Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> Yep, which is why I made it a synonym; git-gui uses the >> --global option, for example, and I'm confident that other >> (user) scripts use it too. The "future" I had in mind was >> something like 1 year down the road, but it could be longer >> (or forever) if necessary. > > Please read my reply as "I vote against ever removing the --global > option". I would say with --system present, I do not see much point having the new alias --user either. Get used to it. It is global across the repositories you have control over. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html