set format.outputDirectory in ~/.gitconfig

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index a357bf72..17c04d8f 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@
         from = Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
         annotate = true
 
+# ---- git-format-patch ----
+
+[format]
+	# There's no tilde expansion for this.  When can assume git 2.31 can
+        # set GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0=format.outputDirectory &
+        # GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0="$HOME/tmp" in ~/.shenv instead.
+	outputDirectory = /home/spwhitton/tmp
+
 # ---- merging ----
 
 [merge "dpkg-mergechangelogs"]