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authorLibravatar Jeff King <peff@peff.net>2017-05-11 05:11:06 -0400
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-05-12 10:06:58 +0900
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parentdocs/config: clarify include/includeIf relationship (diff)
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docs/config: give a relative includeIf example
The changes in the previous commit hopefully clarify that the evaluation of an include "path" variable is the same no matter if it's in a conditional section or not. But since this question came up on the list, let's add an example that makes it obvious. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Reviewed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ Example
[includeIf "gitdir:~/to/group/"]
path = /path/to/foo.inc
+ ; relative paths are always relative to the including
+ ; file (if the condition is true); their location is not
+ ; affected by the condition
+ [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"]
+ path = foo.inc
+
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