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Doc update. * ah/doc-empty-string-is-false: doc: clarify "config --bool" behaviour with empty string
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@ -216,15 +216,15 @@ boolean::
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synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all
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case-insensitive.
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true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`,
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or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
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true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`,
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and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>`
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is taken as true.
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false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`,
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`false`, or `0`.
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false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`,
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`0` and the empty string.
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When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type
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specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
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specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or
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"false" (spelled in lowercase).
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integer::
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@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent:
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Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets
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`foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
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config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
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foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string.
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foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which ` git config
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--bool` will convert to `false`.
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--exec-path[=<path>]::
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Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
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