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Re: [PATCH/RFC 5/5] add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"

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Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 6, 2014, 19:43 UTC
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On 10/7/2014 12:58 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
> The point is to prevent"git config --add foo.baz anothervalue" starting from
> 
> --- --- ---
> [foo]
>   bar = some
> [unset] variable = foo.baz
> --- --- ---
> 
> from adding foo.baz next to existing foo.bar. We would want to end up with
> 
> --- --- ---
> [foo]
>   bar = some
> [unset] variable = foo.baz
> [foo]
>   baz = anothervalue
> --- --- ---
> 
> So "When dealing with foo.baz, ignore everything above the last unset.variable
> that unsets foo.baz" is what I meant (and I think that is how I wrote).
>
Yes, that was what I inferred too, I should have worded it more carefully, thanks.
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Message 19 of 30 in “add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables”
  1. 0/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  2. 1/5 config.c : move configset_iter() to an appropriate positionTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  3. 2/5 make git_config_with_options() to use a configsetTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  4. 3/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  5. 4/5 document the new "unset.variable" variableTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  6. 5/5 add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"Tanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
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  25. Matthieu MoyOct 8, 2014
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