From: Alex Vandiver Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:24:37 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make git config fail on variables with no section, as documented Message-ID: <1248637797-sup-6595@utwig> In-Reply-To: At Sun Jul 26 15:48:20 -0400 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > That, together with the fact that "git config -f " was meant > _explicitely_ to allow 3rd party porcelains having their own config files > without having to implement their own "git config" lets me suspect that > we'd rather want the current behavior. *shrug* Note I'm not wholly convinced of the rationale myself -- I'm merely trying to reconcile the documentation and reality. I'll also note that you can't, at current, set or unset such values from the command-line. Looking back at the blame for the documentation, it looks like e136f33 in 2007 is what added the claim that section-less variables weren't acceptable. The `git repo-config` of the time parsed them just fine, however. If you wish to correct the documentation instead, I can send in a doc patch. Fixing --set and --unset to work with section-less variables will take a bit more work, however. - Alex -- Networking -- only one letter away from not working