Re: overriding .subversion/config[helpers] on the command line

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Perry Hutchison <perryh_at_pluto.rain.com> wrote:
> Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:27:46AM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:53:16AM -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote:
>> > > ...
>> > > It appears that I can override the diff3-cmd setting by adding
>> > > --diff3-cmd=/bin/false to the command, but when I try to do the
>> > > same thing to merge-tool-cmd (by adding --merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false)
>> > > I get an error message:
>> > >
>> > > svn: invalid option: --merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false
>> > >
>> > > How do I go about overriding the merge-tool-cmd setting on the svn
>> > > command line?
>> > >
>> > > svn version 1.6.17 (r1128011) on Ubuntu 12.04, in case it matters.
>> > >
>> > > Please Cc.
>> >
>> > Try --config-option:config:global:merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false
>>
>> Sorry, got the section name wrong:
>> --config-option:config:helpers:merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false
>
> I wonder if that option may be new in 1.7 -- it doesn't seem to be
> recognized in 1.6.17:
>
> svn: invalid option: --config-option:config:helpers:merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false

I think it needs to be:

    --config-option config:helpers:merge-tool-cmd=/bin/false

(i.e. a space after --config-option, not a colon)

-- 
Johan