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>
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c index 59fb113..ef1c1a9 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);