From 1349484e341a3ec2ba02a86c8fbd97ea9dc8c756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthieu Moy Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:51:53 +0100 Subject: builtin-config: add --path option doing ~ and ~user expansion. 395de250 (Expand ~ and ~user in core.excludesfile, commit.template) introduced a C function git_config_pathname, doing ~/ and ~user/ expansion. This patch makes the feature available to scripts with 'git config --get --path'. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-config.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index f68b198205..263292809d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ 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 also <>). -The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make +The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and 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. +a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some +path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no +checks or transformations are performed on the value. The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' which specify where the values will be read from or written to. @@ -136,6 +137,13 @@ See also <>. 'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of either --bool or --int, as described above. +--path:: + 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of + '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the + specified user. This option has no effect when setting the + value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the + command line to let your shell do the expansion). + -z:: --null:: For all options that output values and/or keys, always -- cgit v1.2.1