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=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID 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 7625E1F42D for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2018 01:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751801AbeDJBuo (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2018 21:50:44 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]:55378 "EHLO mail-wm0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751550AbeDJBum (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2018 21:50:42 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f53.google.com with SMTP id b127so22865681wmf.5 for ; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:50:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=0UTCfWBn/s4lnMLbY2Exs2DgN++rEnmIgdrQyW7nMRw=; b=G437nE7DmFvMzuYJKdTf68PIjYwD8lm648fnlVTtKjKsRUurMFpiSxGuquq7o0vbzE pYwFd+LAeite6BwgjmHAHCeptoINThXDQI7wYY/XjrW3bFv1mBTzKl2wDbmHkmIlxBQQ yjtqrAiawfntSSObWjYYPd6OOlMAWVgZ/piubvsQ0E/sba1/ZrtAAXSJAXaJTzj041CO AWve9oA/hh1zw7/YMnof2JfM5Zn0DrwdT3EC04UEyO6lQGAc8lT0qPcUvFIubT6ufFBC ow3UdAhF6tn2jdO5SPYk/1SMwtXHUsCiNk8AS5rJJ6hMzAPVUwlRR4a8guSh7r2o980E xeoA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=0UTCfWBn/s4lnMLbY2Exs2DgN++rEnmIgdrQyW7nMRw=; b=AWlH8+QwIMvbmGBwqy9gcIZQlUWdf81uotv/XS3iRZpKZCoxg/1a4tiqmYtrUW5dly MjKfIbC1CyZRCkkJ7PAdo19ahejJYHxpJdmLtpOfHxDfAd7oI8HcgS69VsyytLayMj8B 2OV7XeucA/D+0uIcd9bT1oKFZySzEEul2ef2DLe8fR0L8NRoCVCJx+dABIiPQ6bmRO+b RFati9Y2inFH6UXVFqKKEqqKyHpkH+XDh0eXwkYkwQZiQrJcwrTlHZ0sS0vAXAIxQwFB oMca5SMyAYTF/AqAYL8RXcyzkgOMr3SAprN8XpXz+je4TixX/ik6ktjNyTYKlmTBWZfd /KOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCdYFcWYzmIUhFtmKXBVnGBXyIy88I5G5Y+0ldqy/j9sP/31fJO cG4ekmhfmlO1jShvheJcqyI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4+JZSpDQPyMvazVBaxAiklaJBAp+A1rJnem/2pfaBvdy/mm4qkikwCVnw7sYHB1KNvTHSdu0g== X-Received: by 10.28.234.26 with SMTP id i26mr139958wmh.104.1523325041345; Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:50:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (112.68.155.104.bc.googleusercontent.com. [104.155.68.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w69sm1189063wrb.94.2018.04.09.18.50.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:50:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Taylor Blau Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sunshine@sunshineco.com, peff@peff.net Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` References: <20180306021729.45813-1-me@ttaylorr.com> <20180410001826.GB67209@syl.local> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:50:40 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20180410001826.GB67209@syl.local> (Taylor Blau's message of "Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:18:26 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Taylor Blau writes: > For some use cases, callers of the `git-config(1)` builtin would like to > fallback to default values when the variable asked for does not exist. > In addition, users would like to use existing type specifiers to ensure > that values are parsed correctly when they do exist in the > configuration. Nicely done.