The asciidoc documentation seemed to indicate that type specifiers are honoured on writing operations which they aren't. Make this more clear. Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 280ef20..827a499 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --add name value -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +'git-config' [--system | --global] name [value [value_regex]] +'git-config' [--system | --global] --add name value +'git-config' [--system | --global] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] 'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --get name [value_regex] 'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --unset name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --unset-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git-config' [--system | --global] [type] --remove-section name +'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset name [value_regex] +'git-config' [--system | --global] --unset-all name [value_regex] +'git-config' [--system | --global] --rename-section old_name new_name +'git-config' [--system | --global] --remove-section name 'git-config' [--system | --global] -l | --list DESCRIPTION @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, -a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, +a "true" or "false" string for bool). Type specifiers currently only +take effect for reading operations. If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. This command will fail if: -- 1.5.2-rc3.GIT - 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
