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Re: [PATCH] git-config: respect other options after -l, most notably --file

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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Date
Oct 9, 2007, 22:49 UTC
Message-ID
<20071009224943.GH31659@planck.djpig.de>
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<20071009125024.1259.qmail@d8e601127fe8d0.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>
On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 12:50:24PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote:
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> When git-commit is seeing the -l|--list option, it stops reading the
> following command line options.  So although they should be the same,
> the following commands act differently:
> 
>  git config --file ../repo2/.git/config -l
>  git config -l --file ../repo2/.git/config
> 
> This patch delays the 'list all variables' to after the command line
> options have been processed.

Note that I have posted a conflicting patch for the same problem some days ago. I think my patch is more consistent with the behaviour for other options.

Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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  1. git-config: respect other options after -l, most notably --fileGerrit Pape, Oct 9, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinOct 9, 2007
  3. Frank LichtenheldOct 9, 2007
  4. git-config: respect other options after -l, most notably --fileGerrit Pape, Oct 12, 2007

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