On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Dominique Dumont <dod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello > > I use the same machine for work and open-source contribution. In both cases, I > deal with a lot of repositories. Depending on whether I commit for work or > open-source activities, I must use a different mail address. I used to setup > work address for each work repo in git local config, but this is no longer > practical. Sounds like the same problem I have (and the reason I came up with conditional include [1]). Would that work for you (check out the example part in that patch)? It's not supported yet. I'll need to address a few comments in the future reroll. [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/20160712164216.24072-1-pclouds@xxxxxxxxx/ > Since I use different directories for work and open-source, would it be > possible for git to read irs config also from parent directories ? I.e. setup > git to read config from ./.git/config then ../.gitconfig, ../../gitconfig until > global ~/.gitconfig. -- Duy