Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-11 Thread Robert Scholte
ot; Verzonden: 10-8-2021 22:18:22 Onderwerp: Re: Commandline inheritance A git like behavior sound good for me as well. So install/system-wise < user < project T On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 08:22 Benjamin Marwell wrote: I read Michaels message the way like option 6: > Since we have onl

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-11 Thread Benjamin Marwell
Yup, that's what I meant. Big +1! On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, 22:18 Tamás Cservenák, wrote: > A git like behavior sound good for me as well. > > So install/system-wise < user < project > > T > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 08:22 Benjamin Marwell wrote: > > > I read Michaels message the way like option 6:

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-10 Thread Tamás Cservenák
A git like behavior sound good for me as well. So install/system-wise < user < project T On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 08:22 Benjamin Marwell wrote: > I read Michaels message the way like option 6: > > > Since we have only two files: installation and user, I'd expect > that first the installation set

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-10 Thread Michael Osipov
Am 2021-08-10 um 08:21 schrieb Benjamin Marwell: I read Michaels message the way like option 6: Since we have only two files: installation and user, I'd expect that first the installation settings are parsed followed by user settings (generic to specific). Installation is more generic (global

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-09 Thread Benjamin Marwell
I read Michaels message the way like option 6: > Since we have only two files: installation and user, I'd expect that first the installation settings are parsed followed by user settings (generic to specific). Installation is more generic (global) than user. Same for git: it will first parse the

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-09 Thread Delany
When I see "global" I think scope (applies to all users) not precedence (applies first). I'm happy with option 5 as it stands. It allows configuration to be set that can both overide or be overridden by the project, without changing system files. Delany On Mon, 9 Aug 2021, 15:09 Benjamin Marwell,

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-09 Thread Robert Scholte
I'll add it, but it doesn't match the order of GIT[1] as mentioned by Michael. Maybe there should be a list of other comparable tools with their order Robert [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#FILES On 9-8-2021 15:09:30, Benjamin Marwell wrote: Hi Robert, I would like to propose another

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-09 Thread Benjamin Marwell
Hi Robert, I would like to propose another solution. According to the wiki page and to the documentation, we have user < installation (aka global) < project. where "<" means "is overridden by". >From what I understand from other build systems, a more common approach would >be installation (ak

Re: Commandline inheritance

2021-08-08 Thread Michael Osipov
Am 2021-08-08 um 11:48 schrieb Robert Scholte: During a discussion with Michael we noticed there's something odd about the names of some flags and the order of inheritance. I've tried to explain it on a separate wiki page[1] together with the first 3 options how we could fix it. Please have a