From: Alejandro Barreto Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 19:18:14 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Document HOME environment variable X-Git-Tag: v2.48.0-rc1~26^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8525e92886;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git Document HOME environment variable Git documentation refers to $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME often, but does not specify how or where these values come from on Windows where neither is set by default. The new documentation reflects the behavior of setup_windows_environment() in compat/mingw.c. Signed-off-by: Alejandro Barreto Signed-off-by: M Hickford Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index d15a869762..47509c9e1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -477,6 +477,14 @@ their values the same way as Boolean valued configuration variables, e.g. Here are the variables: +System +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +`HOME`:: + Specifies the path to the user's home directory. On Windows, if + unset, Git will set a process environment variable equal to: + `$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH` if both `$HOMEDRIVE` and `$HOMEPATH` exist; + otherwise `$USERPROFILE` if `$USERPROFILE` exists. + The Git Repository ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it