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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2009-12-30 17:51:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-12-31 12:19:38 -0800 |
| commit | 1349484e341a3ec2ba02a86c8fbd97ea9dc8c756 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c2d753daa7234da64de974c1badcc4973b35e79 /Documentation/git-config.txt | |
| parent | 902f235378cb2b2f6dd5dd664b9630c95321f0ae (diff) | |
| download | git-1349484e341a3ec2ba02a86c8fbd97ea9dc8c756.tar.gz | |
builtin-config: add --path option doing ~ and ~user expansion.
395de250 (Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template)
introduced a C function git_config_pathname, doing ~/ and ~user/
expansion. This patch makes the feature available to scripts with 'git
config --get --path'.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index f68b198205..263292809d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>). -The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make +The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, -a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, -no checks or transformations are performed on the value. +a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some +path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no +checks or transformations are performed on the value. The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' which specify where the values will be read from or written to. @@ -136,6 +137,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>. 'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of either --bool or --int, as described above. +--path:: + 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of + '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the + specified user. This option has no effect when setting the + value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the + command line to let your shell do the expansion). + -z:: --null:: For all options that output values and/or keys, always |