{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/6","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/6/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/6/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/6/events","html_url":"https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/pull/6","id":934716,"number":6,"title":"Local modifications to your own gitconfig symlink will be ignored","user":{"login":"shanev","id":17361,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17361?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev","html_url":"https://github.com/shanev","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shanev/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2011-05-21T02:21:52Z","updated_at":"2016-01-01T03:16:57Z","closed_at":"2011-05-24T00:22:52Z","pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/pulls/6","html_url":"https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/pull/6","diff_url":"https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/pull/6.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/pull/6.patch"},"body":"Local modifications to your own gitconfig symlink will be ignored in the repo.\r\n\r\nI'm assuming most people are copying gitconfig.sample to gitconfig.symlink and making their changes. The only problem arises is if they actually want to commit their gitconfig.symlink."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/comments/168279631","html_url":"https://github.com/holman/dotfiles/pull/6#issuecomment-168279631","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/holman/dotfiles/issues/6","id":168279631,"user":{"login":"holman","id":2723,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2723?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman","html_url":"https://github.com/holman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/holman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-01T03:16:57Z","updated_at":"2016-01-01T03:16:57Z","body":"Ah- I though bootstrap only happens on files if there isn't something symlinked already. i.e., if you re-run it it shouldn't overwrite your good config values.\n\n> On Dec 31, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Daniel Compton <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n> \n> You don't want to type in the .example file directly; you'll want to copy that file to gitconfig.symlink and make your changes there.\n> \n> Sorry, I wasn't very clear here. I meant if I want to make modifications to my gitconfig that will be preserved, they will need to be copied into .example so the next time I run script/bootstrap they will already be there. The alternative would be to remove the .gitignore for that line.\n> \n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.\n> \n"}}