my .gitconfig file

gistfile1.txt

[user]
  name = Scott Chacon
  email = [email protected]
[alias]
  serve = !git daemon --reuseaddr --verbose --base-path=. --export-all ./.git
  unstage = reset HEAD
  lol = log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --graph --decorate
  branches = !git-branches
  st = status
[gui]
  fontui = -family \"Lucida Sans\" -size 13 -weight normal -slant roman -underline 0 -overstrike 0
  fontdiff = -family Monaco -size 12 -weight normal -slant roman -underline 0 -overstrike 0
[imap]
  folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
  host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
  user = [email protected]
  port = 993
  sslverify = false
[color]
  ui = true
[help]
  autocorrect = 1
[filter "media"]
  clean  = "/Users/schacon/projects/git-media/bin/git-media filter-clean"
  smudge = "/Users/schacon/projects/git-media/bin/git-media filter-smudge"

Why not put this in a dot-files repo with .bashrc, .vimrc and so on?