how to use include.path on Windows

Question

[master +0 ~1 -0]> git --version git version 1.9.5.msysgit.1

I found this answer -- https://stackoverflow.com/a/28520596/107037 -- but can't get it to work for me.
In my ~/.gitconfig, I have

[user]
name = CB
email = cb@gmail.com
[include]  
path = "c:/common/git/commonConfig"

then running

> git config --global -l

produces

user.name=CB
user.email=cb@gmail.com  
include.path=c:/common/git/commonConfig

I have tried forward slashes, backslashes, quoting the path, not quoting the path....
The one combination I haven't tried is the one that works, apparently.
Thanks for any hints, this is a really powerful feature for sharing settings across computers.

Check this http://choorucode.com/2011/06/02/git-config-file-on-windows/ — gran_profaci, Jun 02 '15 at 22:29
What on earth does that have to do with my question about include.path? — Number8, Jun 02 '15 at 22:37
Did you try formatting the path based on the link there? Apologies if I misunderstood anything. — gran_profaci, Jun 02 '15 at 22:38
@gran_profaci The URL you're referring is: http://codeyarns.com/2011/06/02/git-config-file-on-windows/ — Ashwin Nanjappa, Sep 11 '15 at 00:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '15 at 23:17

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If you're using git config -l to check whether the include is working as expected, you'll need to ensure that you're also providing the --includes argument, otherwise it doesn't perform the include processing.

The documentation states that it defaults to on, but it doesn't actually seem to be the case on Windows.

--[no-]includes
    Respect include.* directives in config files when looking up values. Defaults to on.

answered Jul 13 '15 at 23:17

MrJoel

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That seems to work as desired. Marked as answer, thanks. – Number8 Jul 14 '15 at 14:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '15 at 03:40

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As a workaround, you can use the Unix form, with Cygwin this is

/cygdrive/c/common/git/commonConfig

With MSYS this should be

/c/common/git/commonConfig

answered Jun 03 '15 at 03:40

Zombo

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Same result: `include.path=/c/common/git/commonConfig` – Number8 Jun 03 '15 at 11:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '15 at 06:15

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Why don't you put the file just next to the .gitconfig and use:

[include]
    path = ~/common.gitconfig

I did it the inverse way, including the personal data (email and name) and it works well...

PS: you could even use a relative path from here if you want.

answered Jun 03 '15 at 06:15

Philippe

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I want to put the common config file in my skydrive directory, so it is easy to configure git on all computers I use. I use the same strategy for vim and powershell, and it works very well -- a computer-specific config file with a few local settings, and a way to include the common config file. – Number8 Jun 03 '15 at 11:06
Well, this is confusing. It appears the include.path is generally working as desired, but not for `git config --global -l` -- that seems to merely read ~\.gitconfig w/o processing the include. Continuing to experiment, but `path = c:/common/git/commonConfig` seems to be working (my difftool settings are recognized, for example). – Number8 Jun 03 '15 at 14:26

how to use include.path on Windows

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