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Re: Empty config sections are neither deleted nor reused

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Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li>
Date
May 14, 2016, 18:54 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>> Junio's explanation must not necessarily be read as "it has to be the
>> way it is", but more as "getting it right is harder than you think", and
>> that in turn explains why no one changed the behavior.
>
> Thanks for clarification.  s/must not necessarily/must not/;
That's how I read it too ;-)
Apparently my reply left more room for interpretation.
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  4. Matthieu MoyMay 14, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2016
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