Re: [RFC] Possibility to choose ~/.config/git/config instead of ~/.gitconfig

Hi,

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:45:52PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote:

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:15 PM,  [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

As you know, git stores its configuration in ~/.gitconfig file and in other
hidden files at the root of the user's directory.

We would like to have a configuration directory instead of all these
configuration files by following the XDG specification because:
- not a lot of hidden files at the root, so better view
- one directory per software in ~/.config

We would like to give to users the possibility to store configuration in
~/.config/git/config file.

I like this, but it shouldn't be "~/.config", it should be $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

If we do that what about a fallback to .config for operating systems
that do not have XDG? E.g. Git for Windows would then also be able to
benefit from that.

Cheers Heiko