Documentation/config.txt:
Variable value ending in a '`\`' is continued on the next line in the
customary UNIX fashion.
Test it.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <redacted>
---
t/t1300-repo-config.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index eb7455b..5210aa2 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -424,5 +424,25 @@ newline 123'
test_expect_success 'value with newline' 'git repo-config key.sub value.with\\\
newline'
+cat > .git/config << EOF
+[section]
+ ; comment \\
+ continued = cont\\
+inued
+ noncont = not continued ; \\
+ quotecont = "cont;\\
+inued"
+EOF
+
+cat > expect <<EOF
+section.continued=continued
+section.noncont=not continued
+section.quotecont=cont;inued
+EOF
+
+git repo-config --list > result
+
+test_expect_success 'value continued on next line' 'cmp result expect'
+
test_done
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