git -c var=val not taken into account by git config?

Hi,

Testing color configuration via scripting, I tried the following command:

git -c color.diff=always config --get-colorbool diff false

on a repository with color.diff=auto.

I'd expect "true" as output, but got "false".  "git diff" works as 
expected though.  Is this an exception for "git config"?

Using git version 1.7.10.1.
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Daniel Villeneuve

On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 07:16:51PM -0400, Daniel Villeneuve wrote:

Testing color configuration via scripting, I tried the following command:

git -c color.diff=always config --get-colorbool diff false

on a repository with color.diff=auto.

I'd expect "true" as output, but got "false".  "git diff" works as
expected though.  Is this an exception for "git config"?

I think you meant "--get-colorbool color.diff"; the fact that you are
getting a colorbool does not automatically place the name inside the
color.* section.

With that change, it seems to work as expected.

-Peff

On 08/05/12 05:16 AM, Jeff King wrote:

On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 07:16:51PM -0400, Daniel Villeneuve wrote:

quoted

Testing color configuration via scripting, I tried the following command:

git -c color.diff=always config --get-colorbool diff false

on a repository with color.diff=auto.

I'd expect "true" as output, but got "false".  "git diff" works as
expected though.  Is this an exception for "git config"?

I think you meant "--get-colorbool color.diff"; the fact that you are
getting a colorbool does not automatically place the name inside the
color.* section.

With that change, it seems to work as expected.

-Peff

Indeed, and the example was mentioning "color.diff".  My error.  Giving 
just "diff", I was getting results from color.ui instead.

Regards,
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Daniel