Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] send-email: move trivial config handling to Perl

From: Felipe Contreras <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 02:04:08 -0500

Jeff King wrote:
> It is a bit unfortunate to have to go through these contortions, but
> this is definitely the best we can do for now. I think in the long run
> it would be nice to have a "--stdin" mode for git-config, where we could
> do something like:
> 
>   git config --stdin <<\EOF
>   key=foo.bar
>   type=bool
>   default=false
> 
>   key=another.key
>   type=color
>   default=red
>   EOF

Why do we even have to specify the type? Shouldn't there be a registry
of configurations (a schema), so that all users don't have to do this?

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Felipe Contreras