Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default`

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 30, 2018, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqy3i930bl.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180329011634.68582-2-me@ttaylorr.com>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> For some use cases, callers of the `git-config(1)` builtin would like to
> fallback to default values when the slot asked for does not exist. In
> addition, users would like to use existing type specifiers to ensure
> that values are parsed correctly when they do exist in the
> configuration.
> ...
> +--default value::
> +  When using `--get`, and the requested slot is not found, behave as if value
> +  were the value assigned to the that slot.

For "diff.<slot>.color", the above is OK, but in general, configuration variables are not called "slot". s/slot/variable/.

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