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Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/5] add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Oct 8, 2014, 18:37 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> I do not offhand think of a good example of an variable that we may
> want to allow overriding but still want to limit its values myself.
I just thought of a semi-realistic use-case : diff.*.{command,textconv}.

One may want to allow per-project sets of diff drivers, but these variables contain actual commands, so clearly we can't allow any value for these variables.

"semi-realistic" only because I never needed a per-project diff driver, I have my per-user preference and I'm happy with it.

Anyway, the feature does not seem vital to me, but if someone comes up with a clever way to keep room for it in the namespace, that would be cool.

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Matthieu Moy
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Message 27 of 30 in “add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables”
  1. 0/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  2. 1/5 config.c : move configset_iter() to an appropriate positionTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  3. 2/5 make git_config_with_options() to use a configsetTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  4. 3/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  5. 4/5 document the new "unset.variable" variableTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  6. 5/5 add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"Tanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  8. Tanay AbhraOct 2, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  10. Tanay AbhraOct 2, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  12. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  15. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  17. Tanay AbhraOct 6, 2014
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2014
  19. Tanay AbhraOct 6, 2014
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  21. Jeff KingOct 2, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  23. Jakub NarębskiOct 7, 2014
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2014
  25. Matthieu MoyOct 8, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  27. Matthieu MoyOct 8, 2014
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  29. Jeff KingOct 10, 2014
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2014

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