From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:31:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: option transfer.ipversion to set transport protocol version for network fetches
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.