From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC8AC2036B for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2017 04:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751960AbdJDEBo (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2017 00:01:44 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:53345 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751931AbdJDEBl (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Oct 2017 00:01:41 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0A4A02BE; Wed, 4 Oct 2017 00:01:41 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=papxTPdkD+qatzf2Dcr0OvPtiGw=; b=n3i0sK mur8BuRGjLU8L7csUMEBLbmdDb7/cwpu0lpEQu4v425MWOlKAAUf9P0R15YnoBqd 4ork2MQNF3AVY8lNjJH7T+58CBF88UqQV5toqbQIDbvvV5benbqd5XmxchS1AWgd eWPLZli7dLqFGocqhUpi8Jdm4RK+yUgXV/yP8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=h2VadxQo8qx9f0Eqjn5/Jv5t1FAiT4FM acRE3n2c9TTcyY8nkPMI9OvWKbd6joVmpJMYJFZ5pR+xjBeIB+AYKvMscCRKlwLH PS7j4B+z2R8Z8qyz3QywLaUfORbW8m6/ARXqtsP2YUwjG53gYwNiH2RP0bDJ45Xt 7BsQOBzvIV0= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E77A02BD; Wed, 4 Oct 2017 00:01:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D2E4A02BC; Wed, 4 Oct 2017 00:01:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Matthieu Moy Cc: Jonathan Nieder , rpjday@crashcourse.ca, Git Mailing List Subject: Re: What means "git config bla ~/"? References: <20171002061303.Horde.SL92grZCqTRV9oQkBFPELQ7@crashcourse.ca> <20171002171300.GP19555@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> <1964024229.332266.1507031152104.JavaMail.zimbra@matthieu-moy.fr> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:01:39 +0900 In-Reply-To: <1964024229.332266.1507031152104.JavaMail.zimbra@matthieu-moy.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:45:52 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: B9EA4FBC-A8B8-11E7-A01C-575F0C78B957-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Matthieu Moy writes: > "Junio C Hamano" writes: > >> Jonathan Nieder writes: >> >>>> what's with that "git config bla ~/"? is this some config keyword >>>> or something? >>> ... >> git config section.var ~/some/thing >> ... > > I prefer your "section.var" proposal above. I think people who really understand shell quoting do not need the explanations, and others probably need the example. > > While we're there, the formatting is also wrong ('' quoting, while we normally use `` quoting for shell commands). > > Sounds like a nice microproject for my students :-). A patch should follow soon. OK, thanks. Lest we forget, this is #leftoverbits for now.