Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 4 authors, 2024-03-19

Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] config: learn the "hostname:" includeIf condition

From: Jeff King <hidden>
Date: 2024-03-16 06:57:39

On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 07:18:28PM +0100, Ignacio Encinas wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e3a74dd1c19d..9a22fd260935 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ As for the naming of this keyword, it is for forwards compatibility with
 a naming scheme that supports more variable-based include conditions,
 but currently Git only supports the exact keyword described above.
 
+`hostname`::
+	The data that follows the keyword `hostname:` is taken to be a
+	pattern with standard globbing wildcards. If the current
+	hostname matches the pattern, the include condition is met.
Do we need to define "hostname" in more detail here? Specifically, I'm
wondering whether the result will be a FQDN or not (i.e., the output of
"hostname" vs "hostname -f"). Looking at the code I think it will just
be the short name returned. That's probably OK, but it may be worth
documenting.

-Peff
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