On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Jeff King wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 06:18:26AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> >
> > ENVIRONMENT
> > GIT_CONFIG
> > Take the configuration from the given file instead of
> > .git/config. Using the "--global" option forces this to
> > ~/.gitconfig. Using the "--system" option forces this to
> > $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
> >
> > is the phrase "forces this to" really what you want to use here?
> > maybe i misunderstand what this option does, doesn't it simply mean
> > that it will use a different (specified) file from the default,
> > depending on the context (local, global, system)?
> >
> > it just seems weird to say that the option "forces" the use of what
> > are clearly the default files. thoughts?
>
> I agree it's weird. I think it's trying to mean "behaves as if it
> was set to", but with the additional notion that the command-line
> argument would take precedence over the environment (which is our
> usual rule). But then we should just say those things explicitly.
>
> Just looking at mentions of GIT_CONFIG in that manpage and knowing
> the history, I think:
... snip ...
i'm just going to admit that i don't quite have the background to know
how to submit a patch to tidy things up based on Jeff's analysis, so
I'm going to leave this to someone higher up the food chain.
rday
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