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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Complain in the tests about git config not failing with, keys without a section

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 5, 2012, 19:29 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> For "git config --list", as you noticed, we include it in the output. I
> suspect we should simply omit it as cruft. But we could also issue a
> warning, and/or die.

A new warning might be worth if we were to suddenly start omitting them from --list output, but dying won't fly well.

People have been happily lived with their config with such lines that do not affect what git does, but a new version of git starts to "die" on them. For what purpose? Whom is such a change designed to help?

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  1. 1/2 Complain in the tests about git config not failing with, keys without a sectionRune Schjellerup Philosof, Mar 2, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2012
  3. Rune PhilosofMar 5, 2012
  4. Jeff KingMar 5, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2012
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