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Re: man git-config inconsistency (*.fsckObjects)

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2016, 18:00 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 02:41:44PM +0000, Markus Kuhn wrote:
>> Suggested rephrasing:
>>
>>            If not set, the value of transfer.fsckObjects is used
>>            instead, which defaults to false.
>
> Yeah, I agree your phrasing is much clearer.

Should we worry about this becoming outdated if the default of transfer.fsckObjects ever changes, or is that being overcautious? If it is a legitimate concern, then perhaps drop "which defaults to false" from the end of the sentence.

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