On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 1:26 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Christian Couder <christian.couder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 10:49 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> ... > >> ... as if a '<token>=<value>' argument were added at the > >> beginning of the "git interpret-trailers" command, the > >> command specified by this configuration variable will be > >> called with an empty string as the argument. > >> > >> is my attempt, > > > > It looks better to me. > > > >> but I am not still sure what that "as if" part is > >> trying to say. Does it mean with > >> > >> [trailer "Foo"] cmd = foo-cmd > >> > >> and the 'input-file' does not have "Foo: <some existing value>" > >> trailer in it, the command "git interpret-trailers input-file" > >> would behave as if this command was run > >> > >> $ Foo= git interpret-trailers input-file > > > > I would say it would behave as if: > > > > $ git interpret-trailers --trailer Foo= input-file > > Hmmm. That means that the descrition in the original is quite > misleading, no? Yeah, I agree it is misleading and difficult to understand. > If it said > > ... as if "--trailer" "<token>=<value>" arguments were given > to "git interpret-trailers" command near the beginning of > its command line > > then that may be closer description of the command line you are > forming, but as its written (with or without my attempt to clarify > above), it was impossible to infer that you are behaving as if > another --trailer option (with <token>=<value> as its value) was > given. I agree.
