Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-03-01

Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] config.txt: clarify multiple key values in include.path

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-01 17:50:16

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
The phrasing in this paragraph may give an impression that you can only
use it once. Rephrase it a bit.

Helped-by: Philip Oakley [off-list ref]
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <redacted>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 015346c417..4748efbf36 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ escape sequences) are invalid.
 Includes
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-You can include one config file from another by setting the special
+You can include a config file from another by setting the special
 `include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
 variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde
-expansion.
+expansion. `include.path` supports multiple key values.
Multiple key values or just simply multiple values?  I think it is
the latter.

But to the intended target audience, I think

	`include.path` can be given multiple times.

is easier to understand.  It's not like you can (or want to)
enumerate with "git config --get-all include.path" to learn all the
values (for the single key "include.value"), and it is better not to
lead readers to think of this in terms of <key,value> in the first
place (which is already clarified in the text that follows).
 The
 included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
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