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Re: Fwd: git clone does not respect command line options

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2016, 08:34 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> As an alternative, it would be nice to have some config syntax for
> "clear the list". Maybe something like an empty string, which I think
> has no meaning for the current multi-valued variables (at least not for
> credential helpers or refspecs). That would allow something like:
>
>   git -c credential.helper= clone ...
>
> to do what you'd expect.

I've been thinking of -= instead. It's unambiguous. And you can use wildcards on both sides. "credential.helper -= *" means delete that key, "credential.* -= *" deletes all credential.* keys. credential.helper -= abc only deletes it if the previous value is abc.

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Duy
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  1. GuilhermeFeb 26, 2016
  2. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2016
  3. GuilhermeFeb 26, 2016
  4. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2016
  5. Jacob KellerFeb 26, 2016
  6. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2016
  7. Duy NguyenFeb 26, 2016
  8. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2016
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2016
  10. GuilhermeFeb 28, 2016
  11. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2016
  12. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2016

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