Don't require a global .gitconfig file to exist (when loading the Repository Settings Widget)

[MrCodingB]

Describe the Bug
GitGraph seems to need a global git configuration even if there's a local one.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Don't have any git configuration (you can just rename your global one to .gitconfigs or anything)
2. Make a new repo
3. Try to open the settings in the GitGraph view
4. You'll get an error that GitGraph can't find a .gitconfig file in the user folder

Expected Behaviour
GitGraph detects the local configuration and doesn't care about any global ones (if all required settings are there)

Environment

• Git Graph Extension Version: 1.25.0
• Visual Studio Code Version: 1.48.2
• Operating System: Windows 10

[MrCodingB]

Also I just tested it and it doesn't matter whether or not the global .gitconfig has any content....as long as ist's there it works, but as soon as you rename it or remove it, git graph doesn't let you change any settings

[mhutchie]

Hi @MrCodingB,

Git Graph currently requires a global .gitconfig file to exist, as the Git Graph View's Setting Widget allows users to set the local and global user name & email address (and it needs to know the corresponding values). It seemed to be a fairly reasonable assumption that users would either already have a global .gitconfig file, or wouldn't mind creating one as it's easy to do. None of the other ~630,000 users of Git Graph previously indicated they both didn't have a global .gitconfig, nor wanted to create one.

It's an easy change for me to make to not require a global .gitconfig file, so I'll make this change in the next few hours and publish a beta release for you to use immediately.

[mhutchie]

This will be available in v1.26.0.

If you'd like to use it before the next release, you can download v1.26.0-beta.5, and install it following the instructions provided here.