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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] cvsimport: fix the parsing of uppercase config
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(+cc: Jeff, config parsing wizard)

Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> I somewhat like this idea.  So let's build a full table, shall
>> we?  The embedded dashes are meant for the command-line options
>> rather than the config file.
[...]
> Good idea, though I'd rather we avoid new convention for multi word
> names separated with '-' (multi-word), but rather use camel case
> (multiWord).

No disagreement there. :)

> Currently we have only unfortunate exception of `add.ignore-errors',

Maybe we can teach the config file parser to ignore dashes in addition
to case (except in the names of [genus "species"] headings)?  That
would be an incompatible change for third-party tools, though, so
maybe "git config" would have to take an explicit --strip-dashes
flag to do it.