How can I specify custom global gitconfig path?

Question

I\'m in a bit of a bind with Git. I\'m trying to execute git commit but I need to be able to swtich between ~/.gitconfig1 and ~/

Answer 1

Mario Ceppi's alias approach can be used in a slightly more elegant way using the -c config=value argument to git:

$ alias sillygit="git -c user.name=Silly -c user.email=silly@silly.org"
$ sillygit commit

This of course assumes you don't mind keeping the differing config keys in your .bashrc or the like instead of in your .gitconfig, and it has the caveat of breaking shell completion.