Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] config: add '--show-origin' option to print the origin of a config value

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 22, 2016, 17:43 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4md08wua.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1455873362-66998-5-git-send-email-larsxschneider@gmail.com>

larsxschneider@gmail.com writes:

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> +test_expect_success '--show-origin with --list' '
> +	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
> +		file:$HOME/.gitconfig	user.global=true
> +		file:$HOME/.gitconfig	user.override=global
> +		file:$HOME/.gitconfig	include.path=$INCLUDE_DIR/absolute.include
> +		file:$INCLUDE_DIR/absolute.include	user.absolute=include
> +		file:.git/config	user.local=true
> +		file:.git/config	user.override=local
> +		file:.git/config	include.path=../include/relative.include
> +		file:.git/../include/relative.include	user.relative=include
> +		cmdline:	user.cmdline=true
> +	EOF
> ...
> +test_expect_success '--show-origin stdin' '
> +	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
> +		stdin:	user.custom=true
> +	EOF

I do recall there was some bikeshedding^Wdesigning discussion, in which I chose not to participate, on the output format, how origin-type and origin-value are given in the output in an unambiguous way that is easy to understand by the end users.

Does the above reflect the concensus from the discussion? Just double checking.