Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2021-09-17 09:43:18-0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 05:44:42PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
>> > Supposed that I'm writing git-foobar script ("git-foobar.sh"), which takes
>> > configuration variable "foobar.something" (string type).
>> >
>> > How can I add that configuration variable so that it can be used by the
>> > script?
>>
>> You can just add it. :) Git doesn't complain when it finds configuration
>> parameters it doesn't know anything about, it just ignores them.
>>
>> E.g. in your .gitconfig or individual repository .git/config:
>>
>> [foobar]
>> something = yourvalue
>
> Or just:
>
> git config [--global] foobar.something yourvalue
In addition to that, unless it is a script for your throw-away use
that we do not have to worry about, consider if the users of "git
foobar" needs to override a configured value with --no-something or
--something=anothervalue from the command line, and if so, make sure
these command line options are available to them.
