Matthieu Moy <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>>> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword
>>>> or something?
>>> ...
>> git config section.var ~/some/thing
>> ...
>
> I prefer your "section.var" proposal above. I think people who really understand shell quoting do not need the explanations, and others probably need the example.
>
> While we're there, the formatting is also wrong ('' quoting, while we normally use `` quoting for shell commands).
>
> Sounds like a nice microproject for my students :-). A patch should follow soon.
OK, thanks. Lest we forget, this is #leftoverbits for now.
