Configuration of repository

[alexandresalome]

In git directory, there is a config file on which many great things can be operated:

• fetch patterns
• upstream settings
• ...

This file is using a format looking like this:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
    url = git@github.com:gitonomy/gitlib.git
[branch "master"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/master

This file can be overriden by user's file (~/.gitconfig). Recently, environment variables have been disabled in process (thanks @lyrixx), so this disable fully the user's inherited configuration.

Two strategies can be imagined:

1. Parse the file and allow manipulation of it
2. Use git config command

[lyrixx]

IMHO, you should rely on git config command. I should be easier to parse and to maintain.

[dubcanada]

I have to agree, we already command line mostly everything else, there is no point in writing your own parser.