From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:13:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] [RFC] Make 'git config list --type=' parse and filter types
Message-ID: <aYxyV1P4QUPmBzeZ@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2044.git.1770698579.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 04:42:54AM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
> This is marked as an RFC because I need to add some more tests and because
> this is a behavior change! If there are any tools currently passing the
> --type=<X> argument to git config list then they will have a change of
> behavior with this series. It's an easy workaround: drop the --type argument
> or add --no-type to go back to the previous behavior.

I think this is not a huge problem. It simply reads like a bug to me
that the command accepts the option, but doesn't honor it. Sure, it can
lead to different behaviour, but I think that's acceptable.

Patrick