git-config-path

What is git-config-path?

The git-config-path npm package is a utility that helps you find the path to the .gitconfig file. This can be useful for reading or modifying Git configuration settings programmatically.

What are git-config-path's main functionalities?

Get global .gitconfig path

This feature allows you to get the path to the global .gitconfig file. The 'global' argument specifies that you want the global configuration file path.

const gitConfigPath = require('git-config-path');
const globalConfigPath = gitConfigPath('global');
console.log(globalConfigPath);

Get system .gitconfig path

This feature allows you to get the path to the system .gitconfig file. The 'system' argument specifies that you want the system configuration file path.

const gitConfigPath = require('git-config-path');
const systemConfigPath = gitConfigPath('system');
console.log(systemConfigPath);

Get local .gitconfig path

This feature allows you to get the path to the local .gitconfig file. The 'local' argument specifies that you want the local configuration file path.

const gitConfigPath = require('git-config-path');
const localConfigPath = gitConfigPath('local');
console.log(localConfigPath);

Other packages similar to git-config-path

git-config

The git-config package allows you to read and write to Git configuration files. It provides more comprehensive functionality compared to git-config-path, which only retrieves paths.

parse-git-config

The parse-git-config package can read and parse .gitconfig files. It offers more detailed operations on the configuration data itself, whereas git-config-path focuses on locating the configuration files.

README

git-config-path

Resolve the path to the user's local or global .gitconfig.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save git-config-path

Usage

Automatically gets the nearest .git config path, starting with the current working directory, then looking in the user's home directory.

var gitConfigPath = require('git-config-path')();
//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert/dev/git-config-path/.git/config'

To force git-config-path to only look for a global config path, pass global:

var gitConfigPath = require('git-config-path')('global');
//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert/.gitconfig'

About

Related projects

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• is-git-url: Regex to validate that a URL is a git url. | homepage
• parse-git-config: Parse .git/config into a JavaScript object. sync or async. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

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Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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