Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > I think it's arguable whether "--global" should behave the same. I know you know this and I am writing this message for others. I admit that I wondered if "a single file" ought to cover these short-hand notations like --global and --local while re-reading the log message of 9b25a0b52 (config: add include directive, 2012-02-06). In other words, I agree that it used to be arguable before we released v1.7.10. It no longer is arguable simply due to backward compatibilty. The ship has long sailed.