Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> That is why I tend to prefer how check-ref-format documentation >> describes --print: >> >> --normalize:: >> Normalize 'refname' by removing any leading slash (`/`) >> characters and collapsing runs of adjacent slashes between >> name components into a single slash. Iff the normalized >> refname is valid then print it to standard output and exit >> with a status of 0. (`--print` is a deprecated way to spell >> `--normalize`.) > > That works because, as you mention, the usual way to look up an option > in manpages is to search for "--print", including the two minus signs. > > Unfortunately an analagous approach in gitconfig(5) would be seriously > broken, because searching for "tracking" (no minus signs) is going to > hit many false positives. I do not think such a change would be an > improvement. I thought your example was that you saw "pull.default = tracking" and wondering what it is. Why do you need global search for "tracking", not just near pull.default is described, in the first place? -- 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