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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation: refactor config variable descriptions

From
Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@web.de>
Date
Nov 2, 2010, 13:42 UTC
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<4CD01558.7030701@web.de>
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Am 25.10.2010 14:44, schrieb Jakub Narebski:
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> 1. Without checking for CONFIGURATION sections, we have what are 
>    probably false positives from gitmodules.txt:
> 
>      submodule.<name>.path::
>      submodule.<name>.url::
>      submodule.<name>.update::
>      submodule.<name>.ignore::
> 
>    I say *probably* because while gitmodules manpage describes those 
>    variables as going into .gitmodules, if I understand it correctly
>    those variables can got to .git/config as an override.

AFAICS only 'path' won't show up in .git/config. 'url' and 'update' are copied into .git/config by "git submodule init", 'ignore' might be added by a developer to override the setting from .gitmodules.

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Message 11 of 19 in “Documentation: refactor config variable descriptions”
  1. 0/3 Documentation: refactor config variable descriptionsThomas Rast, Oct 22, 2010
  2. 3/3 Documentation: move format.* documentation to format-patchThomas Rast, Oct 22, 2010
  3. Jakub NarebskiOct 22, 2010
  4. Jeff KingOct 22, 2010
  5. Thomas RastOct 24, 2010
  6. Jeff KingOct 25, 2010
  7. Jakub NarebskiOct 25, 2010
  8. Jeff KingOct 25, 2010
  9. Jakub NarebskiOct 25, 2010
  10. Jakub NarebskiOct 27, 2010
  11. Jens LehmannNov 2, 2010
  12. Jakub NarebskiOct 22, 2010
  13. Jakub NarebskiOct 22, 2010
  14. Jakub NarebskiOct 22, 2010
  15. Documentation: complete config list from other manpagesThomas Rast, Oct 23, 2010
  16. Jakub NarebskiOct 23, 2010
  17. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2010
  18. 2/3 Documentation: complete config list from other manpagesJakub Narebski, Oct 24, 2010
  19. 2/3 Documentation: complete config list from other manpagesJakub Narebski, Oct 24, 2010

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