[PATCH] config: fix suggestion for failed set of multi-valued option
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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
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- Nov 24, 2025, 20:33 UTC
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The command "git config set <name> <value>" fails for an option that has multiple values. List the "git config set" flags that can be used, instead of old-style "git config" actions.
Reported-by: Paul Wintz <pwintz@ucsc.edu> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> --- Resent as a pure patch because I messed up the scissors line.
builtin/config.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index 75852bd79d..86e0cd77f3 100644 --- a/builtin/config.c +++ b/builtin/config.c @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ static int cmd_config_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, argv[0], comment, value); if (ret == CONFIG_NOTHING_SET) error(_("cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value\n" - " Use a regexp, --add or --replace-all to change %s."), argv[0]); + " Use --value=<pattern>, --append or --all to change %s."), argv[0]); } location_options_release(&location_opts);
-- 2.52.0