gistfile1.txt

0 ~/test $ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/Users/Ycr/Home/test/.git/
0 ~/test $ cat .git/config
[core]
        ignorecase = true
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true

0 ~/test $ cat /usr/share/git-core/templates/config
[core]
        ignorecase = false
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true

0 ~/test $ diff  /usr/share/git-core/templates/config .git/config
2,5c2,5
<         ignorecase = false
<         repositoryformatversion = 0
<         filemode = true
<         bare = false
---
>       ignorecase = true
>       repositoryformatversion = 0
>       filemode = true
>       bare = false
0 ~/test $ rm -rf .git
0 ~/test $ GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=/usr/share/git-core/templates git init .
Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/Users/Ycr/Home/test/.git/
0 ~/test $ cat .git/config
[core]
        ignorecase = true
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true