Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-03 Thread Junio C Hamano
Matthieu Moy writes: > "Junio C Hamano" writes: > >> Jonathan Nieder writes: >> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword or something? >>> ... >> git config section.var ~/some/thing >> ... > >

Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-03 Thread Matthieu Moy
"Junio C Hamano" writes: > Jonathan Nieder writes: > >>> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword >>> or something? >> ... >> >> I agree with you that it is less clear than it could be. Ideas for >> clarifying it? > > Yeah, if

Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-02 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jonathan Nieder writes: >> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword >> or something? > ... > > I agree with you that it is less clear than it could be. Ideas for > clarifying it? Yeah, if it were git config section.var ~/some/thing that

Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > 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

Re: What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-02 Thread René Scharfe
[When I try to reply to rpj...@crashcourse.ca then my SMTP server says "Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable invalid DNS MX or A/ resource record.", so I'm replying only to the list.] Am 02.10.2017 um 12:13 schrieb rpj...@crashcourse.ca: > i'm sure i'm about to embarrass myself

What means "git config bla ~/"?

2017-10-02 Thread rpjday
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