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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/config.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index 3e3c52849..211e118d5 100644 --- a/builtin/config.c +++ b/builtin/config.c @@ -436,9 +436,14 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) NULL, NULL); } else if (actions == ACTION_SET) { + int ret; check_argc(argc, 2, 2); value = normalize_value(argv[0], argv[1]); - return git_config_set(argv[0], value); + ret = git_config_set(argv[0], value); + if (ret == CONFIG_NOTHING_SET) + error("cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value\n" + " Use a regexp, --add or --set-all to change %s.", argv[0]); + return ret; } else if (actions == ACTION_SET_ALL) { check_argc(argc, 2, 3); |