Re: Alternative approach to the git config NULL value checking patches..

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > But as you seem to imply, it might make sense to equate
> >
> > 	[some-random-section]
> >         	some-random-variable
> >
> > to
> >
> > 	[some-random-section]
> >         	some-random-variable = ""
> >
> > for variables that cannot possibly have any meaningful "bool"
> > semantics.  This third class of variables is a possible benefit
> > your patch brings in.  The code can be lax for these variables.
> >
> > However, it would make things inconsistent ("this variable is
> > bool and the above two forms mean completely opposite things,
> > while that variable is not bool and they mean the same thing").
> > I am just having a hard time convincing myself that this little
> > detail does not matter.
> 
> Having said all that, it might be an option to change your patch
> slightly to say:
> 
> 	const char config_true[] = "true";