From 4c0a89fcde219df8db8fdb9635ef2ef40d002a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:00:36 -0400 Subject: config: expand tildes in include.path variable You can already use relative paths in include.path, which means that including "foo" from your global "~/.gitconfig" will look in your home directory. However, you might want to do something clever like putting "~/.gitconfig-foo" in a specific repository's config file. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Acked-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c081657be..e67c8ef36 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the `include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was -found. See below for examples. +found. The value of `include.path` is subject to tilde expansion: `{tilde}/` +is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `{tilde}user/` to the specified +user's home directory. See below for examples. Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your $HOME directory Variables ~~~~~~~~~ -- cgit v1.2.1