include.path options from git configuration are not followed #1402

Setup

At the bottom of your ~/.gitconfig put the following.

# Allow local overrides (i.e. for work)
[include]
        path = ~/.gitconfig.local

Then create a ~/.gitconfig.local file with the following contents.

# Overrides for work
[user]
        email = myself@work.com

Verify Git understands this by running git config user.email and see that it gives myself@work.com.
Another useful command is git config --list --show-origin | grep email

Proposed solution

Running git bug user new, when providing a suggestion for name, email, etc should run the appropriate Git command to retreive the default (git config user.name instead of whatever it's doing now.

Why I do this

I manage my personal dotfiles with a Git repo and stow, which seems to be a common practice.

At work I maintain a fork of this repo which has stuff like my GPG keys, my work email, etc, etc. So I put that stuff in ~/.gitconfig.local which is included from ~/.gitconfig.