Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-10-13

Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/git-config.txt: reword missleading sentence

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2017-10-13 00:23:27

second.payre@gmail.com writes:
From: PAYRE NATHAN p1508475 <redacted>
Should I assume that the name/address on the last Signed-off-by: we
see below is what you want to be known as?  As a part of school
work, I'd imagine that Matthieu wants your work to be associated
with the univ-lyon1.fr address, so perhaps you want to go the other
way around?  It's not my place to decide between the two, but it is
unusual to see that the name/address of the author (which is the
above line) does not match what is on the Signed-off-by: line.
quoted hunk
Change the word "bla" to "section.variable", "bla" is a placeholder
for a variable name and it wasn't clear for everyone.
This change clarify it.

Change the appearance of 'git config section.variable {tilde}/' to
`git config section.variable {tilde}/` to harmonize it with
the rest of the file, this is a command line then the "`" are
necessary.

Replace "git-config" by "git config" because the command
is not "git-config".

See discussion at:
https://public-inbox.org/git/20171002061303.Horde.SL92grZCqTRV9oQkBFPELQ7@crashcourse.ca/

Signed-off-by: MOY Matthieu <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bensoussan <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Timothee Albertin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Payre <redacted>
Noticed-by: rpjday@crashcourse.ca
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 83f86b923..2ab9e4c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 	either --bool or --int, as described above.
 
 --path::
-	'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of
+	'git config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of
 	'$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the
 	specified user.  This option has no effect when setting the
-	value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the
-	command line to let your shell do the expansion).
+	value (but you can use `git config section.variable {tilde}/`
Does this reference to {tilde} get expanded inside the `literal`
mark-up?  In the description for 'gitdir', we find this passage (in
Documentation/config.txt):

     * If the pattern starts with `~/`, `~` will be substituted with the
       content of the environment variable `HOME`.

So I'd expect `~` to be a safe way to get what you want, not `{tilde}`.
+	from the command line to let your shell do the expansion).
 
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