Hi, On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 08:47:50PM +0200, Bert Wesarg wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 20:34, Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here I am wondering whether we have a similar mechanism in git gui like > > in core git that makes yes,true,1 equivalents (and similar with other > > values) ? > > But it is not only yes,true,1 or no,false,0 its a tristate with the > third state 'ask'. For booleans, there is such functionality in git > gui. See is_config_true and is_config_false. Reusing these for this > tristate wouldn't work. The current check here is indeed very strict > and should be loosen by at least ignoring the case, surrounding > spaces, and allow also true/false. But also note, that this variable > can be set via the Options menu, so you can't mistype it. Well if using git config you can ;-). I just wanted to ask whether we may already have machinery which supports such tristate. If we do not I think the current "strict" configuration is fine. In most cases the user will use the gui itself to configure such behavior so thats no big deal. If someone needs that it can be added later on. Thanks, Heiko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html