On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Jeff King wrote: > > It seems like the '.' implies hierarchy, but the syntax of the file > doesn't really follow it. But that's a minor issue, and really not worth > the pain it would take to change at this point. Hierarchy is idiotic in a human-readable file. It's not how people work. And you're looking at the wrong part. You're looking at the _code_ part, which is not the primary thing. The primary thing is the config file syntax. And [branch "mybranch"] url = xyz is a hell of a lot more readable than any alternatives I've ever seen, and no, there is no hierarchy _anywhere_ there, and shouldn't be. Forget about "branch.mybranch.url". It has no meaning. It's not what you are supposed to ever use as a human (it's purely for scripting). It's not worth even thinking about. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
