CamJN/dot-files

`git hawser`

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MattiSG commented

Hi @CamJN!

I found my own gitconfig had an additional [filter hawser] entry, and couldn't find information about this anywhere.

However, it seems you know something about it since you described it as a “github for mac conf tweak” in 8d4c713.

Since @github did seemingly not document this, could you share your knowledge about this filter? :) If you use StackOverflow, I opened a question there.

Thanks!

Best,
Matti

CamJN commented

I added an answer on Stack Overflow, if you find it acceptable please accept it as the correct answer!

MattiSG commented

Hi Camden,

Thanks a lot for your answer on SO, it gives a much better idea than what I had found.

I don’t think I can mark the question as definitely answered, though, as we now have good hypotheses, but we are still missing elements such as:

  • why does GitHub install hawser (media) by default
  • under which circumstances the Mac app switches to media rather than storing data in the repo
  • what is this filter thing and under which circumstances it is activated

Best,
Matti