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Re: General support for ! in git-config values

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2012, 01:39 UTC
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demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
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> On 2 February 2012 01:27, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> user.name=!ldap_full_name
>>> user.email=!ldap_email
>>
>> I didn't get the impression that that was what he was proposing, but
>> regardless of who's suggesting it, the above does not make any sense,
>> from the syntax point of view.
>
> Does that mean that from a utility point of view it does?
Not really.

I do not think whatever "utility" value outweighs the hassle of having to think through the ramifications (including but not limited to security) of running arbitrary user command every time a value is looked up.

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  1. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 1, 2012
  2. Jeff KingFeb 1, 2012
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 1, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2012
  5. demerphqFeb 2, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  7. demerphqFeb 2, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  9. demerphqFeb 2, 2012
  10. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  11. demerphqFeb 2, 2012
  12. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  13. demerphqFeb 2, 2012
  14. Kyle MoffettFeb 3, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  16. Kyle MoffettFeb 3, 2012
  17. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  18. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2012
  20. demerphqFeb 2, 2012

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