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Re: [PATCH 1/4] Split up default "core" config parsing into helper routine

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jun 19, 2008, 00:28 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.1.10.0806181726550.2907@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Nobody should ever use "git-config" normally. You should fire up your 
> editor and just edit the damn file in place. But no, we don't have a 
> man-page for that.

Btw, one reason people end up talking about git-config is that it's easier to tell *other* people to "run this command" than it is to tell them to "edit this file so it looks like <xyz>".

And I think that's understandable, but still very sad. That file was designed to be edited by humans, and it's actually much easier to edit that way than to do lots of "git config" runs.

			Linus
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Message 12 of 16 in “Add 'core.fsyncobjectfiles' config option”
  1. 0/4 Add 'core.fsyncobjectfiles' config optionLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2008
  2. 1/4 Split up default "core" config parsing into helper routineLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2008
  3. 2/4 Split up default "user" config parsing into helper routineLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2008
  4. 3/4 Split up default "i18n" and "branch" config parsing into helper routinesLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2008
  5. 4/4 Add config option to enable 'fsync()' of object filesLinus Torvalds, Jun 18, 2008
  6. Jeff KingJun 18, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2008
  8. Jeff KingJun 18, 2008
  9. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2008
  10. Jeff KingJun 19, 2008
  11. Linus TorvaldsJun 19, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsJun 19, 2008
  13. Daniel BarkalowJun 19, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  15. Jeff KingJun 19, 2008
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