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I find it much easier to use direnv and set GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL in each of ~/work/.envrc and ~/personal/.envrc No need to reconfigure every repo this way.

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Git has conditional includes based on path[1]. My configuration is like:

On ~/.gitconfig

  [user]
    name = personal
    email = personal@example.com

  [includeIF "gitdir:~/workspace/"]
    path = ~/work.gitconfig

Then on ~/work.gitconfig

  [user]
    name = workname
    email = work@example.com

[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#_conditional_includes

Woah, this is neat!

Just a note of caution, when this feature was added tools based on libgit2 did not understand it. I just checked now, libgit2 eventually added support (though it took 5 months since I filed the ticket). But if you're using any tools that have a 3-year-old version of libgit2 they might not understand it.

I do the same. Also remember the following keyword if you use nested .envrc files: source_up

If you don't use this in any nested envrc files, the settings don't carry over which means your git settings are not maintained. It is kind of an escape hatch as the parent files are not verified in the same way normal envrc files are, but I have found the trade off to be worth it

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