Re: js/empty-config-section-fix, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2018, #03; Wed, 23)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 28, 2018, 11:20 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1805281319530.82@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq36ycl4ly.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Mon, 28 May 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, 24 May 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> * js/empty-config-section-fix (2018-05-18) 1 commit
> >>  - config: a user-provided invalid section is not a BUG
> >> 
> >>  Error codepath fix.
> >> 
> >>  Will merge to 'next'.
> >
> > As a hotfix, maybe we can fast-track it to master?
> 
> Hotfix is a proposed fix for an issue that is so important to be a
> showstopper.  This one must be fixed before the final release, but I
> do not think it's not that urgent to force us to drop everything
> else and merge it to master immediately.

Well, in this case, a user might report a BUG when they simply have an invalid config.

I do not care all that much, but Peff (who reported this) might.

Ciao, Dscho