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From: demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: General support for ! in git-config values
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 03:06:34 +0100
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On 2 February 2012 02:41, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> When you say "alias.co =3D !git checkout --foo-bar", you are not sa=
ying
>>> "instead of usual aliases like 'alias.co =3D checkout' that defines=
 what
>>> string replaces the 'co' alias, please run !whatever command, captu=
re
>>> its output, and that is the _value_ of alias.co variable, i.e. the =
command
>>> line that is going to be run".
>>
>> I think I see your point. Using the same "!" notation for "execute
>> this command and exit" and "execute this command and use its result =
as
>> the config value" might be confusing.
>
> I am afraid that you are not seeing it. =A0In "alias.co =3D !whatever=
", bang
> does *NOT* mean "execute this command and exit".

Then I have been unclear. I understand what this does:

$ git config alias.foo '!echo foo'
$ git foo
foo

And if you were trying to say that having "!" denote "execute this
command and use its return as the config value" would be confusing as
it is different from its meaning for aliases then I see your point.

--=20
perl -Mre=3Ddebug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"