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Re: Should 'git config' support key with dot such as 'a.b'

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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Date
Mar 17, 2008, 09:03 UTC
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Bah, I really should be awake by now...
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 09:48:15AM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 02:00:03AM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> Also your argument that people should git-config anyway instead of
s/should/should use/
> editing by hand kinda contradicts the need for a new format, since
> it would change anything for the git-config interface, only for people
s/would/would not/
> editing the file by hand...
> 
> At the end of the day I don't think the benefits justify the effort.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
www: http://www.djpig.de/
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Message 7 of 7 in “Should 'git config' support key with dot such as 'a.b'”
  1. Ping YinMar 14, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 14, 2008
  3. Ping YinMar 18, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2008
  5. Xavier MaillardMar 17, 2008
  6. Frank LichtenheldMar 17, 2008
  7. Frank LichtenheldMar 17, 2008

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