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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Relative path include in .gitconfig throws AssertionError","articleBody":"My `.gitconfig` contains:\n\n```\n[include]\n    path = .gitconfig_common\n```\n\nAccording to the [Git documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#_includes), this is allowed to be a _relative path_:\n\n\u003e If the value of the variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was found.\n\nHowever, GitPython throws:\n\n```\n  File \"/Users/daniel/.cache/uv/archive-v0/YvUvYFO1C0vkI8VZmPICW/lib/python3.12/site-packages/briefcase/commands/base.py\", line 1365, in get_git_config_value\n    if git_config.has_option(section, option):\n       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n  File \"/Users/daniel/.cache/uv/archive-v0/YvUvYFO1C0vkI8VZmPICW/lib/python3.12/site-packages/git/config.py\", line 113, in assure_data_present\n    self.read()\n  File \"/Users/daniel/.cache/uv/archive-v0/YvUvYFO1C0vkI8VZmPICW/lib/python3.12/site-packages/git/config.py\", line 654, in read\n    assert osp.isabs(file_path), \"Need absolute paths to be sure our cycle checks will work\"\n           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\nAssertionError: Need absolute paths to be sure our cycle checks will work\n```\n\nThe workaround is to modify my `.gitconfig` and make the path absolute, but I'd like it to work without modifying my `.gitconfig` to suit GitPython.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Virtlink","@type":"Person","name":"Virtlink"},"datePublished":"2026-02-24T13:18:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/2103/GitPython/issues/2103"}