On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 02:21, demerphq <demerphq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> So far I haven't seen an actual patch to comment on >> (or even a proposed syntax beyond starting a string with "!", which I >> think is a non-starter due to conflicting with existing uses), > > I understand. I think we will probably use backtick quoting in git-deploy. So > > deploy.prefix=`cat /etc/SERVER_ROLE` > > will execute cat /etc/SERVER_ROLE and use the results as the value of > the config option. Alternatively, you could extend the recent proposal for GIT config "include" statements so that something like this works: [include] exec = echo "deploy.prefix = `cat /etc/SERVER_ROLE`" exec = /usr/local/bin/git-config-for-ldap-user Thoughts? Cheers, Kyle Moffett -- 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