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config --global --edit: create a template file if needed

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When the user has no ~/.gitconfig file, git config --global --edit used
to launch an editor on an nonexistant file name.

Instead, create a file with a default content before launching the
editor. The template contains only commented-out entries, to save a few
keystrokes for the user. If the values are guessed properly, the user
will only have to uncomment the entries.

Advanced users teaching newbies can create a minimalistic configuration
faster for newbies. Beginners reading a tutorial advising to run "git
config --global --edit" as a first step will be slightly more guided for
their first contact with Git.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthieu Moy
2014-07-25 21:11:34 +02:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 740c281d21
commit 9830534e40
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@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ extern const char *git_author_info(int);
extern const char *git_committer_info(int);
extern const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str, int);
extern const char *fmt_name(const char *name, const char *email);
extern const char *ident_default_name(void);
extern const char *ident_default_email(void);
extern const char *git_editor(void);
extern const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty);