From: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:43:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 5/5] add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"
Message-ID: <5432F0E8.7020705@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPc5daXa_Maz3nTr4s=fxxL9FYs8VbndqX-2R_iwo4KRHCKQhA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/7/2014 12:58 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> 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.