On 30.12.2017 06:23, David Chapman wrote: > On 12/29/2017 8:56 PM, Branko Čibej wrote: >> On 30.12.2017 00:27, Daniel Shahaf wrote: >>> Ryan Schmidt wrote on Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:05 -0600: >>>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 12:55, Bo Berglund wrote: >>>> >>>>> I guess it is not valid to split the list on several lines in they >>>>> config file? >>>> I've never heard of that being possible. >>> It doesn't seem to be (to my surprise), but the following does work: >>> >>> [miscellany] >>> gi1 = foo1 foo2 >>> gi2 = bar1 bar2 >>> global-ignores = %(gi1)s %(gi2)s >>> >>> That's equivalent to >>> >>> [miscellany] >>> global-ignores = foo1 foo2 bar1 bar2 >>> >>> . >> Yes and this also works: >> >> [miscellany] >> global-ignores = >> foo1 foo2 >> bar1 bar2 >> >> >> Note the space at the beginning of the continuation lines. The syntax of >> Subversion config files is compatible with >> https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html > > Is this documented in The Book? I was looking at > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.confarea.html > today and it made no mention of this.
I don't know if it's documented. Omissions should be reported to the book authors, see the "Feedback/Contributing" section here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ -- Brane