From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:42 GMT
Subject: Re: General support for ! in git-config values
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In-Reply-To: <CANgJU+XQWdFmfmBJ4KX4GBz1a=TrVbp9BphGmhEb5Gphmzogjw@mail.gmail.com>

demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.