Re: [PATCH 2/2] config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs

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On 2020-11-18 at 07:04:30, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 02:25:32AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > Sure, that could be an option.  It's the simplest, and we already know
> > how to handle config this way.  People will be able to figure out how to
> > use it pretty easily.
> 
> At first, this idea sounds quite interesting. But only until one
> realizes that it's got the exact same problem which I'm trying to solve:
> there's still a point in time where one can observe config values via
> the command line, even though that moment now is a lot shorter compared
> to running the "real" git command with those keys.

I don't think that's the case.  This command:

  git --env-config a.b.c=ENV_VAR

would be equivalent to this shell command:

  git -c "a.b.c=$ENV_VAR"

In other words, ENV_VAR is the _name_ of a environment variable to read
for the config value.  Subprocesses would inherit it using the
undocumented GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS.

Or are you trying to hide the configuration key as well?
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US

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