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Re: Minor bug: git config ignores empty sections

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Aug 15, 2016, 17:34 UTC
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On Aug 15 2016, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> And implicit in your test is the other bug, which is that deleting the
> last key in a section leaves the empty header. I think it's related to
> the same issue.

Indiscriminately removing empty section headers may break comments that have been put there on purpose.

Andreas.
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  1. Eli BarzilayAug 15, 2016
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  3. Andreas SchwabAug 15, 2016
  4. Jeff KingAug 15, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2016
  6. Andreas SchwabAug 15, 2016
  7. Jeff KingAug 15, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2016
  9. Eli BarzilayAug 16, 2016
  10. Jeff KingAug 16, 2016
  11. Jakub NarębskiAug 21, 2016
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