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How to change the location of ".gitconfig" under Windows? [message #646504]

Sat, 25 December 2010 15:58

oCameLo
Messages: 2
Registered: December 2010

Junior Member

Eclipse Platform 3.6.1, EGit/JGit 0.9.1

I cannot change it under Windows > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration.

Environment variables %HOME% and %GIT_CONFIG% didn't work either.

Thanks.

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Re: How to change the location of ".gitconfig" under Windows? [message #646577 is a reply to message #646504]

Tue, 28 December 2010 17:16

Robin Rosenberg
Messages: 266
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

JGit reads .gitconfig from wherever the user.home system property points to.
GIT_CONGIG is not recognized. I've opened bugs for this.,

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=333215
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=333269

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=333216 is slightly related, since Git for Windows uses the "system-wide" configuration file

[Updated on: Tue, 28 December 2010 17:20]

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Re: How to change the location of ".gitconfig" under Windows? [message #646585 is a reply to message #646577]

Tue, 28 December 2010 19:27

oCameLo
Messages: 2
Registered: December 2010

Junior Member

user.home for Java under Windows means "parent directory of Desktop", it's a strange design.

Add this to eclipse.ini resolved my problem: -vmargs -Duser.home=%SOMEWHERE%

Thanks, Robin.

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