Hi, On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Jeff King wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 01:12:52PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > + prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&is_not_gitdir); > > + prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0; > > + if (!is_not_gitdir) { > > + git_config(git_apply_config); > > + if (apply_default_whitespace) > > + parse_whitespace_option(apply_default_whitespace); > > + } > > + > > If I read this correctly, running 'git apply' inside a git repository > will parse $GIT_DIR/config and $HOME/.gitconfig. However, outside of a > repository it will parse neither. It would make more sense to me to > still parse $HOME/.gitconfig to pick up the user's global options. In git-config we solve the problem by running git_config regardless of is_not_gitdir. However, I suspect you have to 'cd' back to prefix, or else the patch gets applied in the repo root, right? (Disclaimer: I did not read the patch.) Ciao, Dscho - 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