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Re: [PATCH] doc: replace 3 dash with correct 2 dash in git-config(1)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2024, 17:19 UTC
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Celeste Liu <coelacanthushex@gmail.com> writes:
> And is there need a new patch to fix this? Or you will fix it directly?
>> 
>> The synopsis should lose "=<regexp>" part, as the option does not
>> take any arguments.
It is a separate documentation bug.  We can fix it separately.
----- >8 --------- >8 --------- >8 -----
Subject: git-config.1: two random small fixes

The synopsis says --regexp=<regexp> but the --regexp option is a Boolean that says "the name given is not literal, but a pattern to match the name".

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git c/Documentation/git-config.txt w/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 65c645d461..1ee5c89ba2 100644
--- c/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ w/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git config list' [<file-option>] [<display-option>] [--includes]
-'git config get' [<file-option>] [<display-option>] [--includes] [--all] [--regexp=<regexp>] [--value=<value>] [--fixed-value] [--default=<default>] <name>
+'git config get' [<file-option>] [<display-option>] [--includes] [--all] [--regexp] [--value=<value>] [--fixed-value] [--default=<default>] <name>
 'git config set' [<file-option>] [--type=<type>] [--all] [--value=<value>] [--fixed-value] <name> <value>
 'git config unset' [<file-option>] [--all] [--value=<value>] [--fixed-value] <name> <value>
 'git config rename-section' [<file-option>] <old-name> <new-name>
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  1. doc: replace 3 dash with correct 2 dash in git-config(1)Celeste Liu, Aug 22, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2024
  3. Patrick SteinhardtAug 23, 2024
  4. Celeste LiuAug 23, 2024
  5. Celeste LiuAug 23, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtAug 26, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024
  8. Celeste LiuAug 26, 2024
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024
  10. git-config.1: --get-all description updateJunio C Hamano, Aug 26, 2024
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2024

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