1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index dc3148d456..56e99fc0f4 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -431,6 +431,13 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.excludesfile")) {
+		if (!value)
+			die("core.excludesfile without value");
+		excludes_file = xstrdup(value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.txt. */
 	return 0;
 }