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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/config.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index 08fe36d499..b55bfae7d6 100644 --- a/builtin/config.c +++ b/builtin/config.c @@ -710,6 +710,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (use_global_config) { given_config_source.file = git_global_config(); if (!given_config_source.file) + /* + * It is unknown if HOME/.gitconfig exists, so + * we do not know if we should write to XDG + * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME + * is set and points at a sane location. + */ die(_("$HOME not set")); given_config_source.scope = CONFIG_SCOPE_GLOBAL; } else if (use_system_config) { |