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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-09-28 17:29:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-10-07 10:05:48 -0700 |
| commit | 749d6d166d8e3ea0ae32ede25f9aa23aa3b5e42b (patch) | |
| tree | fd09f97b04ff1c2a510be048b88e74f9b9e60527 /string-list.c | |
| parent | 6b4f07325d039db5b9a10a9228b4320ac1fc1dab (diff) | |
config: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional)
Sometimes people want to specify additional configuration data
as "best effort" basis. Maybe commit.template configuration file points
at somewhere in ~/template/ but on a particular system, the file may not
exist and the user may be OK without using the template in such a case.
When the value given to a configuration variable whose type is
pathname wants to signal such an optional file, it can be marked by
prepending ":(optional)" in front of it. Such a setting that is
marked optional would avoid getting the command barf for a missing
file, as an optional configuration setting that names a missing
file is not even seen.
cf. <xmqq5ywehb69.fsf@gitster.g>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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