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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-04 10:26:17 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-04 11:42:34 -0800
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parentDocumentation/config.txt: avoid unnecessary negation (diff)
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Documentation/config.txt: explain multi-valued variables once
The syntax section repeats what the preamble explained already. That a variable can have multiple values is more about what a variable is than the syntax of the file. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index dbe7035533..405bf250cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
-variables may appear multiple times.
+variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
+multivalued.
Syntax
~~~~~~
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
-and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more
-than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is
-multivalued.
+and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.