Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Peff felt that adding `git config --show-hostname-for-includes` was > probably overkill, but I'd argue that it is necessary to enable users > to deterministically figure out the value to use in their > configuration rather than having to grope around in the dark via > guesswork and trial-and-error to figure out exactly what works. > > And the option name doesn't necessarily have to be so verbose; a > shorter name, such as `git config --show-hostname` may be good enough. > Implementing this option would also obviate the need to implement > `test-tool xgethostname` (though, I agree with Junio that `test-tool > gethostname` would have been a better, less implementation-revealing > name). Yeah, I like that show-hostname thing (which I do not know if "config" is a good home for, though).
