Hi Shulhan
Thank you for your report. I'm abbreviating a bit:
On 6 May 2018 at 21:03, Shulhan <ms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [alias]
> tree = --no-pager log --graph \
> -n 20 \
> [user]
> name = Shulhan
>
> (2) Run `git config -f git.config -l`
>
> The command print the following output,
>
> alias.tree=--no-pager log --graph -n 20 [user]
> alias.name=Shulhan
Small mistake, big consequences. :-)
This behavior looks correct to me, though. It seems very hard to me to
second-guess what the user meant. For example, what if that third line
contained a "="? Like:
[alias]
huh = !dd \
bs=1024 ...
Should Git guess that the backslash on the second line was a mistake?
Or maybe not, because alias.bs = "1024 ..." would be a useless alias?
I think such guessing would be theoretically possible, but especially if
Git guesses wrong, that could be very frustrating to fight against.
Martin
