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Get global gitconfig path

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Is there a command I can run to get the path of global gitconfig for a user? Like git config --global --edit, but I want the path, not an editor window.

I want the right path whether or not this file already exists. i.e. I want the path that Git will use, even if this is a brand new system. This may pose problems for git config --list --show-origin --show-scope.

I can't figure out how to disable the hint in the command below, but that would work great.

git -c 'core.editor=echo' config --global --edit
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Not sure if it answers, but the [documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#FILES) says: >... (2 comments)
The wording of the question is confusing (2 comments)
Not sure if it answers, but the [documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#FILES) says: >...
hkotsubo‭ wrote 6 days ago · edited 6 days ago

Not sure if it answers, but the documentation says:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config
~/.gitconfig

User-specific configuration files. When the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is not set or empty, $HOME/.config/ is used as $XDG_CONFIG_HOME.

These are also called "global" configuration files. If both files exist, both files are read in the order given above.

The same link also describes the location of other config files (system, local, etc).

Therefore, I guess we don't need a git whatever command to show the paths, as they will always be the ones above.

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Well, maybe you can make a shell script to check if XDG_CONFIG_HOME exists and show what the actual paths will be:

#!/bin/bash

echo "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config"
echo ~/.gitconfig
Michael‭ wrote 6 days ago

Ah, so I could do something like

path="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config"
[[ -f "$path" ]] && echo "$path" || echo "~/.gitconfig"