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author | Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> | |
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:52:06 +0000 (17:52 +0200) | ||
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:22:31 +0000 (00:22 -0700) |
Using the [section.subsection] syntax, the subsection is transformed
to lower-case and is matched case sensitively. Say so in the
documentation and mention that you shouldn't be using it anyway.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
to lower-case and is matched case sensitively. Say so in the
documentation and mention that you shouldn't be using it anyway.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
don't need to.
-There is also a case insensitive alternative `[section.subsection]` syntax.
-In this syntax, subsection names follow the same restrictions as for section
-names.
+There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
+syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
+compared case sensitively. These subsection names follow the same
+restrictions as section names.
All the other lines (and the remainder of the line after the section
header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form