Re: [PATCH v2 16/16] config: allow multi-byte core.commentChar

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" [off-list ref] writes:

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+	(default '#'). Note that this option can take values larger than
+	a byte (whether a single multi-byte character, or you
+	could even go wild with a multi-character sequence).

I don’t know if this expanded description focuses a bit much on the
history of the change[1] or if it is intentionally indirect about this
char-is-really-a-string behavior as a sort of easter egg.[2]

Maybe it could be more directly stated like:

  “ Note that this variable can in fact be a string like `foo`; it
    doesn’t have to be a single character.

(Hopefully UTF-8 is implied by “foo”. Or else “føø”.)

That's definitely an improvement, but I would say that using a
dingbat instad of "foo", and "single character" -> "single ASCII
character" (or "single byte") would make it even clearer.

Thanks.