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Re: [PATCH] doc: add --show-names for git config

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Aug 21, 2024, 16:02 UTC
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 09:04:50AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> As to the name, I tend to agree that --show-names is a strange name
>> for the option, and I would have even suggest making "--all" to show
>> the name by default and give "--hide-name" option to countermand it
>> if we were adding this topic afresh today.  But that unfortunately
>> is all too late to change without much more effort than just changing
>> the name.
>
> Mh. Yeah, that might've been the better default indeed. The new command
> is still relatively young, but still, I don't know whether changing this
> is in the picture now.

Yeah, it appeared only in the latest release, and may not be relied on yet.

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  1. doc: add --show-names for git configYukai Chou, Aug 19, 2024
  2. Yukai ChouAug 19, 2024
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2024
  4. doc: add --show-names for git configYukai Chou, Aug 19, 2024
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtAug 21, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2024
  8. Patrick SteinhardtAug 21, 2024
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2024

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