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Re: hitting home directory's parent

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 25, 2009, 04:48 UTC
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On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 01:12:44AM -0400, Daniel Convissor wrote:
> That explains what's happening.  cmd_help() calls git_config().  Though 
> it seems it would be more, uh, helpful, if help produced basic usage 
> output no matter what, and then produce the more detailed config based 
> output if possible.

I agree, but the way the code is structured right now means doing this right is probably a pretty big change (see my other message to Duy). So I think it will probably go unfixed for the time being.

> Is there a bug tracker y'all use where I can enter a ticket?

We don't have a formal bug tracker, but this is really just a sub-part of another issue, so it will get addressed when the parent issue is fixed.

-Peff
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  1. Daniel ConvissorAug 21, 2009
  2. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 22, 2009
  3. Daniel ConvissorAug 22, 2009
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 22, 2009
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 22, 2009
  6. Jeff KingAug 22, 2009
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 23, 2009
  8. Jeff KingAug 25, 2009
  9. Daniel ConvissorAug 23, 2009
  10. Jeff KingAug 25, 2009
  11. Daniel ConvissorAug 23, 2009

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