Re: General support for ! in git-config values

> demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 2 February 2012 01:27, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Does that mean that from a utility point of view it does?
>
> Not really.
>
> I do not think whatever "utility" value outweighs the hassle of having to
> think through the ramifications (including but not limited to security) of
> running arbitrary user command every time a value is looked up.