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+# = Define a git config
+#
+# This sets configuration paramenters for github
+# It can be used to set system wide configs or user specific configs
+#
+# == Parameters:
+#
+# [*section*]
+#   The section of the config
+# [*key*]
+#   The name of the config
+# [*value*]
+#   The value for the config
+# [*user*]
+#   The user to save the config (defaults to system config)
+#
+# == Examples:
+#
+# - Minimal setup for system config
+# github::config { 'color.status' :          
+#   value => 'auto' 
+# }
+#
+# - Full setup for user specific config
+# github::config { 'color-status' :
+#   section => 'color',
+#   key     => 'status',
+#   value   => 'auto',
+#   user    => $::id
+# }
+
+define git::config(
+   $section = '', 
+   $key     = '', 
+   $value, 
+   $user    = ''
+) {
+
+   include git
+
+   if empty($user) {
+      $real_command = "git config --system"
+   } 
+   else {
+      validate_string($user)
+      $real_command = "sudo -u ${user} git config --global"
+   }
+
+   if empty($section) and empty($key) {
+      validate_re($name, '^\w+\.\w+$')
+      $real_section_key = $name
+   } 
+   else {
+      $real_section_key = "${section}.${key}" 
+   }
+
+   exec { $real_section_key:
+      command => "${real_command} ${real_section_key} \"${value}\"",
+      unless  => "${real_command} ${real_section_key} | grep -c '${value}'",
+      require => Package['git'],
+   }
+}
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