Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Conditional config includes based on remote URL

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On 2021-10-12 at 22:57:21, Jonathan Tan wrote:
> Previously [1], I sent a patch set for remote-suggested configs that are
> transmitted when fetching, but there were some security concerns. Here
> is another way that remote repo administators can provide recommended
> configs - through conditionally included files based on the configured
> remote. Git itself neither transmits nor prompts for these files, which
> hopefully reduces people's concerns.
> 
> More information is in the commit message of patch 2.

I won't go into the details of the patches, since I'm a little low on
time at the moment, but I think from what I've seen of the cover letter
and the commit messages, this approach is much better from a security
perspective and, provided we can get the kinks mentioned downthread
ironed out, I'd be happy to see this merged.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA

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