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[PATCH 3/4] Deprecate usage of git-var -l for getting config vars list

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Apr 24, 2006, 22:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20060424225930.14086.76174.stgit@machine.or.cz>
In-Reply-To
<20060424225925.14086.97825.stgit@machine.or.cz>

This has been an unfortunate sideway in the git API evolution. We use git-repo-config for all the other .git/config interaction so let's also use git-repo-config -l for the variable listing.

Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
---
 Documentation/git-var.txt |    3 ++-
 git-cvsserver.perl        |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index 379571e..a5b1a0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ OPTIONS
 -l::
 	Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
 	variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed
-	as well.
+	as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality
+	is deprecated in favor of `git-repo-config -l`.)
 
 EXAMPLE
 --------
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 7d3f78e..0b37d26 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ sub req_Root
        return 0;
     }
 
-    my @gitvars = `git-var -l`;
+    my @gitvars = `git-repo-config -l`;
     if ($?) {
-       print "E problems executing git-var on the server -- this is not a git repository or the PATH is not set correcly.\n";
+       print "E problems executing git-repo-config on the server -- this is not a git repository or the PATH is not set correcly.\n";
         print "E \n";
-        print "error 1 - problem executing git-var\n";
+        print "error 1 - problem executing git-repo-config\n";
        return 0;
     }
     foreach my $line ( @gitvars )
Previous: Petr BaudisNext: Uwe Zeisberger
Message 3 of 5 in “git-repo-config --list support”
  1. 1/4 git-repo-config --list supportPetr Baudis, Apr 24, 2006
  2. 2/4 Document git-var -l listing also configuration variablesPetr Baudis, Apr 24, 2006
  3. 3/4 Deprecate usage of git-var -l for getting config vars listPetr Baudis, Apr 24, 2006
  4. Uwe ZeisbergerApr 25, 2006
  5. 4/4 Document the configuration filePetr Baudis, Apr 24, 2006

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