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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt29
-rw-r--r--builtin-config.c9
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 5f66a7f..88acf6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --add name value
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global] --rename-section old_name new_name
-'git-config' [--system | --global] --remove-section name
-'git-config' [--system | --global] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --add name value
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --rename-section old_name new_name
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --remove-section name
+'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [-z|--null] -l | --list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
This command will fail if:
-. The .git/config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to .git/config,
+. The config file is invalid,
+. Can not write to the config file,
. no section was provided,
. the section or key is invalid,
. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ rather than from all available files.
+
See also <<FILES>>.
+-f config-file, --file config-file::
+ Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
+
--remove-section::
Remove the given section from the configuration file.
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index 7d2063c..0a605e0 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
#include "cache.h"
static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git-config [ --global | --system ] [ --bool | --int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list";
+"git-config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list";
static char *key;
static regex_t *key_regexp;
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--system"))
setenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT, ETC_GITCONFIG, 1);
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--file") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-f")) {
+ if (argc < 3)
+ usage(git_config_set_usage);
+ setenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT, argv[2], 1);
+ argc--;
+ argv++;
+ }
else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--null") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-z")) {
term = '\0';
delim = '\n';