On Tue, 12 Dec 2017, Jacob Keller wrote: > > And then "and the other files will not be read" can be dropped from > > the first sentence of this paragraph? > > Yaroslav on the original thread mentioned that reading codepath > > without --file or --global does not limit to one of the three, and > > this section is about "If not set explicitly with `--file`", so we'd > > need to make sure if the above is what happens in reality (or update > > the proposed clarification to match the reality). > I'm pretty sure it does not read XDG_CONFIG_HOME unless ~/.gitconfig > is missing. I tried a few things, but it was 2am for me, so I may be > mis-remembering. It always read it for non--global $> ( HOME=/tmp/HOME; rm -rf $HOME; mkdir -p $HOME/.config/git; echo -e "[user]\n name=home" > $HOME/.gitconfig; echo -e "[user]\n name=xdg\n name2=xdg2" > $HOME/.config/git/config; git config user.name; git config user.name2; ) home xdg2 and it doesn't read it for --global $> ( HOME=/tmp/HOME; rm -rf $HOME; mkdir -p $HOME/.config/git; echo -e "[user]\n name=home" > $HOME/.gitconfig; echo -e "[user]\n name=xdg\n name2=xdg2" > $HOME/.config/git/config; git config --global user.name; git config --global user.name2; ) home unless ~/.gitconfig is missing $> ( HOME=/tmp/HOME; rm -rf $HOME; mkdir -p $HOME/.config/git; echo -e "[user]\n name=xdg\n name2=xdg2" > $HOME/.config/git/config; git config --global user.name; git config --global user.name2; ) xdg xdg2 -- Yaroslav O. Halchenko Center for Open Neuroscience http://centerforopenneuroscience.org Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik
