Hi Axel,
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 03:57:21AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Package: git-buildpackage
> Version: 0.6.8
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> it would nice to have a gbp subcommand similar to apt-config or
> git-config for two functionalities:
>
> * To dump the final gbp.conf merged from multiple locations. E.g. "gbp
> config dump".
>
> * To extract single values so that your not forced to reinvent the wheel
> if you have to extract data from that config. E.g. "gbp config get
> debian-branch" or "gbp config get import-dsc:debian-branch".
>
> I can also imagine other delimiters than ":", e.g. "." or something
> like "gbp config get '[import-dsc]debian-branch'", but the latter
> needs additional quoting and is hence less easier to typo without much
> thinking.
This makes sense. Just in case you didn't notice already: the values
printed by
gbp <command> --help
readily print the parsed values from the configuration - they're hardly
machine parseable though atm.
Cheers,
-- Guido
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