Hi, On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, Jeff King wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:05:37AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > The subject says it all. Would it be bad if we introduce an > > environment variable, GIT_SYSTEM_CONFIG=/etc/gitconfig, that names > > an alternative location of the system-wide configuration file? > > > > That would supersede/deprecate GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM that we > > introduced primarily so that we can run our tests without getting > > affected by the configuration that happens to be effective on the > > host that the test is being run. > > I can't think of a reason it would be bad. I cannot think of any reason right now, either, but my gut tells me that this needs to simmer a while in the backs of our minds, to give potential reasons a chance to come forward. What would be the use case, BTW? IOW what would it solve that cannot already be solved by using XDG_CONFIG_HOME? Ciao, Dscho