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Re: git -c var=val not taken into account by git config?

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 8, 2012, 09:16 UTC
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On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 07:16:51PM -0400, Daniel Villeneuve wrote:
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> Testing color configuration via scripting, I tried the following command:
> 
> git -c color.diff=always config --get-colorbool diff false
> 
> on a repository with color.diff=auto.
> 
> I'd expect "true" as output, but got "false".  "git diff" works as
> expected though.  Is this an exception for "git config"?

I think you meant "--get-colorbool color.diff"; the fact that you are getting a colorbool does not automatically place the name inside the color.* section.

With that change, it seems to work as expected.
-Peff
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