Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes:

>> +The type specifier can be either `--int` or `--bool`, to make 'git config'
>> +ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to 
>> the
>> +canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string 
>> for
>> +bool, either of for --bool-or-int), or `--path`, which does some path 
>> expansion
>> +(see `--path` below), or `--expiry-date` (see `--expiry-date` below).  If no
>> +type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the
>> +value.
>
> Perhaps it's time to switch to a list format for these?

A very sensible suggestion.  The original was already bad enough but
with complete set, it does become quite hard to read.  Perhaps along
the lines of...

    A type specifier option can be used to force interpretation of
    values and conversion to canonical form.  Currently supported
    type specifiers are:

    `--int`::
            The value is taken as an integer.

    `--bool`::
            The value is taken as a yes/no value, and are shown as
            "true" or "false".

    ...

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