Re: Get rid of .git/branches/ and .git/remotes/?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 23, 2005, 14:53 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511231549320.8191@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200511230005.12957.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

Hi,

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:

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> My suggestion complements hierarchical keys:
> 
>  [myporcelain.headproperties: my/head.name]
>     merge.candidates = my/other.head
>     merge.default = your/master
> 
> would be the same as
> 
>  [myporcelain.headproperties]
>     merge.candidates = my/other.head for my/head.name
>     merge.default = your/master for my/head.name

Okay. What about this config file?

-- snip --
	[myporcelain.headproperties: my/head.name]
		merge.candidates = my/other.head
	[myporcelain.headproperties]
		merge.candidates = blabla for my/head.name
-- snap --

I am not totally opposed to what you are trying, but I think it contradicts the KISS principle. (Note: the restriction that key names must not start with a digit is also a contradiction to that.)

Ciao, Dscho