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=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no 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 0EA681F404 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752106AbeC3SG0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:06:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f169.google.com ([209.85.128.169]:33741 "EHLO mail-wr0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751203AbeC3SGZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:06:25 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f169.google.com with SMTP id z73so8623596wrb.0 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:06:24 -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=hfObI7ipVboRiIZ2jCHmmqCZE53mQa+t3s5A77dTaXo=; b=CxEQg+e8yaCIeqATO8+YUAfZtD1c1pLlWUIUfrH3zwInaUZlzySTXQFwmpcvZtZgbl D4qtF9WgZYhx9uWa/RxJkh2rElZ7ULnAaqG43iAwkunnNxANArzlgC5BtkFEs/ZFBVbo BKUofYkRkTnOwQs+ezLpFTeWE5JhyGeL3a7DRQU7p7Cww1lkvD6kkTc8irCiDpggphTK Ov/tw6e5t3VtXme4BLjxGn/xmrVtpN3/M0RIop6BSltl2wbWOX+2XLB1eNZ/cp9MQ4aY KuXox/C7mSIeKW6lVUd1K5zWmFhDGod4KF+dEAuyfgQlPFObBaEgIz0juwqNaKh58SLj 5/QA== 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=hfObI7ipVboRiIZ2jCHmmqCZE53mQa+t3s5A77dTaXo=; b=ZrppZ4CXKBbhuz7yos9vh5HGJDAyK+0uG1prlEDKOUdg436kBQW1sg8Qqv0kNyULRu gE5VnP5hbRWmLmr9QXu/qg0wSNKJnPStRY3zBkIM/Lp/1bKQ11ryguLdC6yj8wmArjiZ 1Jkggk4t6XBlxCLdfeuq2De12fKJu367fPpJOuiamPRTkpqpUFoPk6a3LO/8ZlwWS4RU 8Rl7hwX8vQOaoUsfFPgYkdvaXyD4mxKf0FJPLq9qF5F/4dEpcag+aNI2xG8swuqU0WXd HbQISpeTpRs/QO0O2DMxoJ+7mcZiLuLnJiq4KBNY8mPmhGU3LT1GwLg9xhuAgn+E1Clw 7niA== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7GTCHmWPGiG+P/pH99tadxZJRmR/KVZFoRPhvxfvlcNHXaXCWMD I1HIBMRGt59FotyiLz4XOp8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4/thLNzhM1hwiQAaF8gFkV8bq0ctdQZIDlQhOAsyh8peZBDyeWJZynDEbKcEQyvKh1aTdg0SA== X-Received: by 10.223.184.56 with SMTP id h53mr10179769wrf.87.1522433183967; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:06:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (168.50.187.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.187.50.168]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 134sm7574017wmm.42.2018.03.30.11.06.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:06:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Taylor Blau Cc: peff@peff.net, git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` References: <20180324005556.8145-1-me@ttaylorr.com> <20180329011634.68582-1-me@ttaylorr.com> <20180329011634.68582-2-me@ttaylorr.com> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:06:22 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20180329011634.68582-2-me@ttaylorr.com> (Taylor Blau's message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:16:32 -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 slot 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. > ... > +--default value:: > + When using `--get`, and the requested slot is not found, behave as if value > + were the value assigned to the that slot. For "diff..color", the above is OK, but in general, configuration variables are not called "slot". s/slot/variable/.