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[PATCH] git-config: update doc for --get with multiple values

From
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
Jul 3, 2013, 18:27 UTC
Message-ID
<41dc25ceac50731a7c5da753c04b7c13c41c1b51.1372876047.git.john@keeping.me.uk>

Since commit 00b347d (git-config: do not complain about duplicate entries, 2012-10-23), "git config --get" does not exit with an error if there are multiple values for the specified key but instead returns the last value. Update the documentation to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 19a7be0..fbad05e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --get::
 	Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
 	matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
-	found and error code 2 if multiple key values were found.
+	found and the last value if multiple key values were found.
 
 --get-all::
 	Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
-- 
1.8.3.1.747.g77f7d3a
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  1. git-config: update doc for --get with multiple valuesJohn Keeping, Jul 3, 2013
  2. Jeff KingJul 3, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2013
  4. John KeepingJul 7, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2013
  6. git-config(1): clarify precedence of multiple valuesJohn Keeping, Jul 7, 2013
  7. Jeff KingJul 7, 2013

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