From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:52:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] config: add --literal-value option
Message-ID: <xmqqft53u252.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <3a347d16-8549-5244-c7db-82b97d7311de@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> Since there is already asymmetry between the key and value (only one
> mode, --get-regexp, has a "name_regex"), I would prefer to treat the
> value_regex in isolation here.

Ah, I forgot about --get-regexp vs --get; so the ship has already
sailed---I agree with you that --(fixed|literal)-value is all we
need.

Thanks.