Add --global option to git-repo-config.
Allow user to set variables in global ~/.gitconfig file
using command line.
Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/builtin-repo-config.c b/builtin-repo-config.c
index f60cee1..7b6e572 100644
--- a/builtin-repo-config.c
+++ b/builtin-repo-config.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
#include <regex.h>
static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git-repo-config [ --bool | --int ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --list";
+"git-repo-config [ --global ] [ --bool | --int ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --list";
static char *key;
static regex_t *key_regexp;
@@ -139,7 +139,16 @@
type = T_BOOL;
else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l"))
return git_config(show_all_config);
- else
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--global")) {
+ char *home = getenv("HOME");
+ if (home) {
+ char *user_config = xstrdup(mkpath("%s/.gitconfig", home));
+ setenv("GIT_CONFIG", user_config, 1);
+ free(user_config);
+ } else {
+ die("$HOME not set");
+ }
+ } else
break;
argc--;
argv++;
