Re: [PATCH] config: option transfer.ipversion to set transport protocol version for network fetches

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 17, 2020, 22:31 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbli4ox0h.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200917140254.GA28281@pflmari>

Alex Riesen <alexander.riesen@cetitec.com> writes:

> If the configuration variable is allowed to be set to that "lack of
> preference" value, we kind of have a command line option for it:
>
>     git -c transfer.protocolFamily=any fetch ...

Yes.

But we typically do not count that as being able to override from the command line. If "git fetch --ipv4" will defeat the configured "transfer.protoclFamily=ipv6", the users will expect there is some way to do the same and say they accept any protocol family to be used.

Thanks.

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