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Re: [RFC] Default options

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
May 9, 2007, 23:14 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 9 May 2007, Dana How wrote:
>
>> I notice git supports "alias.*" config variables.
>> Would it be useful to also support "options.*" variables?
>
> I would not do it, for the same reason we do not allow to override 
> builtins via aliases: it breaks scripts.
In any case, I find it a bit redundant with the alias section.

If I want to be able to quickly type "git-cmd --some --option", I'll just alias it to something shorter.

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Matthieu
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