config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig

The settings in /etc/gitconfig can be overridden in ~/.gitconfig,
which in turn can be overridden in .git/config.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d82107124a..b0c0948cc8 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ int git_config(config_fn_t fn)
 	 * config file otherwise. */
 	filename = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
 	if (!filename) {
+		if (!access(ETC_GITCONFIG, R_OK))
+			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, ETC_GITCONFIG);
 		home = getenv("HOME");
 		filename = getenv(CONFIG_LOCAL_ENVIRONMENT);
 		if (!filename)