From: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@suse•cz>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4] Documentation fixes in git-config
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:59:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120301105945.GI31079@fm.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120301081941.GA31079@fm.suse.cz>
Variable names must start with an alphabetic character, regexp config key
matching has its limits, sentence grammar.
Signed-off-by: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@suse•cz>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
---
Junio,
Jeff had two more comments, which I've incorporated into the fix. I think
we've reached the acme of patch polishing, and I'd call this patch final.
Please apply.
Documentation/config.txt | 12 +++++++-----
Documentation/git-config.txt | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e55dae1..5367ba9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
-dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
+dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
+characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
+variables may appear multiple times.
Syntax
~~~~~~
@@ -54,9 +55,10 @@ All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
-The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
-characters and `-` are allowed. There can be more than one value
-for a given variable; we say then that variable is multivalued.
+The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
+and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more
+than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is
+multivalued.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index aa8303b..81b0398 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ OPTIONS
is not exactly one.
--get-regexp::
- Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
- Also outputs the key names.
+ Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
+ writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently
+ case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key
+ in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
+ names are not.
--global::
For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
--
1.7.9.2.324.g78dedf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-01 10:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-08 14:46 git-config does not check validity of variable names Libor Pechacek
2011-01-11 5:59 ` Jeff King
2011-01-19 10:01 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-19 14:11 ` [PATCH] Sanity-ckeck config " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-20 23:22 ` Jeff King
2011-01-21 0:06 ` Jeff King
2011-01-21 10:02 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 10:23 ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 16:23 ` Jeff King
2011-01-27 14:28 ` [PATCH v3] Sanity-check " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-27 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-28 14:53 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-30 19:40 ` [PATCH v4] " Libor Pechacek
2011-02-10 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-11 18:52 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-19 14:14 ` [PATCH] Documentation fixes in git-config Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 0:27 ` Jeff King
2011-01-21 10:20 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 10:25 ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 16:25 ` Jeff King
2011-01-23 19:46 ` Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01 8:19 ` [PATCH v3] " Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01 9:08 ` Jeff King
2012-03-01 10:54 ` Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01 16:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-01 10:59 ` Libor Pechacek [this message]
2011-01-27 14:52 ` [PATCH] Disallow empty section and variable names Libor Pechacek
2011-01-30 20:34 ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31 7:48 ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-31 9:17 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31 9:29 ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-31 13:08 ` [PATCH v3] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31 16:48 ` Jens Lehmann
2011-02-01 7:13 ` [PATCH v4] " Libor Pechacek
2011-02-10 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
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