From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: add --repository option Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:29:10 -0700 Message-ID: <7vskiifyd5.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1241886936-18941-1-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com> <20090602195555.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Sverre Rabbelier , "Git List" To: Nanako Shiraishi X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jun 02 17:29:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MBVvj-0008Gd-Ay for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:29:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756553AbZFBP3L (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754190AbZFBP3K (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:10 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao107.cox.net ([68.230.241.39]:64037 "EHLO fed1rmmtao107.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752824AbZFBP3J (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:09 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao107.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090602152911.ZNEV18948.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:11 -0400 Received: from localhost ([68.225.240.211]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id z3VA1b00L4aMwMQ033VA3f; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:29:11 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=BgOODKWLrgwA:10 a=dy3IT6iKRxIA:10 a=UQnXkbzPAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=GGr4HCQWNNglx_QOfjIA:9 a=Vg2AGYG0l76VX5rnz5pZN0gBZmYA:4 a=Q21-j9j7q-gA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 In-Reply-To: <20090602195555.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> (Nanako Shiraishi's message of "Tue\, 02 Jun 2009 19\:55\:55 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nanako Shiraishi writes: > Quoting Sverre Rabbelier : > >> This is a shorthand similar to --system but instead uses >> the config file of the current repository. >> >> Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier >> --- >> >> I often want to check what the local value of a config >> entry is, hence this patch. >> >> builtin-config.c | 7 +++++-- >> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > Junio, may I ask what happened to this patch? Nothing ;-) I did see it, but simply forgot about it, as nobody else seemed to be interested nor found anything objectionable in it. I somehow think --repository is much harder to type than --local, and in the context of the command, somehow --local would mesh better with other existing options --system and --global, but that comment falls into the bikeshedding category.