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Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:10:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: Ao1-gErK46Ro Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:09:45 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Jonatan Holmgren" , git@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Jeff King" , rsch@web.de, michael.grossfeld@amd.com Message-Id: <38188193-e6ab-40bf-950a-c516aec71d5d@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20260424151053.917066-1-jonatan@jontes.page> References: <20260424151053.917066-1-jonatan@jontes.page> Subject: Re: [PATCH] alias: restore support for simple dotted aliases Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, Apr 24, 2026, at 17:10, Jonatan Holmgren wrote: > Historically, config entries like alias.foo.bar expanded the alias > "foo.bar". The subsection-based alias syntax introduced in > ac1f12a9de (alias: support non-alphanumeric names via subsection > syntax, 2026-02-18) broke that behavior by treating such entries as > if they were subsection syntax. > > Restore support for the old dotted form by falling back to the full > name when the final key is not "command". Add tests covering execution > and help output for simple dotted aliases. > > Reported-by: Michael Grossfeld > Helped-by: Jeff King Missing signoff. > --- >[snip]