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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Add ".git/config" file parser
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:47:12 -0700 (PDT)
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On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 	; core variables
> 	[core]
> 		; Don't trust file modes
> 		filemode = false
> 
> 	; Our diff algorithm 
> 	[diff]
> 		external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
> 		renames = true
> 
> which parses into two variables: "core.filemode" is associated with the 
> string "false", and "diff.external" gets the appropriate quoted value.

_Three_ variables. Duh. I added the "renames" thing later, as I was 
looking at what kinds of default flags the "git-diff-xyz" family might be 
interested in having.

		Linus