From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Should 'git config' support key with dot such as 'a.b' Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:39:40 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <46dff0320803140124t1469defsf7002f720cf2002e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Git Mailing List To: Ping Yin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 14 11:40:18 2008 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 1Ja7Kk-0007bu-Gw for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:40:18 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753079AbYCNKjk (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:39:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752922AbYCNKjj (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:39:39 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:51537 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752670AbYCNKjj (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:39:39 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Mar 2008 10:39:37 -0000 Received: from host86-138-198-40.range86-138.btcentralplus.com (EHLO racer.home) [86.138.198.40] by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 14 Mar 2008 11:39:37 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18/Jp4VnAE/PnyEzGjjI6pEwCJtb+ngtxRrezIVDT NUOfy9JE39sZS3 X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46dff0320803140124t1469defsf7002f720cf2002e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LSU 882 2007-12-20) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Ping Yin wrote: > I find it is so annoying to write submodule definition as follows > (yeah, only url, without path) > > ------------------------------ > [submodule 'crawler'] > url = url1 > [submodule 'search'] > url = url2 > ------------------------------ > > I think the following form is more simple > --------------------------------- > [submodule] > crawler.url = url1 > search.url = url2 > --------------------------------- > > So, could we support such simpler form? I don't like it at all. Historically, we had much stricter rules on the variable names than the second part of the section names. Also, your suggestion would make things even more confusing than beginners already complain Git is. Ciao, Dscho