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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-04 10:26:17 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-04 11:42:34 -0800 |
commit | a5285b6c231b55e71007d89a4a29b151302abe09 (patch) | |
tree | 0f3db1e27113e4582d7f5cfc76e8867974e048d5 /Documentation | |
parent | Documentation/config.txt: avoid unnecessary negation (diff) | |
download | tgif-a5285b6c231b55e71007d89a4a29b151302abe09.tar.xz |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
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. |