Changing .gitconfig location on Windows

Question

By default on Windows Git places global .gitconfig in c:\\documents and settings\\user\\

How can I change that position so .gitconfig is stored in

Answer 1

I have solved this problem using a slightly different approach that I have seen work for other configuration files. Git Config supports includes that allows you to point to a configuration file in another location. That alternate location is then imported and expanded in place as if it was part of .gitconfig file. So now I just have a single entry in .gitconfig:

[include]
   path = c:\\path\\to\\my.config

Any updates written by Git to the .gitconfig file will not overwrite my include path. It does mean that occasionally I may need to move values from .gitconfig to my.config.