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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-28 22:34:34 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-05-28 22:34:34 -0700
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parentbuiltin-rm: squelch compiler warnings. (diff)
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Merge branch 'jc/dirwalk-n-cache-tree' into jc/cache-tree
* jc/dirwalk-n-cache-tree: (212 commits) builtin-rm: squelch compiler warnings. Add builtin "git rm" command Move pathspec matching from builtin-add.c into dir.c Prevent bogus paths from being added to the index. builtin-add: fix unmatched pathspec warnings. Remove old "git-add.sh" remnants builtin-add: warn on unmatched pathspecs Do "git add" as a builtin Clean up git-ls-file directory walking library interface libify git-ls-files directory traversal Add a conversion tool to migrate remote information into the config fetch, pull: ask config for remote information Fix build procedure for builtin-init-db read-tree -m -u: do not overwrite or remove untracked working tree files. apply --cached: do not check newly added file in the working tree Implement a --dry-run option to git-quiltimport Implement git-quiltimport Revert "builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep." builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep. builtin-grep: workaround for non GNU grep. ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 71f96bdd10..660c18ff8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' -l | --list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -22,10 +23,11 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
escaped.
-If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you
-should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
-*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
-(see EXAMPLES).
+If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
+lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the
+existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If
+you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
+prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES).
The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
@@ -33,10 +35,10 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
-This command will fail if
+This command will fail if:
-. .git/config is invalid,
-. .git/config can not be written to,
+. The .git/config file is invalid,
+. Can not write to .git/config,
. no section was provided,
. the section or key is invalid,
. you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ OPTIONS
--replace-all::
Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
- all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex)
+ all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
--get::
Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
@@ -58,12 +60,18 @@ OPTIONS
Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
is not exactly one.
+--get-regexp::
+ Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
+
--unset::
Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
--unset-all::
Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
+-l, --list::
+ List all variables set in .git/config.
+
EXAMPLE
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