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Conditional Git Configuration on Windows
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.gitConfig
# Config in MY_WORK_DIRECTORY
[user]
name = "Work user"
email = email@mywork.co.uk
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.gitconfig
# ROOT CONFIG
# Check out https://blog.jiayu.co/2019/02/conditional-git-configuration/
[user]
name = "Base user"
email = email@example.co.uk
[core]
editor = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/GitExtensions.exe\" fileeditor
[includeIf "gitdir:C:/development/MY_WORK_DIRECTORY/"]
path = C:/development/MY_WORK_DIRECTORY/.gitconfig
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Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. "git config user.email" always returns the default user even I am in my work directory.

Windows 11 + git version 2.40.1.windows.1

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