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[PATCH 1/2] git-config.txt: properly escape quotation marks in example

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mhagger@alum.mit.edu <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Aug 18, 2012, 17:32 UTC
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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
In the example line as written,
        gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org

the quotation marks are eaten by the config-file parser. From the history, it looks like this example wanted to have quotation marks in the actual configured value. So quote them as required nowadays.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
---

The bigger question is whether this example is improved by including quotation marks, or whether they are just a distraction from the main point. I abstain.

 Documentation/git-config.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 2d6ef32..46775fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Given a .git/config like this:
 
 	; Proxy settings
 	[core]
-		gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
+		gitproxy=\"proxy-command\" for kernel.org
 		gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
 
 you can set the filemode to true with
-- 
1.7.11.3
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  1. 0/2 Fix two minor problems in the docs for git-configmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Aug 18, 2012
  2. 1/2 git-config.txt: properly escape quotation marks in examplemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Aug 18, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2012
  5. Michael HaggertyAug 19, 2012
  6. 2/2 git-config.txt: fix examplemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Aug 18, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2012

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