[PATCH 3/3] git-config: document accidental multi-line setting in deprecated syntax

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The bug was noticed when writing the previous patch; a fix for this bug
is not easy though: If we choose to ignore the case of the subsection
(and revert most of the code of the previous patch, just keeping
s/strncasecmp/strcmp/), then we'd introduce new sections using the
new syntax, such that

 --------
   [section.subsection]
     key = value1
 --------

  git config section.Subsection.key value2

would result in

 --------
   [section.subsection]
     key = value1
   [section.Subsection]
     key = value2
 --------

which is even more confusing. A proper fix would replace the first
occurrence of 'key'. As the syntax is deprecated, let's prefer to not
spend time on fixing the behavior and just document it instead.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 14da5fc157e..1ac2eab9482 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -430,6 +430,27 @@ http.sslverify false
 
 include::config.txt[]
 
+BUGS
+----
+When using the deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax, changing a value
+will result in adding a multi-line key instead of a change, if the subsection
+is given with at least one uppercase character. For example when the config
+looks like
+
+--------
+  [section.subsection]
+    key = value1
+--------
+
+and running `git config section.Subsection.key value2` will result in
+
+--------
+  [section.subsection]
+    key = value1
+    key = value2
+--------
+
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
-- 
2.18.0.597.ga71716f1ad-goog




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