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git config key bug or by design?

Subject: git config key bug or by design?

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One message between Nov 28, 2012 and Nov 28, 2012.

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Peter van der Does· Nov 28, 2012, 02:57 UTC · lore

I noticed today I can't create a key starting with a number.

The source code[1] confirms this, but is this a bug or is it by design?

[1]: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/config.c#L1265

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