config: introduce an Operating System-specific includeIf condition
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It is relatively common for users to maintain identical `~/.gitconfig` files across all of their setups, using the `includeIf` construct liberally to adjust the settings to the respective setup as needed. In case of Operating System-specific adjustments, Git currently offers no support to the users and they typically use a work-around like this: [includeIf "gitdir:/home/"] path = ~/.gitconfig-linux [includeIf "gitdir:/Users/"] path = ~/.gitconfig-mac [includeIf "gitdir:C:"] path = ~/.gitconfig-windows However, this is fragile, as it would not even allow to discern between Operating Systems that happen to host their home directories in `/home/`, such as Linux and the BSDs. Let's introduce a new condition: `os:<uname-s>` where `<uname-s>` is the system name, i.e. the output of `uname -s`. This addresses git-for-windows#4125 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
This was referenced Nov 21, 2022
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Oh wow, seems that I let myself get infected with the "move fast and break things, don't worry about being sloppy or sending mails with tons of typos" approach that seems to become increasingly popular on the Git mailing list as of the past two years at least. Time to pull the breaks for me. I don't like being as sloppy. |
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Third times' a charm, hopefully: #1429 |
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I was about to write up guidelines how to write this patch, but it turned out that it was much faster to write the patch instead.