Re: [PATCH 09/11] config-batch: add 'set' v1 command

On 2/5/2026 2:01 PM, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026, at 15:20, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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+`set` version 1::
+	The `set` command writes a single key-value pair to a config
+	file. It specifies which file by a `<scope>` parameter from
+	among `system`, `global`, `local`, and `worktree`. The `<key>`
+	is the next positional argument. The remaining data in the line
+	is provided as the `<value>` to assign the config.
++
+------------
+set 1 <scope> <key> <value>
+------------
++
+These uses will match the behavior of `git config --set --<scope> <key>

`--set` doesn’t exist. I think you meant `set`.

You're right. Also `git config --<scope> <key>` is the older mode. I'm
not always catching myself using the old format. Or inventing a mixed-up
one that never existed!

Is there support for a user-provided file? (`git config --file=...`)

Not at the moment. It's worth thinking about what that interface would
be within this query model.

My initial feeling is that we wouldn't want to accept arbitrary filenames
on a per-command basis, but instead would want to provide an alternate
file in the command-line arguments as a replacement for the local config.

Thanks,
-Stolee