Re: Intricacies of submodules [was: Migrating svn to git with heavy use of externals]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Roman Shaposhnik [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Junio!

     * Has an idea of having a regular file (subject to having history,
etc.)
       called something like .gitconfig at the top level of Git's repository
ever
       been considered (implemented?). That way you a repository maintainer
       would be able to force a particular set of settings on all of its
clones
       yet clones will be able to override then in .git/config if needed.

I like this idea, it's another common/special requirement just like
.gitignore vs. $GIT_DIR/info/exclude.



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