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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Oct 2025, #03; Wed, 8)

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Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
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Oct 9, 2025, 21:40 UTC
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> Le 8 oct. 2025 à 20:18, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :
> 
> * jc/optional-path (2025-09-28) 4 commits
>  (merged to 'next' on 2025-10-08 at a1e8af9952)
> + parseopt: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional)
> + config: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional)
> + t7500: fix GIT_EDITOR shell snippet
> + t7500: make each piece more independent
> 
> Configuration variables that take a pathname as a value
> (e.g. blame.ignorerevsfile) can be marked as optional by prefixing
> ":(optoinal)" before its value.
> 
> Will merge to 'master'.
> source: <cover.1759094936.git.ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>
I think we wanted a few cleanups on this one, which I haven’t had time to make. If all is good, then great!
While I’m here: I sent a new patch on top of dk/stash-apply-index with some more documentation. Looks like it’s been overlooked :) is there a better way for me to have sent that patch?
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  1. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2025
  2. Ben KnobleOct 9, 2025

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