diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index bfced77..191cbfa 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -644,13 +644,18 @@ sub parse_acl
     # the old "convenience copy" thing.  Now on steroids :)
 
     # note that when copying the @all entry, we retain the destination name as
-    # @all; we dont change it to $repo or $gl_user
+    # @all; we dont change it to $repo or $gl_user.  We need to maintain this
+    # distinction to be able to print the @/#/& prefixes in the report output
+    # (see doc/report-output.mkd)
     for my $r ('@all', @repo_plus) {
         my $dr = $repo; $dr = '@all' if $r eq '@all';
         $repos{$dr}{DELETE_IS_D} = 1 if $repos{$r}{DELETE_IS_D};
         $repos{$dr}{CREATE_IS_C} = 1 if $repos{$r}{CREATE_IS_C};
         $repos{$dr}{NAME_LIMITS} = 1 if $repos{$r}{NAME_LIMITS};
-        $git_configs{$dr} = $git_configs{$r} if $git_configs{$r};
+        # this needs to copy the key-value pairs from RHS to LHS, not just
+        # assign RHS to LHS!  However, we want to roll in '@all' configs also
+        # into the actual $repo; there's no need to preserve the distinction
+        map { $git_configs{$repo}{$_} = $git_configs{$r}{$_} } keys %{$git_configs{$r}} if $git_configs{$r};
 
         for my $u ('@all', "$gl_user - wild", @user_plus, keys %perm_cats) {
             my $du = $gl_user; $du = '@all' if $u eq '@all' or ($perm_cats{$u} || '') eq '@all';
diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index 5d59358..56d023c 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ sub parse_conf_line
         for my $repo (@{ $repos_p })       # each repo in the current stanza
         {
             $git_configs{$repo}{$key} = $value;
+
+            # force entry in %repos.  Without this, a repo para with just a
+            # config line and no ACLs gets ignored in the output
+            $repos{$repo}{HAS_CONFIG} = 1;
+
             # no problem if it's a plain repo (non-pattern, non-groupname)
             # OR wild configs are allowed
             unless ( ($repo =~ $REPONAME_PATT and $repo !~ /^@/) or $GL_GITCONFIG_WILD) {
diff --git a/t/t55-repo-configs-wild-without-CREATOR b/t/t55-repo-configs-wild-without-CREATOR
index af0bd0e..e3abb13 100644
--- a/t/t55-repo-configs-wild-without-CREATOR
+++ b/t/t55-repo-configs-wild-without-CREATOR
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do
         name "update rc file to allow foo.*"
         catrc
         cp ~/1 ~/junk
-        perl -pi -e 's/GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS = ""/GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS = "foo\\\\..*"/' ~/junk
+        perl -pi -e 's/GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS = ""/GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS = "gl\\\\..* foo\\\\..*"/' ~/junk
         cat ~/junk | runremote dd of=.gitolite.rc
         catrc
         expect "GL_GITCONFIG_KEYS.*foo"
@@ -130,6 +130,41 @@ do
         expect '^.foo'
         expect 'frob = nitz'
 
+        name "check cumulative configs"
+        echo "
+            repo @all
+                config gl.mirror.master = \"git@gc.com git@gh.net\"
+
+            @leads = u1 u2
+            @devs = u1 u2 u3 u4
+
+            @gbar = bar/..*
+            repo    @gbar
+                C               =   @leads
+                RW+             =   CREATOR
+                RW              =   @leads
+                config foo.frob =   nitz
+
+            repo b../tr.*
+                config foo.nitz =   ham
+        " | ugc -r
+        expect_push_ok "master -> master"
+
+        name "check try1 has foo.frob"
+        runremote cat $TEST_BASE/bar/try1.git/config
+        expect '^.foo'
+        expect 'frob = nitz'
+
+        name "check try1 has foo.nitz"
+        runremote cat $TEST_BASE/bar/try2.git/config
+        expect '^.foo'
+        expect 'nitz = ham'
+
+        name "check @all config works..."
+        runremote cat $TEST_BASE/bar/try2.git/config
+        expect gl.\"mirror\"
+        expect master = .git.gc.com git.gh.net
+
         name INTERNAL
     done
 done