Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I guess this isn't true either. Anyone has a better way of > specifiying where the system wide config file is read from, > or a user-parseable definition of $(prefix) ? ... the system-wide configuration file (typically /etc/gitconfig), rather than the repository specific configuration file (.git/config) should be sufficient. > > -- robin > > ----- Ursprungligt meddelande ----- >> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++-- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt >> b/Documentation/git-config.txt >> index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt >> @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. >> >> --system:: >> For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig >> - rather than the repository .git/config. >> + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr >> + then /etc/gitconfig is used. >> + >> For reading options: read only from system-wide >> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig >> rather than from all available files. >> @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: >> file was added fairly recently. >> >> $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: >> - System-wide configuration file. >> + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the >> + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used. >> >> If no further options are given, all reading options will read all >> of these >> files that are available. If the global or the system-wide >> configuration >> -- >> 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc >> >> -- 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