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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/config.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/config.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index e8e1c0a45..8cd08da99 100644 --- a/builtin/config.c +++ b/builtin/config.c @@ -387,12 +387,20 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config"); - if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK)) + if (!user_config) + /* + * It is unknown if HOME/.gitconfig exists, so + * we do not know if we should write to XDG + * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME + * is set and points at a sane location. + */ + die("$HOME not set"); + + if (access(user_config, R_OK) && + xdg_config && !access(xdg_config, R_OK)) given_config_file = xdg_config; - else if (user_config) - given_config_file = user_config; else - die("$HOME not set"); + given_config_file = user_config; } else if (use_system_config) given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig(); |