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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #05; Mon, 13)

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2012, 21:47 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:42:48PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> * jk/config-include (2012-02-06) 2 commits
>   (merged to 'next' on 2012-02-13 at 307ddf6)
>  + config: add include directive
>  + docs: add a basic description of the config API
> 
> An assignment to the include.path pseudo-variable causes the named file
> to be included in-place when Git looks up configuration variables.

Yikes. I was planning to re-roll this, but got sidetracked discussing David's git-cola case. Besides a few minor tweaks in the documentation patch, the actual include patch is buggy, and accidentally turns on includes for "git config --list".

Do you want to revert and re-do to make master pretty, or should I just build on top?

-Peff
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Message 3 of 23 in “What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2012, #05; Mon, 13)”
  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  2. An incremental update to "What's cooking"Junio C Hamano, Feb 14, 2012
  3. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2012
  5. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012
  6. 0/8 config-include fixesJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  7. 1/8 t1300: add missing &&-chainingJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  8. 2/8 config: copy the return value of prefix_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  9. 3/8 config: teach git_config_set_multivar_in_file a default pathJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  10. 4/8 config: teach git_config_rename_section a file argumentJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  11. 5/8 config: provide a version of git_config with more optionsJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  12. 6/8 config: stop using config_exclusive_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  13. 7/8 config: eliminate config_exclusive_filenameJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  14. 8/8 config: do not respect includes for single-file --listJeff King, Feb 16, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2012
  16. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2012
  18. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  19. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2012
  20. 0/2 api-config documentation leftoversJeff King, Feb 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2012
  22. 1/2 docs/api-config: minor clarificationsJeff King, Feb 17, 2012
  23. 2/2 docs/api-config: describe git_config_with_optionsJeff King, Feb 17, 2012

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