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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,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=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC26A1F403 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751057AbeFCKhx (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2018 06:37:53 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:42160 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751028AbeFCKhw (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2018 06:37:52 -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=sR/T6/Pe3m67u3RUK6fbWgR2uQYtv8DXK5UQs4SkThI=; b=H8GxGDegXNsl0WOckKEu9LzEU RjtpbHgm6D3W/MzxWTJBPBg9vtfD13WBDK+G7ac/fZr3PKD4bcyS4lnMysDj3c+AF1y5gugRqO6E3 wEeW7crN2YDE8Cr0klmY9cP4Xpxzrw3nJ/gv1wQbBtvn3aR6yGVlE6l4xbOfjHJQPSIWZwo87a8aK 1UuB0UXLwAgdY+uAqfNUX39BHAq1EMQs3hFGiLLQ0XgbklS4TNrfZcVF6zA86Nf53iqXV9dItbLLj AbWNQ7wIDCknUTGISWxyLYWY5XmfyvVx5tMs58Ff4H4uy+/jGJOEZCRlM24m8aKdGwWv9e1j2aUaH cqnNVnRNg==; Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.112.22.87]:57962 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fPQOU-0046ll-90; Sun, 03 Jun 2018 06:37:51 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 06:35:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?SZEDER_G=E1bor?= cc: Jeff King , Git Mailing list Subject: Re: how exactly can git config section names contain periods? In-Reply-To: <20180603103510.21020-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20180601210731.GA20974@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180603103510.21020-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-342081106-1528022146=:8966" 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 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-342081106-1528022146=:8966 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 3 Jun 2018, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > > > > 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. no, i *get* that, what i was asking was if i wanted to simulate or emulate such a thing ... or is that just getting too weird and there is no compelling reason to want to go down that road? (which i am totally prepared to accept.) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --8323328-342081106-1528022146=:8966--