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From: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Subject: [PATCH/RFC 4/5] document the new "unset.variable" variable
Date: Thu,  2 Oct 2014 06:24:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1412256292-4286-5-git-send-email-tanayabh@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1412256292-4286-1-git-send-email-tanayabh@gmail.com>

Helped-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 3b5b24a..7f36d35 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2382,6 +2382,18 @@ transfer.unpackLimit::
 	not set, the value of this variable is used instead.
 	The default value is 100.
 
+unset.variable::
+	This variable can be used to unset previously set variables
+	which had been already declared in files of lower priority
+	or declared before in the same file. It does not unset
+	matching variables declared after its position in the file
+	or in files of higher priority. It can be used to unset
+	pesky variables declared in files which the user might not
+	be able to open due to not having the required security
+	privileges, for example, system wide configuration file
+	`/etc/gitconfig` which may be accessible to the system
+	administrator only.
+
 uploadarchive.allowUnreachable::
 	If true, allow clients to use `git archive --remote` to request
 	any tree, whether reachable from the ref tips or not. See the
-- 
1.9.0.GIT

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-02 13:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-02 13:24 [PATCH/RFC 0/5] add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 13:24 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/5] config.c : move configset_iter() to an appropriate position Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 13:24 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/5] make git_config_with_options() to use a configset Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 13:24 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/5] add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 13:24 ` Tanay Abhra [this message]
2014-10-02 13:24 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/5] add tests for checking the behaviour of "unset.variable" Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 20:09   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-02 20:18     ` Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 20:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-02 20:35         ` Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 23:38           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-03  7:01             ` Matthieu Moy
2014-10-03 18:25               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-03 18:48                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-03 19:49                 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-10-03 20:12                   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-06 18:59                     ` Tanay Abhra
2014-10-06 19:28                       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-06 19:43                         ` Tanay Abhra
2014-10-02 19:29 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/5] add "unset.variable" for unsetting previously set variables Junio C Hamano
2014-10-02 20:41   ` Jeff King
2014-10-02 19:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-07 11:17   ` Jakub Narębski
2014-10-07 16:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-08  5:46       ` Matthieu Moy
2014-10-08 17:14         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-08 18:37           ` Matthieu Moy
2014-10-08 19:52             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-10-10  8:11               ` Jeff King
2014-10-13 18:21                 ` Junio C Hamano

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