"git clone --config" uses the following incantation to add an item to a config file, instead of replacing an existing value: git_config_set_multivar_gently(key, value, "^$", 0) As long as no existing value matches the regex ^$, that works as intended and adds to the config. When a value is empty, though, it replaces the existing value. Noticed while trying to set credential.helper during a clone to use a specific helper without inheriting from ~/.gitconfig and /etc/gitconfig. That is, I ran git clone -c credential.helper= \ -c credential.helper=myhelper \ https://example.com/repo intending to produce the configuration [credential] helper = helper = myhelper Without this patch, the 'helper =' line is not included and the credential helper from /etc/gitconfig gets used. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- Thoughts? Thanks, Jonathan builtin/clone.c | 4 +++- t/t5611-clone-config.sh | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index de85b85254..a6ae7d6180 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -773,7 +773,9 @@ static int checkout(int submodule_progress) static int write_one_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *data) { - return git_config_set_multivar_gently(key, value ? value : "true", "^$", 0); + return git_config_set_multivar_gently(key, + value ? value : "true", + CONFIG_REGEX_NONE, 0); } static void write_config(struct string_list *config) diff --git a/t/t5611-clone-config.sh b/t/t5611-clone-config.sh index e4850b778c..39329eb7a8 100755 --- a/t/t5611-clone-config.sh +++ b/t/t5611-clone-config.sh @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ test_expect_success 'clone -c can set multi-keys' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'clone -c can set multi-keys, including some empty' ' + rm -rf child && + git clone -c credential.helper= -c credential.helper=hi . child && + printf "%s\n" "" hi >expect && + git --git-dir=child/.git config --get-all credential.helper >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_expect_success 'clone -c without a value is boolean true' ' rm -rf child && git clone -c core.foo . child && -- 2.13.0.rc1.294.g07d810a77f