From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Arturo Seijas Fernandez <arturo.seijas@canonical.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] git config --unset is not idempotent
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:25:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk06w2sui.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHckPJS6ibtxbU+VKwDaU6pFMtJ5SMcWnBi6D2pY+ekqpWsqXg@mail.gmail.com> (Arturo Seijas Fernandez's message of "Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:52:16 +0200")
Arturo Seijas Fernandez <arturo.seijas@canonical.com> writes:
> The command "git config --unset [option]" is not idempotent. It is
> currently returning a success code when the property had already been
> set and a 5 error code otherwise.
"rm" is not "idempotent", either.
echo >file
rm file ; echo $?
rm file ; echo $?
The "git config --unset" command signals the inability to unset a
variable when the variable to be unset does not even exist.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-25 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-25 8:52 [BUG] git config --unset is not idempotent Arturo Seijas Fernandez
2022-08-25 9:40 ` Jeff King
2022-08-25 16:25 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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