Re: Add ".git/config" file parser

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Oct 10, 2005, 21:47 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510101446180.14597@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510101415080.14597@g5.osdl.org>

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:

Show 13 quoted lines

> 
> 	; core variables
> 	[core]
> 		; Don't trust file modes
> 		filemode = false
> 
> 	; Our diff algorithm 
> 	[diff]
> 		external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
> 		renames = true
> 
> which parses into two variables: "core.filemode" is associated with the 
> string "false", and "diff.external" gets the appropriate quoted value.

_Three_ variables. Duh. I added the "renames" thing later, as I was looking at what kinds of default flags the "git-diff-xyz" family might be interested in having.

		Linus