Re: [bug] Multiline value should error if the next line is section

From: Shulhan <ms@kilabit.info>
Date: May 6, 2018, 23:03 UTC
Message-ID: <20180507060322.66b121bd@kilabit.info>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSooYuGkxP9u0Uuwu_TCEOd_pj20L05=bwwHynPOapej6g@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 6 May 2018 22:03:10 +0200 Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Shulhan
> 
> Thank you for your report. I'm abbreviating a bit:
> 
> On 6 May 2018 at 21:03, Shulhan <ms@kilabit.info> wrote:
> > [alias]
> >         tree = --no-pager log --graph \
> >                 -n 20 \
> > [user]
> >         name = Shulhan
> >
> > (2) Run `git config -f git.config -l`
> >
> > The command print the following output,
> >
> > alias.tree=--no-pager log --graph -n 20 [user]
> > alias.name=Shulhan  
> 
> Small mistake, big consequences. :-)
> 
> This behavior looks correct to me, though. It seems very hard to me to
> second-guess what the user meant. For example, what if that third line
> contained a "="? Like:
> 
> [alias]
>         huh = !dd \
>               bs=1024 ...
> 
> Should Git guess that the backslash on the second line was a mistake?
> Or maybe not, because alias.bs = "1024 ..." would be a useless alias?

The context of multiline next value that I reported before was about section, not variable.

> 
> I think such guessing would be theoretically possible, but especially
> if Git guesses wrong, that could be very frustrating to fight against.
>

I'm not familiar with git config parser, obviously :), but checking the start of next multiline value that start with '[' maybe not impossible. Git should not guessed, but report error at the offending line: either user forgot to enclosed the variable with double quote or they missplace the backslash.