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Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Oct 4, 2017, 04:01 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <git@matthieu-moy.fr> writes:
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> "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>>> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword
>>>> or something?
>>> ...
>>	git config section.var ~/some/thing
>> ...
>
> I prefer your "section.var" proposal above. I think people who really understand shell quoting do not need the explanations, and others probably need the example.
>
> While we're there, the formatting is also wrong ('' quoting, while we normally use `` quoting for shell commands).
>
> Sounds like a nice microproject for my students :-). A patch should follow soon.
OK, thanks.  Lest we forget, this is #leftoverbits for now.
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  1. rpjday@crashcourse.caOct 2, 2017
  2. René ScharfeOct 2, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 2, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2017
  5. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017

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