Re: [QUESTION] How to add new configuration variable

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Sep 17, 2021, 13:43 UTC
Message-ID: <20210917134318.scdqa6k4swzgo5k2@meerkat.local>
In-Reply-To: <9f3cc3f0-36db-f7e5-de1d-2c8c9f246884@gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 05:44:42PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:

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> Supposed that I'm writing git-foobar script ("git-foobar.sh"), which takes
> configuration variable "foobar.something" (string type).
> 
> How can I add that configuration variable so that it can be used by the
> script?

You can just add it. :) Git doesn't complain when it finds configuration parameters it doesn't know anything about, it just ignores them.

E.g. in your .gitconfig or individual repository .git/config:

    [foobar]
        something = yourvalue

-K