[PATCH v7 0/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type`

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

Hi,

Attached is the seventh re-roll of my series to support '--type=<type>'
instead of '--<type>' in 'git-config(1)'.

Since v6, I have changed only the wording in
Documentation/git-config.txt, which Eric and I reached consensus upon in
a sub-thread [1]. Per Eric's suggestion, I have also included an
inter-diff between this re-roll and the one previous for easier
consumption.

I anticipate that since relatively little has changed since the last
re-roll, that this will be the final re-roll of this series. I apologize
that the re-roll count has gotten so high, though I am glad that we
hashed out the important details. I have a better idea of how to discuss
on this list without increasing the re-roll count so much.

Thanks in advance for your review :-).


Thanks,
Taylor

[1]: https://public-inbox.org/git/CAPig+cQXJuLWpxfwhQ98a23wfAAzKZpkOvqWBdXaKKHLiW-7Uw@mail.gmail.com/

Taylor Blau (2):
  builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly
  builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for
    `--type`

 Documentation/git-config.txt | 71 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
 builtin/config.c             | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 t/t1300-repo-config.sh       | 29 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)

Inter-diff (since v6):

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index b7686fcbe3..a1e3ffe750 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset.  If
 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>).

-The `--type` option requests 'git config' to ensure that the configured values
-associated with the given variable(s) are of the given type. When given
-`--type`, 'git config' will ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type
-and convert the value to the canonical form. If no type specifier is passed, no
-checks or transformations are performed on the value. Callers may unset any
-pre-existing type specifiers with `--no-type`.
+The `--type=<type>` option instructs 'git config' to ensure that incoming and
+outgoing values are canonicalize-able under the given <type>.  If no
+`--type=<type>` is given, no canonicalization will be performed. Callers may
+unset an existing `--type` specifier with `--no-type`.

 When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
 repository local configuration files by default, and options
--
2.17.0