From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:22:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] docs: add design doc for config-batch
Message-ID: <a9c39434-c179-491f-87fb-52b1c2705790@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1702a6b0-78a0-49e8-b3e0-a112c251c9ed@app.fastmail.com>

On 2/5/2026 12:38 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 15:19, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

>> +`git config list [--<scope>]`::
>> +	Getting all values, regardless of config key, would require a
>> +	multi-valued output similar to the `help` command. This tool will
>> +	likely assume advanced options such as `--show-origin`.
> 
> What does it mean to assume options?

I mean that since we expect to have the output parsed by tools, then
we will probably want the maximum amount of information by default.
Maybe --show-origin isn't as helpful as --show-scope.
 
Thanks,
-Stolee