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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-08-23 14:13:08 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-08-23 14:13:08 -0700 |
| commit | 76be4487f08d40bd1dba0d5b0dcbd2513ca26e8c (patch) | |
| tree | bc815e24db637b9cbfc3e48c98d3b549f8a8b352 /Documentation/config.txt | |
| parent | Merge branch 'kw/rebase-progress' (diff) | |
| parent | doc: clarify "config --bool" behaviour with empty string (diff) | |
| download | tgif-76be4487f08d40bd1dba0d5b0dcbd2513ca26e8c.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'ah/doc-empty-string-is-false'
Doc update.
* ah/doc-empty-string-is-false:
doc: clarify "config --bool" behaviour with empty string
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d5c9c4cab6..478b9431e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -216,15 +216,15 @@ boolean:: synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all case-insensitive. - true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`, - or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` + true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`, + and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` is taken as true. - false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, - `false`, or `0`. + false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, + `0` and the empty string. + When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type -specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or +specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). integer:: |