Re: support block comments in gitconfig

From: stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com <stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com>
Date: Apr 5, 2016, 12:53 UTC
Message-ID: <5703B560.8070902@atlas-elektronik.com>
In-Reply-To: <CANri+ExqdM-TTibWK07B2VFns6fQ09fmbqbCKC1VWET1tgRFNA@mail.gmail.com>

Am 05.04.2016 um 04:19 schrieb Timothee Cour:

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> Could we have block comments in gitconfig?
> It's a nice-to-have supported in most languages.
> eg:
> 
> #{
> commented out block
> #}
> 
> or other intuitive syntax

Maybe not what you're looking for, but couldn't you use the include functionality of gitconfig:

[include]
  path = ~/.another.gitconfig

??

That way you can comment out a lot of configuration with one '#'.

Just my €0.02

Stefan

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