Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig

From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:10:26 +0100

Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
> The settings in /etc/gitconfig can be overridden in ~/.gitconfig,
> which in turn can be overridden in .git/config.

> +#define ETC_GITCONFIG "/etc/gitconfig"

> +		if (!access(ETC_GITCONFIG, R_OK))
> +			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, ETC_GITCONFIG);

this is a stupid idea.  

This should use the path given as the --sysconfdir argument to configure. 
If the configure result is not available, it should default to $prefix/etc/ 

It should be possible to install private copy of Git without being affected
by system wide defaults.

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