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Re: [PATCH] Make git config fail on variables with no section, as documented

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 26, 2009, 19:48 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0907262146530.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, Alex Vandiver wrote:
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> At Sun Jul 26 12:49:28 -0400 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Is there any downside in allowing this?
> 
> Not explicitly.  However, there are no legal current uses of it, and
> allowing it might encourage extensions to use the top-level config
> namespace.
So?
> It also has the odd property that it _must_ be at the top of a 
> configuration file -- unlike all other configuration options, you can 
> never return to the section to add more variable definitions later.

Yes, that is a special property that you might actually want in some contexts.

That, together with the fact that "git config -f <file>" was meant _explicitely_ to allow 3rd party porcelains having their own config files without having to implement their own "git config" lets me suspect that we'd rather want the current behavior.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. 0/2 Section renaming can lose contentAlex Vandiver, Jul 24, 2009
  2. 1/2 Make section_name_match start on '[', and return the length on successAlex Vandiver, Jul 24, 2009
  3. 2/2 After renaming a section, print any trailing variable definitionsAlex Vandiver, Jul 24, 2009
  4. Nanako ShiraishiJul 24, 2009
  5. Alex VandiverJul 24, 2009
  6. Make git config fail on variables with no section, as documentedAlex Vandiver, Jul 26, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2009
  8. Alex VandiverJul 26, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2009
  10. Alex VandiverJul 26, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2009
  12. (unknown)Nanako Shiraishi, Jul 25, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2009
  15. Alex VandiverJul 25, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2009

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