# git config key bug or by design?

1 messages from 2012-11-28 to 2012-11-28. Participants: Peter van der Does.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32224

## Peter van der Does, 2012-11-28 02:57

Subject: git config key bug or by design?
Message-ID: <20121127215725.14682a0d@Indy>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20121127215725.14682a0d%40Indy

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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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