Jeff King wrote: > It is a bit unfortunate to have to go through these contortions, but > this is definitely the best we can do for now. I think in the long run > it would be nice to have a "--stdin" mode for git-config, where we could > do something like: > > git config --stdin <<\EOF > key=foo.bar > type=bool > default=false > > key=another.key > type=color > default=red > EOF Why do we even have to specify the type? Shouldn't there be a registry of configurations (a schema), so that all users don't have to do this? -- Felipe Contreras