this starting at 1.7.12. See the release notes, e.g. at > https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.12.txt#L18-23 > > cmn I do not recall whether gitk learned about it (I don't think so). Like all big sweeping changes, these were done in a backwards-compatible way that will allow users to switch over when they are ready. If you are interested in attacking this from the gitk angle then you will want to follow a similar strategy. -- David -- 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