From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:19:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: replace 3 dash with correct 2 dash in git-config(1)
Message-ID: <xmqq34mrkxre.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <8c1c031b-4f36-4825-93ef-408c50b0ee2f@gmail.com>

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>