Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercur...@ringworld.org> writes: >> On Mar 8, 2017, at 18:06, Jun Wu <qu...@fb.com> wrote: >> >> A "sysdefault" section sounds a bit weird. Usually files under "/etc" are >> defining "system defaults". A new section also makes it harder to see what >> configs they are overriding. >> >> How about appending ":sysdefault" to normal configs? The idea was also >> mentioned by Yuya at [1] and we use them in "[paths]": >> >> [ui] >> pager:sysdefault = sensible-pager >> editor:sysdefault = sensible-editor >> >> This makes it easier to see what configs they are overriding, and makes the >> section less crowded if we want the same thing for other sections. > > I like that idea.
I guess I don't follow since I think of things in /etc as the system defaults to begin with. Are we having a namespace clash with users having 'foo=BAR' set so that setting 'foo' in /etc won't override that? _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
