"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > It is relatively common for users to maintain identical `~/.gitconfig` > files across all of their setups, using the `includeIf` construct > liberally to adjust the settings to the respective setup as needed. > > In case of Operating System-specific adjustments, Git currently offers > no support to the users and they typically use a work-around like this: > > [includeIf "gitdir:/home/"] > path = ~/.gitconfig-linux > [includeIf "gitdir:/Users/"] > path = ~/.gitconfig-mac > [includeIf "gitdir:C:"] > path = ~/.gitconfig-windows > > However, this is fragile, as it would not even allow to discern between > Operating Systems that happen to host their home directories in > `/home/`, such as Linux and the BSDs. > > Let's introduce a new condition: `os:<uname-s>` where `<uname-s>` is the > system name, i.e. the output of `uname -s`. As I am not confident enough that we made the best choice that would last forever with the initial attempt when we picked "uname -s" as the way to switch on "OS", I wouldn't call it "OS". Perhaps [includeIf "uname-s:Linux"] path = ... would be what I would pick. Other than that, the feature makes quite a lot of sense.
