Re: [BUG] git config --global: doc and behaviour disagree when ~/.gitconfig and XDG config file coexist

Hi Delilah, thank you for chiming into this thread. I am very excited
to be reading about your progress, patches and everything you've
contributed so far.

> Since then, I've addressed most of the review feedback. I have a draft
> v2 series [4] almost ready for reroll.

When you have the v2 of your patch ready, please let me know and I am
happy to provide any feedback. I really like to see this change
happening.

Am Do., 13. Aug. 2026 um 08:07 Uhr schrieb Delilah Ashley Wu
<[email protected]>:
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 09:14:07AM +1000, Ben Knoble wrote:
> >> Le 31 juil. 2026 à 05:35, Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> a écrit :
> >> Nils Fahldieck <[email protected]> writes:
> >>> 2. The reading claim is outright wrong.
> >>>
> >>>   The docs say --global reads from BOTH files.  The code reads from
> >>>   ONE.  git_global_config() selects a winner and frees the other
> >>>   path.  There is no code path under --global that reads both files.
> >>
> >> The documentation needs to be corrected, I think.
> >
> > Agreed based on recent thread <[email protected]>
> > (subject « git config: unintuitive behavior with - -global and - -no-includes »
>
> A previous thread [1] said this behavior could be a bug. So, last year,
> I submitted a patch series [2] to align behavior with documentation,
> changing `git config` to read from both files. We gave time for the
> community to comment on whether we should change the behavior or the
> documentation, but there weren't any strong opinions [3]. The only
> responses were a correction to my cover letter and a technical review of
> my patches.
>
> Since then, I've addressed most of the review feedback. I have a draft
> v2 series [4] almost ready for reroll. I only work on it during "side
> project time" [5] at my workplace, but I'll try to have v2 ready soon
> for further discussion/review.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
> [4] https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2196
> [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_project_time