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Re: [PATCH/RFC 5/5] add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2014, 18:48 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> That is why I said "unset.variable" is unworkable with existing "git
> config" command line.  Always appending at the end is usable for
> ordinary variables, but for unset.variable, it is most likely the
> least useful thing to do.  You can explain "among 47 different
> things it could do, we chose to do the most useless thing, because
> that is _consistent_ with how the ordinary variables are placed in
> the cofiguration file" in the documentation but it forgets to
> question if unset.variable should be treated the same way as
> ordinary variables in the first place.
This is a tangent, but the above also applies to the "include.path".
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Message 14 of 30 in “add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables”
  1. 0/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  2. 1/5 config.c : move configset_iter() to an appropriate positionTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  3. 2/5 make git_config_with_options() to use a configsetTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  4. 3/5 add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variablesTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  5. 4/5 document the new "unset.variable" variableTanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  6. 5/5 add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable"Tanay Abhra, Oct 2, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  8. Tanay AbhraOct 2, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
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  11. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  12. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
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  16. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2014
  17. Tanay AbhraOct 6, 2014
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2014
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  20. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  21. Jeff KingOct 2, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2014
  23. Jakub NarębskiOct 7, 2014
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2014
  25. Matthieu MoyOct 8, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  27. Matthieu MoyOct 8, 2014
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2014
  29. Jeff KingOct 10, 2014
  30. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2014

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