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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, 00:27 UTC
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demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
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> If Ævar's proposal was implemented without a --with-exec switch then
>
> user.name = !me
>
> would set your name to the result of executing the "me" command, which
> likely would have the same result as not having set your name at all,
> but presumably with a warning about a bad command.
>
> 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.

When you say "alias.co = !git checkout --foo-bar", you are not saying "instead of usual aliases like 'alias.co = checkout' that defines what string replaces the 'co' alias, please run !whatever command, capture its output, and that is the _value_ of alias.co variable, i.e. the command line that is going to be run".

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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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