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Set "core.excludesfile" outside, where does it appear in Egit? [message #1192787]

Sun, 17 November 2013 19:28

David M. Karr

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Registered: July 2009

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I wanted to have a global ".gitignore" file, so I set the "core.excludesfile" property with "git config" on the command line. I see it in ~/.git/config, although not in ~/.gitconfig. I don't see this anywhere in the EGit configuration, however. Should this be visible anywhere?

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Re: Set "core.excludesfile" outside, where does it appear in Egit? [message #1192809 is a reply to message #1192787]

Sun, 17 November 2013 19:42

R Shapiro

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Registered: June 2011

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Set in the global config if that's where you want it:

git config --global core.excludesfile <path>

You appear to have created a Git repository at the root of your HOME, or at least a .git directory, and then set the option there.

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Re: Set "core.excludesfile" outside, where does it appear in Egit? [message #1203589 is a reply to message #1192809]

Fri, 22 November 2013 18:50

Karl Nicholas

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Registered: November 2013

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you can't run git -config from eclipse can you?

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Re: Set "core.excludesfile" outside, where does it appear in Egit? [message #1205731 is a reply to message #1203589]

Sat, 23 November 2013 19:42

R Shapiro

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Registered: June 2011

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The 'Properties' view gives you access to the config settings. A pulldown menu lets you choose the context: repository (i.e. local), global, and system. You can also show the effective values. The repository is based on the current selection in the 'Git Repositories' view

Both views are part of the 'Git' perspective, but of course you can also show them in other perspectives if you like.

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Re: Set "core.excludesfile" outside, where does it appear in Egit? [message #1207551 is a reply to message #1205731]

Sun, 24 November 2013 16:52

R Shapiro

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Registered: June 2011

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I should add that a bug in the Properties view was introduced, and reported, some time ago and still hasn't been fixed: the 'repository' context displays the effective configuration rather than the repository-specific/local configuration.

In other words the 'repository' display is now always identical to the the 'effective' display, and there is no way in EGit to see the local configuration.

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