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Re: vcs_info

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:38 PM, René Neumann <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 15.09.2011 11:15, schrieb Julien Nicoulaud:
>> By the way, does anyone know a way to make vcs_info ignore this $HOME repo
>> without ignoring the nested repositories ? There is a "disable-patterns"
>> style, but it matches the current working directory, and not the repo root
>> directory...
>
> I have achieved this by simply using ".config.git" as the git-repository
> name for my $HOME. This makes sure, that under no circumstances I check
> something into the HOME-git where it does not belong.
>
> Then I used a simple alias:
>
> alias config='GIT_DIR=$HOME/.config.git/ git --work-tree=$HOME'
>
> (This also removes the nested-repository-problem of yours :))
>
> - René
>

It's a nice trick that I always wonder.
Thanks.

 - quabug
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