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Get global gitconfig path
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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With help from hkotsubo in the comments, it seems you can follow the behavior described by Git's documentation. This will work until they change it, at least for your *Nixes and *BSDs:
path="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/git/config"
[[ -f "$path" ]] && echo "$path" || echo "$HOME/.gitconfig"
This works for me in both bash and zsh on Debian 12. I can't guarantee it will work the same on every platform and shell.
EDITOR=echo git config --global --edit 2>/dev/null
This is similar to your original attempt, but it overrides the editor using the EDITOR environment variable rather than with git config itself, and the final redirection gets rid of "hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file..." because this hint is (conveniently) written to stderr whereas the actual output goes to stdout.
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