Index: libutil/conf.c
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RCS file: /sources/global/global/libutil/conf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -r1.71 conf.c
--- libutil/conf.c	22 Mar 2016 03:09:15 -0000	1.71
+++ libutil/conf.c	6 Mar 2017 16:59:24 -0000
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@
 	 */
 	else if (rootdir && *rootdir && test("r", makepath(rootdir, "gtags.conf", NULL)))
 		strbuf_puts(sb, makepath(rootdir, "gtags.conf", NULL));
+	else if (rootdir && *rootdir && test("r", makepath(rootdir, ".gtags.conf", NULL)))
+		strbuf_puts(sb, makepath(rootdir, ".gtags.conf", NULL));
 	else if ((p = get_home_directory()) && test("r", makepath(p, GTAGSRC, NULL)))
 		strbuf_puts(sb, makepath(p, GTAGSRC, NULL));
 #ifdef __DJGPP__