Colton Hurst <colton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > [Expectation] When I run `cd ~/colton/github/coltonhurst.com` > (this is a valid git repo) and then run `git config user.email`, I > expect ‘colton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx’ will be returned. > > [Actual Result] When I run `cd ~/colton/github/coltonhurst.com` > (this is a valid git repo) and then run `git config user.email`, > nothing is returned. The relevant part of the per-user config are > [user] > name = Colton Hurst This is not conditional, and applies when you are in the repository. > [includeIf "gitdir:~/colton/github"] > path = ~/colton/github/.gitconfig This is conditional, and applies when you are in a repository whose ".git" location matches the glob pattern "~/colton/github". The location in question is "~/colton/github/coltonhurst.com", which does not match the pattern, so it would be skipped. > [includeIf "gitdir:~/colton/sourcehut"] > path = ~/colton/sourcehut/.gitconfig Likewise. So, nobody sets user.email in your example. Isn't it expected that nothing is returned? I wonder what happens when the second one is updated to > [includeIf "gitdir:~/colton/github/"] > path = ~/colton/github/.gitconfig as "git config --help" says: * If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it matches "foo" and everything inside, recursively. and "~/colton/github/**" as a pattern would match the path to the repository in question.
