home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
- if (access(user_config, R_OK) && !access(xdg_config, R_OK))
+ if (!user_config)
+ /*
+ * It is unknown if HOME/.gitconfig exists, so
+ * we do not know if we should write to XDG
+ * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+ * is set and points at a sane location.
+ */
+ die("$HOME not set");
+
+ if (access(user_config, R_OK) &&
+ xdg_config && !access(xdg_config, R_OK))
given_config_file = xdg_config;
- else if (user_config)
- given_config_file = user_config;
else
- die("$HOME not set");
+ given_config_file = user_config;
}
else if (use_system_config)
given_config_file = git_etc_gitconfig();