currently having a discussion with ben straub of "pro git" notoriety,
and he and i seem to agree that there's not much value in registering
ignore patterns in a repo-specific .git/info/exclude file.
on the one hand, the .gitignore files that come with a repo would
represent (in ben's
i just ran across "git var" for the first time, and it seems a bit weird.
it refers to the (apparently) four git "logical variables":
- GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
- GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
- GIT_EDITOR
- GIT_PAGER
first question -- what is it about precisely those four variables that makes
them
couple (admittedly trivial) questions about stashing. first, can i
clarify that when one stashes content, a stash *always* distinguishes
between what was staged, and what was unstaged? that is, when one is
stashing, the "--keep-index" option relates to whether or not staged
changes are left in
(i suppose that if i'm going to continue whining about stuff, i might
as well clone the git source and start submitting patches.)
in "man git-config":
-l
--list
List all variables set in config file, along with their values.
i'm sure i'm about to embarrass myself but, in "man git-config",
OPTIONS, one reads:
--path
git-config will expand leading ~ to the value of $HOME, and ~user
to the home directory for the specified user. This option has no
effect when setting the value (but you can use git config
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