+config paths for Debian, & +command to view all configs #1129
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The config paths as they were didn't work for me on Debian Stretch. So added paths for them. Also added a command to show all current settings and where they're coming from. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2114111/where-does-git-config-global-get-written-to Also paralleled text for 3 items, and bold faced heading for Windows.
jnavila
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Mar 14, 2019
| These variables can be stored in three different places: | ||
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| 1. `/etc/gitconfig` file: Contains values applied to every user on the system and all their repositories. | ||
| 1. `/etc/gitconfig` (/usr/local/etc/gitconfig on Debian): Contains values applied to every user on the system and all their repositories. |
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utterly false, Debian is no different:
$ sudo /usr/bin/git config --system --add foo.bar foo
$ cat /etc/gitconfig
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bar = foo| If you pass the option `--system` to `git config`, it reads and writes from this file specifically. | ||
| (Because this is a system configuration file, you would need administrative or superuser privilege to make changes to it.) | ||
| 2. `~/.gitconfig` or `~/.config/git/config` file: Values specific personally to you, the user. | ||
| 2. `~/.gitconfig` or `~/.config/git/config` (note ~ is root's home dir): Contains values specific personally to you, the user. |
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Only if the current user is root (which should not happen), otherwise, it's current user's home dir.
| $sudo git config --list --show-origin | ||
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| *Windows:* Git looks for the `.gitconfig` file in the `$HOME` directory (`C:\Users\$USER` for most people). |
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The same as for Linux users, so I guess it's useless to specify the case of Windows.
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| $sudo git config --list --show-origin | ||
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aollier
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Mar 30, 2019
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| [source,console] | ||
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| $sudo git config --list --show-origin |
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git config need not to be run with su privileges.
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The config paths as they were didn't work for me on Debian Stretch. So added paths for them.
Also added a command to show all current settings and where they're coming from. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2114111/where-does-git-config-global-get-written-to
Also paralleled text for 3 items, and bold faced heading for Windows.