Re: [PATCH v3] help: interpret boolean string values for help.autocorrect

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 13, 2025, 16:18 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikqibsbp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250113054355.GB767856@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> That's probably OK, though it is a little unlike other bools in that "0"
> is usually a strict synonym for "false". So we could go the other way,
> with "0, false, off, no" meaning "show but don't run" and leaving
> "never" by itself to mean "do nothing".

That's my fault.  Your version makes perfect sense.

Thanks for being extra careful (well, more careful than myself, that is).

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