config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig
The settings in /etc/gitconfig can be overridden in ~/.gitconfig,
which in turn can be overridden in .git/config.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 3865535..1dd90d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
is used to store the information for that repository, and
`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
-fallback values for `.git/config` file.
+fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
+can be used to store system-wide defaults.
They can be used by both the git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40bdcff..203aac4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
bindir = $(prefix)/bin
gitexecdir = $(bindir)
template_dir = $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates/
+ETC_GITCONFIG = $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
# DESTDIR=
# default configuration for gitweb
@@ -584,6 +585,7 @@
# Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
SHA1_HEADER_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHA1_HEADER))
+ETC_GITCONFIG_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(ETC_GITCONFIG))
DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
@@ -596,7 +598,8 @@
LIBS = $(GITLIBS) $(EXTLIBS)
-BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_HEADER='$(SHA1_HEADER_SQ)' $(COMPAT_CFLAGS)
+BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_HEADER='$(SHA1_HEADER_SQ)' \
+ -DETC_GITCONFIG='"$(ETC_GITCONFIG_SQ)"' $(COMPAT_CFLAGS)
LIB_OBJS += $(COMPAT_OBJS)
ALL_CFLAGS += $(BASIC_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index 0f9051d..f1433a4 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
int ret = -1;
char *tl;
char *global = NULL, *repo_config = NULL;
- const char *local;
+ const char *system_wide = NULL, *local;
local = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
if (!local) {
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
local = repo_config = xstrdup(git_path("config"));
if (home)
global = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+ system_wide = ETC_GITCONFIG;
}
key = xstrdup(key_);
@@ -103,11 +104,15 @@
}
}
+ if (do_all && system_wide)
+ git_config_from_file(show_config, system_wide);
if (do_all && global)
git_config_from_file(show_config, global);
git_config_from_file(show_config, local);
if (!do_all && !seen && global)
git_config_from_file(show_config, global);
+ if (!do_all && !seen && system_wide)
+ git_config_from_file(show_config, system_wide);
free(key);
if (regexp) {
@@ -147,7 +152,10 @@
} else {
die("$HOME not set");
}
- } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--rename-section")) {
+ }
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--system"))
+ setenv("GIT_CONFIG", ETC_GITCONFIG, 1);
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--rename-section")) {
int ret;
if (argc != 4)
usage(git_config_set_usage);
@@ -159,7 +167,8 @@
return 1;
}
return 0;
- } else
+ }
+ else
break;
argc--;
argv++;
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d821071..b0c0948 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@
* config file otherwise. */
filename = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
if (!filename) {
+ if (!access(ETC_GITCONFIG, R_OK))
+ ret += git_config_from_file(fn, ETC_GITCONFIG);
home = getenv("HOME");
filename = getenv(CONFIG_LOCAL_ENVIRONMENT);
if (!filename)
