From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C081F403 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751013AbeFCKfW (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2018 06:35:22 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f179.google.com ([209.85.128.179]:40002 "EHLO mail-wr0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750847AbeFCKfV (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2018 06:35:21 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f179.google.com with SMTP id l41-v6so40259940wre.7 for ; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:35:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dZofIii0B/4Oi8Xgvs7RtIWeyxHxs/gi0/EEY0vJ9kY=; b=OJ0F+UKOKDe5S2U3L9mLEI1P46BhWUQrK7FPucPwnXoqqS3J0ZdxVsDHYLyzc1p3XU 1sQpilWHp24OguufwQEB3uV+BDXRFW7tVoFqEcEStDuR12MlMaL/FlpeBnns+/Z4uF0i mYvaZOLZ2VcsuOIboxsf5gkR1YT21PSnCA99uRplV9T2dOTxnAgBkdfGg+DEzWJR3CCZ HcQgnTJ1nmdctxDbF1LMqs7+a3t6IRK1hBCZqC+QqKnGwjYuktPWtVDoKbKdWeP1KHbC GZ8KgbcSlSaJUKi2M0Xf7p1ZGcepAz0zmsXaz8EQqbkGyUfMJhpd8q/CL1aKwzwyPAks Cgkw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dZofIii0B/4Oi8Xgvs7RtIWeyxHxs/gi0/EEY0vJ9kY=; b=NTkXM66tKDPHqmAOni98RWC538QAgwLx9JGrsfvWZMEOgOCkOtOIFjCKKgcROYpuDb soGQ8RXfRbkOq4LdQRnfL5dk5JgqRnvqSFli650O7JU/8jTBbmnQMkmj5+D0jaaFohk0 2QqH09SDGeaQoSxS2/ohn258tTdK9qf5zoyGcg8LNgLGNCBfqDO/uOOl/UTW7g2Vwusj Wb/864GPJGuRP64KslTG/e/4FlsiEfLU7HJ8JfabkMhslnWYDEM87RkEIblznejfgkpw p9aWVWZrwfeTD0vKdUDLlQx3PZHZ8y9YGSc2NHD1XiJJI+lT5g1F8WrZculaDl1SSJc8 7iag== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwfcrbM5wAZOfEm8uPOsjexAj28U6PTuNdz0n1iwqOAdgy6oflBD +yxk/LEkSgbFXJ1oeNKV03A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKLKdwPRwqKXDNadooOPCO5BOLnMPJXqZyWZMsD3CKgqngaeyYFL5dTsgW8a/aE+vTmPejM96A== X-Received: by 2002:adf:9441:: with SMTP id 59-v6mr8994488wrq.274.1528022119906; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:35:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (x590e56c9.dyn.telefonica.de. [89.14.86.201]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n7-v6sm4973535wrr.39.2018.06.03.03.35.18 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 03 Jun 2018 03:35:19 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?q?SZEDER=20G=C3=A1bor?= To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: =?UTF-8?q?SZEDER=20G=C3=A1bor?= , Jeff King , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: how exactly can git config section names contain periods? Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 12:35:10 +0200 Message-Id: <20180603103510.21020-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0.rc0.207.ga6211da864 In-Reply-To: References: <20180601210731.GA20974@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > On Fri, 1 Jun 2018, Jeff King wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 04:14:12PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > ok, so how on earth would i use "git config" at the command line > > > to set a config variable with some arbitrary level of subsections? > > > let's try this: > > > > You don't. There are only three levels: section, (optional) > > subsection, and key. If there is a subsection, it consists of > > _everything_ between the two outer periods. > if (for some weird reason) i wanted to define a multi-level > subsection, You can't, there are no multi-level subsections, see above.