Re: [PATCH] Teach 'git apply' to look at $GIT_DIR/config

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, Jeff King wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 01:12:52PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > +	prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&is_not_gitdir);
> > +	prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
> > +	if (!is_not_gitdir) {
> > +		git_config(git_apply_config);
> > +		if (apply_default_whitespace)
> > +			parse_whitespace_option(apply_default_whitespace);
> > +	}
> > +
> 
> If I read this correctly, running 'git apply' inside a git repository
> will parse $GIT_DIR/config and $HOME/.gitconfig. However, outside of a
> repository it will parse neither. It would make more sense to me to
> still parse $HOME/.gitconfig to pick up the user's global options.

In git-config we solve the problem by running git_config regardless of 
is_not_gitdir. However, I suspect you have to 'cd' back to prefix, or else 
the patch gets applied in the repo root, right? (Disclaimer: I did not 
read the patch.)

Ciao,
Dscho