Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > `git config --bool xxx.yyy` returns `true` for `[xxx]yyy` but > `false` for `[xxx]yyy=` or `[xxx]yyy=""`. This is tested in > t1300-repo-config.sh since 09bc098c2. > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/config.txt | 10 +++++----- > Documentation/git.txt | 3 ++- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) This looks good to me. Will queue. > diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt > index d5c9c4cab..478b9431e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/config.txt > @@ -216,15 +216,15 @@ boolean:: > synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all > case-insensitive. > > - true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`, > - or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` > + true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`, > + and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` > is taken as true. > > - false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, > - `false`, or `0`. > + false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, > + `0` and the empty string. > + > When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type > -specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or > +specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or > "false" (spelled in lowercase). > > integer:: > diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt > index 7dd5e0328..6e3a6767e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git.txt > @@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent: > Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets > `foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a > config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c > -foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string. > +foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which ` git config > +--bool` will convert to `false`. > > --exec-path[=<path>]:: > Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
