From: "Tanay Abhra" <tanayabh@xxxxxxxxx>
On 06/16/2014 05:49 AM, Philip Oakley wrote:
Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
- given will override values from configuration files.
+ given will override single valued variables from configuration
+ files, and append to multivar variables. Previous multivar values
Nit: Forgive me if I am wrong, but `, and` is used for joining two
independent
clauses. It would be better to drop the comma.
I just wrote it in my local style ;-) I was sort of treating them as
independent, but see Junio's comments in a similar vein.
+ remain in effect. Use "insteadOf" style config variables when an
+ over-ride is needed.
The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
'insteadOf' is a very specific approach for a general suggestion
because it is only
used in url.*.insteadof in the whole codebase. Also, it has a
variation described in
urls.txt as "pushinsteadof". So, if a problem such as mentioned above
arises in
a different scenario 'insteadOf' cannot be used in it.
I was using it as a suggestion for the user's 'go look for an
alternative' step (i.e. that there may be an alternative!)
--
Philip
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