Question

I have an alias that I cannot find. Typing git help subaddvim gives me:

`git subaddvim' is aliased to `log HEAD'

I think I defined it like this:

git config --local alias.subaddvim 'log HEAD'

I looked in $repo_path/.gitconfig, ~/.gitconfig, /etc/gitconfig, but none of them have a subaddvim entry.

Where else can I look?

Answer 1

There is no difference between using the undocumented (or is it obsolete) --local flag and no flag. Git never looks for a gitconfig in your repository root ($repo_path/.gitconfig). Repo-local config changes are in .git/config.

git help config explains the valid options:

–global
For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the
repository .git/config.

   For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than from
   all available files.

–system
For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig rather
than the repository .git/config.

   For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
   rather than from all available files.

(Using git version 1.7.9)

You could try searching with this (from your repo root and assuming git is installed in /bin):

grep subaddvim .git/config ~/.gitconfig /etc/gitconfig