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[PATCH] git config: clarify bool types

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2009, 23:13 UTC
Message-ID
<1237331631-29822-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

The value is what it is, the --bool and --bool-or-int options don't specify the value type, just how it is interpreted. For example: a value of '1' can be interpreted as 'true'.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
This applies on top of the 'next' branch.
 builtin-config.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index 1a3baa1..c3a0176 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING(0, "get-color", &get_color_slot, "slot", "find the color configured: [default]"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "get-colorbool", &get_colorbool_slot, "slot", "find the color setting: [stdout-is-tty]"),
 	OPT_GROUP("Type"),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "bool", &types, "value is \"true\" or \"false\"", TYPE_BOOL),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "bool", &types, "value is intepreted as bool (\"true\" or \"false\")", TYPE_BOOL),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "int", &types, "value is decimal number", TYPE_INT),
-	OPT_BIT(0, "bool-or-int", &types, "value is --bool or --int", TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "bool-or-int", &types, "value is interpreted either as bool or int", TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT),
 	OPT_GROUP("Other"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &end_null, "terminate values with NUL byte"),
 	OPT_END(),
-- 
1.6.2.313.g33352
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