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git config key bug or by design?

From
Peter van der Does <peter@avirtualhome.com>
Date
Nov 28, 2012, 03:14 UTC
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<20121127221446.7f2fbf71@Indy>
I noticed today I can't create a key starting with a number.
The source code[1] confirms this, but is this a bug or is it by design?
[1]: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/config.c#L1265
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