[PATCHv2] Possibility to read both from ~/.gitconfig and from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
 	the repository .git/config.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
-from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig then from
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::

@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
 	User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
 	configuration file.
 
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
+	Second user-specific configuration file. ~/.gitconfig has priority.
+
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 	System-wide configuration file.
 

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
+	char *gitconfig_global = NULL, *xdg_global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
 	struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
 	config_fn_t fn;

@@ -171,8 +171,15 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 	if (!local) {
 		const char *home = getenv("HOME");
 		local = repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
-		if (home)
-			global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		if (home) {
+			const char *xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+			if (xdg_config_home)
+				xdg_global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/git/config", xdg_config_home));
+			else
+				xdg_global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.config/git/config", home));
+
+			gitconfig_global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		}
 		if (git_config_system())
 			system_wide = git_etc_gitconfig();
 	}

@@ -229,15 +236,19 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	if (do_all && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
-	if (do_all && global)
-		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (do_all && xdg_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_global, data);
+	if (do_all && gitconfig_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, gitconfig_global, data);
 	if (do_all)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
 	git_config_from_parameters(fn, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
-	if (!do_all && !seen && global)
-		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && gitconfig_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, gitconfig_global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && xdg_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_global, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
 

@@ -254,7 +265,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 free_strings:
 	free(repo_config);
-	free(global);
+	free(gitconfig_global);
+	free(xdg_global);
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -381,7 +393,25 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (use_global_config) {
 		char *home = getenv("HOME");
 		if (home) {
-			char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+			char *user_config;
+			const char *gitconfig_path = mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home);
+			const char *xdg_config_path = NULL;
+			const char *xdg_config_home = NULL;
+
+			xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+			if (xdg_config_home)
+				xdg_config_path = mkpath("%s/git/config", xdg_config_home);
+			else
+				xdg_config_path = mkpath("%s/.config/git/config", home);
+
+			if (access(gitconfig_path, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config_path, R_OK) &&
+			    (actions == ACTION_LIST ||
+			     actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR ||
+			     actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL))
+				user_config = xstrdup(xdg_config_path);
+			else
+				user_config = xstrdup(gitconfig_path);
+
 			given_config_file = user_config;
 		} else {
 			die("$HOME not set");

@@ -939,10 +939,23 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 
 	home = getenv("HOME");
 	if (home) {
-		char buf[PATH_MAX];
-		char *user_config = mksnpath(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.gitconfig", home);
-		if (!access(user_config, R_OK)) {
-			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
+		const char *gitconfig_path = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		const char *xdg_config_path = NULL;
+		const char *xdg_config_home = NULL;
+
+		xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+		if (xdg_config_home)
+			xdg_config_path = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/git/config", xdg_config_home));
+		else
+			xdg_config_path = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.config/git/config", home));
+
+		if (!access(xdg_config_path, R_OK)) {
+			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_config_path, data);
+			found += 1;
+		}
+
+		if (!access(gitconfig_path, R_OK)) {
+			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, gitconfig_path, data);
 			found += 1;
 		}
 	}

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Valentin Duperray, Lucien Kong, Franck Jonas,
+#		     Thomas Nguy, Khoi Nguyen
+#		     Grenoble INP Ensimag
+#
+
+test_description='possibility to read $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'read automatically: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	mkdir -p .config/git &&
+	echo "[advice]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	statushints = false" >>.config/git/config &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	# On branch master
+	#
+	# Initial commit
+	#
+	# Untracked files:
+	#	.config/
+	#	expect
+	#	output
+	nothing added to commit but untracked files present
+	EOF
+	git status >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read automatically: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[advice]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	statushints = true" >>.gitconfig &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	# On branch master
+	#
+	# Initial commit
+	#
+	# Untracked files:
+	#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
+	#
+	#	.config/
+	#	.gitconfig
+	#	expect
+	#	output
+	nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
+	EOF
+	git status >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	name = read_config" >>.config/git/config &&
+	echo read_config >expect &&
+	git config --get user.name >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo read_gitconfig >expect &&
+	git config --get user.name >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_config >expect &&
+	git config --global --list >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_gitconfig >expect &&
+	git config --global --list >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_done

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
 	the repository .git/config.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
-from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig then from
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::

@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
 	User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
 	configuration file.
 
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
+	Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
+	or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
+	variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
+	~/.gitconfig.
+
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 	System-wide configuration file.
 

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
+	char *gitconfig_global = NULL, *xdg_global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
 	struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
 	config_fn_t fn;

@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 		const char *home = getenv("HOME");
 		local = repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
 		if (home)
-			global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+			gitconfig_global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		if (xdg_git_path("config"))
+			xdg_global = xdg_git_path("config");
 		if (git_config_system())
 			system_wide = git_etc_gitconfig();
 	}

@@ -229,15 +231,19 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	if (do_all && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
-	if (do_all && global)
-		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (do_all && xdg_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_global, data);
+	if (do_all && gitconfig_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, gitconfig_global, data);
 	if (do_all)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
 	git_config_from_parameters(fn, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
-	if (!do_all && !seen && global)
-		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && gitconfig_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, gitconfig_global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && xdg_global)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_global, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
 

@@ -254,7 +260,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 free_strings:
 	free(repo_config);
-	free(global);
+	free(gitconfig_global);
+	free(xdg_global);
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -380,12 +387,18 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (use_global_config) {
 		char *home = getenv("HOME");
-		if (home) {
-			char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
-			given_config_file = user_config;
-		} else {
+		const char *gitconfig_path = mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home);
+		const char *xdg_config_path = xdg_git_path("config");
+
+		if (access(gitconfig_path, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config_path, R_OK) &&
+		    (actions == ACTION_LIST ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL))
+			given_config_file = xdg_config_path;
+		else if (home)
+			given_config_file = xstrdup(gitconfig_path);
+		else
 			die("$HOME not set");
-		}
 	}
 	else if (use_system_config)
 		given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig();

@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ int set_shared_perm(const char *path, int mode);
 int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
 int safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path);
 int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path);
+extern char *xdg_git_path(char *file);
 extern char *expand_user_path(const char *path);
 const char *enter_repo(const char *path, int strict);
 static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)

@@ -937,6 +937,11 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
+	if (!access(xdg_git_path("config"), R_OK)) {
+		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_git_path("config"), data);
+		found += 1;
+	}
+
 	home = getenv("HOME");
 	if (home) {
 		char buf[PATH_MAX];

@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return cleanup_path(pathname);
 }
 
+char *xdg_git_path(char *file)
+{
+	const char *home = getenv("HOME");
+	const char *xdg_config_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+
+	if (xdg_config_home)
+		return xstrdup(mkpath("%s/git/%s", xdg_config_home, file));
+	if (home)
+		return xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.config/git/%s", home, file));
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	char *pathname = get_pathname();

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Valentin Duperray, Lucien Kong, Franck Jonas,
+#		     Thomas Nguy, Khoi Nguyen
+#		     Grenoble INP Ensimag
+#
+
+test_description='possibility to read $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'read automatically: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	mkdir -p .config/git &&
+	echo "[advice]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	statushints = false" >>.config/git/config &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	# On branch master
+	#
+	# Initial commit
+	#
+	# Untracked files:
+	#	.config/
+	#	expect
+	#	output
+	nothing added to commit but untracked files present
+	EOF
+	git status >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read automatically: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[advice]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	statushints = true" >>.gitconfig &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	# On branch master
+	#
+	# Initial commit
+	#
+	# Untracked files:
+	#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
+	#
+	#	.config/
+	#	.gitconfig
+	#	expect
+	#	output
+	nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
+	EOF
+	git status >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	name = read_config" >>.config/git/config &&
+	echo read_config >expect &&
+	git config --get user.name >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo read_gitconfig >expect &&
+	git config --get user.name >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_config >expect &&
+	git config --global --list >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_gitconfig >expect &&
+	git config --global --list >output &&
+	test_cmp expect output
+'
+
+test_done

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
 	the repository .git/config.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
-from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::

@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
 	User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
 	configuration file.
 
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
+	Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
+	or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
+	variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
+	~/.gitconfig.
+
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 	System-wide configuration file.
 

@@ -497,6 +497,9 @@ static int git_attr_system(void)
 static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *elem;
+	char *xdg_attributes_file;
+
+	home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_attributes_file, "attributes");
 
 	if (attr_stack)
 		return;

@@ -522,6 +525,13 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 			elem->prev = attr_stack;
 			attr_stack = elem;
 		}
+	} else if (!access(xdg_attributes_file, R_OK)) {
+		elem = read_attr_from_file(xdg_attributes_file, 1);
+		if (elem) {
+			elem->origin = NULL;
+			elem->prev = attr_stack;
+			attr_stack = elem;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
+	char *global = NULL, *xdg = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
 	struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
 	config_fn_t fn;

@@ -169,12 +169,10 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	local = given_config_file;
 	if (!local) {
-		const char *home = getenv("HOME");
 		local = repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
-		if (home)
-			global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
 		if (git_config_system())
 			system_wide = git_etc_gitconfig();
+		home_config_paths(&global, &xdg, "config");
 	}
 
 	if (use_key_regexp) {

@@ -229,6 +227,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	if (do_all && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
+	if (do_all && xdg)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg, data);
 	if (do_all && global)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
 	if (do_all)

@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && global)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && xdg)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
 

@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 free_strings:
 	free(repo_config);
 	free(global);
+	free(xdg);
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -379,13 +382,20 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (use_global_config) {
-		char *home = getenv("HOME");
-		if (home) {
-			char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		char *user_config = NULL;
+		char *xdg_config = NULL;
+
+		home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
+
+		if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK) &&
+		    (actions == ACTION_LIST ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL))
+			given_config_file = xdg_config;
+		else if (user_config)
 			given_config_file = user_config;
-		} else {
+		else
 			die("$HOME not set");
-		}
 	}
 	else if (use_system_config)
 		given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig();

@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ int set_shared_perm(const char *path, int mode);
 int safe_create_leading_directories(char *path);
 int safe_create_leading_directories_const(const char *path);
 int mkdir_in_gitdir(const char *path);
+extern void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg, char *file);
 extern char *expand_user_path(const char *path);
 const char *enter_repo(const char *path, int strict);
 static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)

@@ -929,7 +929,10 @@ int git_config_system(void)
 int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 {
 	int ret = 0, found = 0;
-	const char *home = NULL;
+	char *xdg_config = NULL;
+	char *user_config = NULL;
+
+	home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
 
 	if (git_config_system() && !access(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),

@@ -937,14 +940,14 @@ int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 		found += 1;
 	}
 
-	home = getenv("HOME");
-	if (home) {
-		char buf[PATH_MAX];
-		char *user_config = mksnpath(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/.gitconfig", home);
-		if (!access(user_config, R_OK)) {
-			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
-			found += 1;
-		}
+	if (!access(xdg_config, R_OK)) {
+		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, xdg_config, data);
+		found += 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!access(user_config, R_OK)) {
+		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, user_config, data);
+		found += 1;
 	}
 
 	if (repo_config && !access(repo_config, R_OK)) {

@@ -1234,13 +1234,17 @@ int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag)
 void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
 	const char *path;
+	char *xdg_path;
 
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 	path = git_path("info/exclude");
+	home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_path, "ignore");
 	if (!access(path, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, path);
 	if (excludes_file && !access(excludes_file, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
+	else if (!access(xdg_path, R_OK))
+		add_excludes_from_file(dir, xdg_path);
 }
 
 int remove_path(const char *name)

@@ -122,6 +122,32 @@ char *git_path(const char *fmt, ...)
 	return cleanup_path(pathname);
 }
 
+void home_config_paths(char **global, char **xdg, char *file)
+{
+	char *xdg_home = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+	char *home = getenv("HOME");
+	char *to_free = NULL;
+
+	if (!home) {
+		if (global)
+			*global = NULL;
+	} else {
+		if (!xdg_home) {
+			to_free = strdup(mkpath("%s/.config", home));
+			xdg_home = to_free;
+		}
+		if (global)
+			*global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+	}
+
+	if (!xdg_home)
+		*xdg = NULL;
+	else
+		*xdg = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/git/%s", xdg_home, file));
+
+	free(to_free);
+}
+
 char *git_path_submodule(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	char *pathname = get_pathname();

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Valentin Duperray, Lucien Kong, Franck Jonas,
+#		     Thomas Nguy, Khoi Nguyen
+#		     Grenoble INP Ensimag
+#
+
+test_description='Compatibility with $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config /ignore and /attributes files'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'read config: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	mkdir -p .config/git &&
+	echo "[alias]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	myalias = !echo in_config" >>.config/git/config &&
+	echo in_config >expected &&
+	git myalias >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'read config: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[alias]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	myalias = !echo in_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo in_gitconfig >expected &&
+	git myalias >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.config/git/config &&
+	echo "	name = read_config" >>.config/git/config &&
+	echo read_config >expected &&
+	git config --get user.name >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --get: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo read_gitconfig >expected &&
+	git config --get user.name >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_config >expected &&
+	git config --global --list >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	echo "[user]" >.gitconfig &&
+	echo "	name = read_gitconfig" >>.gitconfig &&
+	echo user.name=read_gitconfig >expected &&
+	git config --global --list >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion of a file in the XDG ignore file' '
+	git init git &&
+	cd git &&
+	echo foo >to_be_excluded &&
+	git add to_be_excluded &&
+	git rm --cached to_be_excluded &&
+	mkdir -p ../.config/git/ &&
+	echo to_be_excluded >../.config/git/ignore &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion in both XDG and local ignore files' '
+	echo to_be_excluded >.gitignore &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion in a non-XDG global ignore file' '
+	echo >../.config/git/ignore &&
+	rm .gitignore &&
+	echo to_be_excluded >../my_gitignore &&
+	git config core.excludesfile ../my_gitignore &&
+	test_when_finished "cd .. && rm -rf git && rm -r .config" &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in the XDG attributes file' '
+	git init git &&
+	cd git &&
+	echo foo >f &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_line_count -eq 0 actual &&
+	cd .. &&
+	mkdir -p .config/git/ &&
+	echo "f attr_f" >.config/git/attributes &&
+	cd git &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: set" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in both XDG and local ignore files' '
+	echo  "f -attr_f" >.gitattributes &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: unset" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in a non-XDG global attributes file' '
+	rm .gitattributes &&
+	echo "f attr_f=test" >../my_gitattributes &&
+	git config core.attributesfile ../my_gitattributes &&
+	test_when_finished "cd .. && rm -rf git && rm -r .config" &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: test" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+
+test_done

@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ core.excludesfile::
 	'.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
 	of files which are not meant to be tracked.  "`~/`" is expanded
 	to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the specified user's
-	home directory.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
+	home directory. Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore.
+	If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config will
+	be used. See linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 core.askpass::
 	Some commands (e.g. svn and http interfaces) that interactively

@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ the repository but are specific to one user's workflow) should go into
 the `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude` file.  Patterns which a user wants git to
 ignore in all situations (e.g., backup or temporary files generated by
 the user's editor of choice) generally go into a file specified by
-`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`.
+`core.excludesfile` in the user's `~/.gitconfig`. Its default value is
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/ignore. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty,
+$HOME/.config will be used.
 
 The underlying git plumbing tools, such as
 'git ls-files' and 'git read-tree', read

@@ -1234,12 +1234,17 @@ int remove_dir_recursively(struct strbuf *path, int flag)
 void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
 	const char *path;
+	char *xdg_path;
 
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 	path = git_path("info/exclude");
+	if (!excludes_file) {
+		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_path, "ignore");
+		excludes_file = xdg_path;
+	}
 	if (!access(path, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, path);
-	if (excludes_file && !access(excludes_file, R_OK))
+	if (!access(excludes_file, R_OK))
 		add_excludes_from_file(dir, excludes_file);
 }
 

@@ -61,4 +61,27 @@ test_expect_success 'read with --list: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists'
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion of a file in the XDG ignore file' '
+	git init git &&
+	cd git &&
+	echo foo >to_be_excluded &&
+	mkdir -p "$HOME"/.config/git/ &&
+	echo to_be_excluded >"$HOME"/.config/git/ignore &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion in both XDG and local ignore files' '
+	echo to_be_excluded >.gitignore &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Exclusion in a non-XDG global ignore file' '
+	echo >"$HOME"/.config/git/ignore &&
+	rm .gitignore &&
+	echo to_be_excluded >"$HOME"/my_gitignore &&
+	git config core.excludesfile "$HOME"/my_gitignore &&
+	test_when_finished "cd \"$HOME\" && rm -rf git && rm -r .config" &&
+	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
+'
+
 test_done

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --global::
 	For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
-	the repository .git/config.
+	the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file
+	if this file exists and ~/.gitconfig file doesn't.
 +
 For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.

@@ -387,10 +387,7 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
 
-		if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK) &&
-		    (actions == ACTION_LIST ||
-		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR ||
-		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL))
+		if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK))
 			given_config_file = xdg_config;
 		else if (user_config)
 			given_config_file = user_config;

@@ -114,4 +114,22 @@ test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in a non-XDG global attributes file' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'write: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig doesn'\''t' '
+	mkdir -p .config/git &&
+	>.config/git/config &&
+	rm .gitconfig &&
+	git config --global user.name "write_config" &&
+	echo "[user]" >expected &&
+	echo "	name = write_config" >>expected &&
+	test_cmp expected .config/git/config
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'write: xdg file exists and ~/.gitconfig exists' '
+	>.gitconfig &&
+	git config --global user.name "write_gitconfig" &&
+	echo "[user]" >expected &&
+	echo "	name = write_gitconfig" >>expected &&
+	test_cmp expected .gitconfig
+'
+
 test_done

@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ core.attributesfile::
 	In addition to '.gitattributes' (per-directory) and
 	'.git/info/attributes', git looks into this file for attributes
 	(see linkgit:gitattributes[5]). Path expansions are made the same
-	way as for `core.excludesfile`.
+	way as for `core.excludesfile`. Its default value is
+	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not
+	set or empty, $HOME/.config will be used.
 
 core.editor::
 	Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit

@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ repositories (i.e., attributes of interest to all users) should go into
 `.gitattributes` files. Attributes that should affect all repositories
 for a single user should be placed in a file specified by the
 `core.attributesfile` configuration option (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+Its default value is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config will be used.
 Attributes for all users on a system should be placed in the
 `$(prefix)/etc/gitattributes` file.
 

@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ static int git_attr_system(void)
 static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *elem;
+	char *xdg_attributes_file;
 
 	if (attr_stack)
 		return;

@@ -515,13 +516,15 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (git_attributes_file) {
-		elem = read_attr_from_file(git_attributes_file, 1);
-		if (elem) {
-			elem->origin = NULL;
-			elem->prev = attr_stack;
-			attr_stack = elem;
-		}
+	if (!git_attributes_file) {
+		home_config_paths(NULL, &xdg_attributes_file, "attributes");
+		git_attributes_file = xdg_attributes_file;
+	}
+	elem = read_attr_from_file(git_attributes_file, 1);
+	if (elem) {
+		elem->origin = NULL;
+		elem->prev = attr_stack;
+		attr_stack = elem;
 	}
 
 	if (!is_bare_repository() || direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {

@@ -84,4 +84,34 @@ test_expect_success 'Exclusion in a non-XDG global ignore file' '
 	test_must_fail git add to_be_excluded
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in the XDG attributes file' '
+	git init git &&
+	cd git &&
+	echo foo >f &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_line_count -eq 0 actual &&
+	mkdir -p "$HOME"/.config/git/ &&
+	echo "f attr_f" >"$HOME"/.config/git/attributes &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: set" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in both XDG and local ignore files' '
+	echo "f -attr_f" >.gitattributes &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: unset" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Checking attributes in a non-XDG global attributes file' '
+	rm .gitattributes &&
+	echo "f attr_f=test" >"$HOME"/my_gitattributes &&
+	git config core.attributesfile "$HOME"/my_gitattributes &&
+	test_when_finished "cd \"$HOME\" && rm -rf git && rm -r .config" &&
+	echo "f: attr_f: test" >expected &&
+	git check-attr -a f >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
 	the repository .git/config.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
-from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::

@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
 	User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
 	configuration file.
 
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
+	Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
+	or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
+	variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
+	~/.gitconfig.
+
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 	System-wide configuration file.
 

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
 static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
+	char *global = NULL, *xdg = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
 	struct config_include_data inc = CONFIG_INCLUDE_INIT;
 	config_fn_t fn;

@@ -169,12 +169,10 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	local = given_config_file;
 	if (!local) {
-		const char *home = getenv("HOME");
 		local = repo_config = git_pathdup("config");
-		if (home)
-			global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
 		if (git_config_system())
 			system_wide = git_etc_gitconfig();
+		home_config_paths(&global, &xdg, "config");
 	}
 
 	if (use_key_regexp) {

@@ -229,6 +227,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 
 	if (do_all && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
+	if (do_all && xdg)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg, data);
 	if (do_all && global)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
 	if (do_all)

@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, local, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && global)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, global, data);
+	if (!do_all && !seen && xdg)
+		git_config_from_file(fn, xdg, data);
 	if (!do_all && !seen && system_wide)
 		git_config_from_file(fn, system_wide, data);
 

@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
 free_strings:
 	free(repo_config);
 	free(global);
+	free(xdg);
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -379,13 +382,20 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (use_global_config) {
-		char *home = getenv("HOME");
-		if (home) {
-			char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+		char *user_config = NULL;
+		char *xdg_config = NULL;
+
+		home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
+
+		if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK) &&
+		    (actions == ACTION_LIST ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLOR ||
+		     actions == ACTION_GET_COLORBOOL))
+			given_config_file = xdg_config;
+		else if (user_config)
 			given_config_file = user_config;
-		} else {
+		else
 			die("$HOME not set");
-		}
 	}
 	else if (use_system_config)
 		given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig();