Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] builtin/help: add --config-all-for-completion

From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2024, 16:13 UTC
Message-ID: <527a643d-5d63-da05-70ad-99200a7b85d1@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ZcSF2mw-zR1d38UG@tanuki>

Le 2024-02-08 à 02:42, Patrick Steinhardt a écrit :

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> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 01:28:00PM +0000, Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
>>
>> There is currently no machine-friendly way to show _all_ configuration
>> variables from the command line. 'git help --config' does show them all,
>> but it also sets up the pager. 'git help --config-for-completion' omits
>> some variables (those containing wildcards, for example) and 'git help
>> --config-section-for-completion' shows only top-level section names.
> 
> You can invoke `git --no-pager help --config` so that Git does not set
> up the pager. Is there a reason why we can't use that?

I'm glad to say there is no reason we can't use that! I just did not think of it and dived straight into the C code. I'll use that in v3 and just drop this patch from the series.

Thanks!

Philippe.