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authorNanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>2009-07-25 09:28:50 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-07-25 23:58:29 -0700
commit2ceb639f93d4ca05467ec34f49de8b6ceb0deb03 (patch)
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parentae71760d242abd564eef2f5587a9633f2ee882dc (diff)
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Documentation/config.txt: a variable can be defined on the section header line
Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
names.
-All the other lines are recognized as setting variables, in the form
+All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
+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 and only alphanumeric