From d9df70a04f16dd67c87f9e01d06b7ee584fab131 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@atc.tcs.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 05:24:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] allow getting config settings for non-existant repos also

It's reasonable to want to see config items (for example, mirror
settings) that *would* apply if the repo existed.
---
 src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
index 3537c4f..70ec14a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
@@ -119,8 +119,11 @@ sub git_config {
     my ( $repo, $key, $empty_values_OK ) = @_;
     $key ||= '.';
 
-    return {} if repo_missing($repo);
-    load($repo);
+    if (repo_missing($repo)) {
+        load_common();
+    } else {
+        load($repo);
+    }
 
     # read comments bottom up
     my %ret =