Re: [BUG] git config does not reuse section name

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Hi,

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 21:04, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If I recall correctly, this hasn't been even 
> > noticed/reported/recognized as an issue, ever since the "git 
> > repo-config" was introduced (which later was renamed to "git config").
> 
> I poked Dscho about it at some point.
> 
> > Dscho, do you remember details?
> 
> He told me that the 'git config' code is so horrible that it's 
> nigh-impossible to change the behavior, hence why he didn't do it :P.

Actually, I said something about the most obvious route being to re-use 
git_config() and that this approach had its limitations.

I also said that I earned (probably rightfully) a reputation of lousy code 
with Junio, which makes me think that I probably should refrain from ever 
contributing code to Git again.

Ciao,
Dscho

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