> On Sun, 6 May 2018 22:03:10 +0200 > Martin Ågren <martin.ag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6 May 2018 at 21:03, Shulhan <m...@kilabit.info> wrote: > > > [alias] > > > tree = --no-pager log --graph \ > > > -n 20 \ > > > [user] > > > name = Shulhan > > > > > > (2) Run `git config -f git.config -l` > > > > > > The command print the following output, > > > > > > alias.tree=--no-pager log --graph -n 20 [user] > > > alias.name=Shulhan > > > > Small mistake, big consequences. :-) > > > > This behavior looks correct to me, though. It seems very hard to me to > > second-guess what the user meant. For example, what if that third line > > contained a "="? Like: > > > > [alias] > > huh = !dd \ > > bs=1024 ... > > > > Should Git guess that the backslash on the second line was a mistake? > > Or maybe not, because alias.bs = "1024 ..." would be a useless alias? > > The context of multiline next value that I reported before was > about section, not variable. > > > > > I think such guessing would be theoretically possible, but especially > > if Git guesses wrong, that could be very frustrating to fight against. > > > > I'm not familiar with git config parser, obviously :), but checking > the start of next multiline value that start with '[' maybe not > impossible. Git should not guessed, but report error at the > offending line: either user forgot to enclosed the variable with > double quote or they missplace the backslash.
But it's not an error; as far as the config file syntax is concerned, it's perfectly valid, even if it's not what you intended. Reporting it as error would be just guessing.
