Issue
I'm on Ubuntu. Here's ~/.gitconfig
[user]
email = [email protected]
name = doug
[includeIf "gitdir:~/Projects/Work/"]
path = ~/.git-work
Here's ~/.git-work
[user]
email = [email protected]
name = doug-work
On the terminal if I cd into ~/Projects/Work/ and then check my username or email:
git config user.name
doug
git config user.email
[email protected]
Since I'm in directory ~/Projects/Work I expected my git username and password to be doug-work and [email protected] but my personal Github username and email are showing instead.
How can I use includeIf so that if I'm in ~/Projects/Work git uses my work github settings?
Solution
The directory /~Projects/Work is not part of a Git repository. Therefore, gitdir is not defined and does not match ~/Projects/Work/.
If you cd into a Git repository inside ~/Projects/Work/, this should work.
Answered By - Elias Holzmann