Different .gitconfig for a given subdirectory?

March 12, 2023 by Tarik

The best way to do this since git 2.13 is to use Conditional includes.

An example (copied from an answer here):

Global config ~/.gitconfig

[user]
    name = John Doe
    email = john@doe.tld

[includeIf "gitdir:~/work/**"]
    path = ~/work/.gitconfig

Work specific config ~/work/.gitconfig

[user]
    email = john.doe@company.tld