config: fix suggestion for failed set of multi-valued option
The command "git config set <name> <value>" fails for an option that has multiple values. List the "git config set" flags that can be used, instead of old-style "git config" actions. Reported-by: Paul Wintz <pwintz@ucsc.edu> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
René Scharfe committed
Nov 24, 2025 at 21:33 UTC
df963f0df4756fa751bfbb39e104d004e3f7d60b
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builtin/config.c
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index 59fb113b07..ef1c1a9cf2 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static int cmd_config_set(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
argv[0], comment, value);
if (ret == CONFIG_NOTHING_SET)
error(_("cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value\n"
- " Use a regexp, --add or --replace-all to change %s."), argv[0]);
+ " Use --value=<pattern>, --append or --all to change %s."), argv[0]);
}
location_options_release(&location_opts);