Is it possible to include a file in your .gitconfig

Question

I'd like to include a file in my .gitconfig that has my github settings - is this possible?

Can I do something like this:

[core]
    include = /path/to/file

user_179675 · Answer

Git (1.7.10+) now supports this syntax in .gitconfig:

[include]
    path = /path/to/file

See here for a detailed description of the git change and its edge cases.

By the way, a couple of subtleties worth pointing out:

Environment-variable expansion, e.g. $HOME, is not supported. (Expansion of ~ appeared in Git 1.7.10.2.)
If a relative path is specified, then it is relative to the .gitconfig file that has the [include] statement. This works correctly even across chained includes -- e.g. ~/.gitconfig can have:
```
[include]
    path = subdir/gitconfig
```
and subdir/gitconfig can have:
```
[include]
    path = nested_subdir/gitconfig
```
... which will cause subdir/nested_subdir/gitconfig to be loaded.
If git can't find the target file, it silently ignores the error. This appears to be by design.