From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08F61F42D for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 21:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750996AbeFAV5n (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:57:43 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:36992 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750934AbeFAV5n (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:57:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Subject:cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=nomDj+HhJhrF9huEL7wxevMFYwwLERUy8dD4FlaGFa0=; b=CIPA/dnlSrSVtm6iVmFWCpc96 x1SgL79ozejPtG4cpCxbC6bT9qyKBvLzmpaddQXb/ckWsuLV1Shj5Cjsm6mQ0L5VH4PHO7N4gDs86 Jofqm7GwXMQD7OL9amvTKIKuntBy4EzmEhOakeBFLmOi9TR/ZJT6Cj6+eALSIHiPigWq4ugrNYX9D 1byi2iZr/Uc3z2ZkIIy3opfZpVaTOGNxUuTxpx5YOdMjeX6Vo6V/C5EzK/K9CNGGEoOy5+VQCxxUH EfjI44PcO1BVugHs8FH8HewU/Ut5p4hab71Dsug3753MiHz3Ukq5ym4Eoj/MQfEsDmRSfR6qnRiJS Cs95eveMA==; Received: from cpef81d0f814063-cmf81d0f814060.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.57.56]:35580 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fOs3J-00CEYn-60; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:57:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:55:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Jeff King cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: how exactly can git config section names contain periods? In-Reply-To: <20180601210731.GA20974@sigill.intra.peff.net> Message-ID: References: <20180601210731.GA20974@sigill.intra.peff.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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: > This is mentioned later: > > There is also a deprecated [section.subsection] syntax. With this > syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also > compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same > restrictions as section names. > This has been deprecated since 2011. Maybe it's time to finally get > rid of it. seven years seems sufficient for deprecation. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================