[PATCH RFC] ui: introduce sysdefault section for pager and editor configuration

Kevin Bullock kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org
Thu Mar 9 18:40:54 EST 2017


> On Mar 8, 2017, at 18:06, Jun Wu <quark at fb.com> wrote:
> 
> A "sysdefault" section sounds a bit weird. Usually files under "/etc" are
> defining "system defaults". A new section also makes it harder to see what
> configs they are overriding.
> 
> How about appending ":sysdefault" to normal configs? The idea was also
> mentioned by Yuya at [1] and we use them in "[paths]":
> 
>  [ui]
>  pager:sysdefault = sensible-pager
>  editor:sysdefault = sensible-editor
> 
> This makes it easier to see what configs they are overriding, and makes the
> section less crowded if we want the same thing for other sections.

I like that idea.

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