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

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 23, 2005, 17:22 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0511231746140.9446@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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<200511231639.59866.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Hi,
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
>  [myporcelain]
>     headproperties.merge.candidates = blabla

With such a config file, git complains loudly. Key names are only allowed to be alphanumerical, and the first letter cannot even be a digit. No dots.

> This suggestion is about easier reading of config files; IMHO far easier
> with some use cases; but yes, it is arguable if it's worth an added
> complexity of config.c/config-set.c.
Well, I'll be glad to help the implementation of whatever we agree on.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsNov 20, 2005
  3. Sven VerdoolaegeNov 20, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsNov 20, 2005
  5. Andreas EricssonNov 20, 2005
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisNov 26, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005
  9. Josef WeidendorferNov 20, 2005
  10. Johannes SchindelinNov 20, 2005
  11. Josef WeidendorferNov 22, 2005
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2005
  13. Andreas EricssonNov 22, 2005
  14. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2005
  16. Andreas EricssonNov 23, 2005
  17. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2005
  18. Andreas EricssonNov 24, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2005
  20. Rename git-config-set to git-repo-configJohannes Schindelin, Nov 24, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2005
  22. Johannes SchindelinNov 24, 2005
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2005
  24. Johannes SchindelinNov 24, 2005
  25. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2005
  26. Linus TorvaldsNov 26, 2005
  27. Linus TorvaldsNov 26, 2005
  28. 0/8 Make C-level operable from subdirectoriesJunio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  29. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2005
  30. Ryan AndersonNov 26, 2005
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005
  32. Petr BaudisNov 27, 2005
  33. Linus TorvaldsNov 27, 2005
  34. Petr BaudisNov 27, 2005
  35. Linus TorvaldsNov 27, 2005
  36. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  37. Linus TorvaldsNov 28, 2005
  38. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  39. Linus TorvaldsNov 28, 2005
  40. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  41. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2005
  42. ls-tree: Resurrect funny name quoting lost during rewrite.Junio C Hamano, Nov 28, 2005
  43. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2005
  44. 1/8 git-apply: work from subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  45. Linus TorvaldsNov 26, 2005
  46. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2005
  47. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005
  48. Lars Magne IngebrigtsenNov 27, 2005
  49. 2/8 peek-remote: honor proxy config even from subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  50. 3/8 fsck-objects: work from subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  51. 4/8 checkout-index: work from subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  52. 5/8 hash-object: work within subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  53. 6/8 ls-tree: work from subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  54. Linus TorvaldsNov 26, 2005
  55. 7/8 Make networking commands to work from a subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  56. 8/8 Make the rest of commands work from a subdirectory.Junio C Hamano, Nov 26, 2005
  57. Josef WeidendorferNov 22, 2005
  58. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2005
  59. Josef WeidendorferNov 23, 2005
  60. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2005
  61. Lars Magne IngebrigtsenNov 27, 2005
  62. Junio C HamanoNov 27, 2005

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