if (!strcmp(var, "core.editor"))
return git_config_string(&editor_program, var, value);
- if (!strcmp(var, "core.commentchar")) {
+ if (!strcmp(var, "core.commentchar") ||
+ !strcmp(var, "core.commentstring")) {
if (!value)
return config_error_nonbool(var);
else if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
auto_comment_line_char = 1;
- else if (value[0] && !value[1]) {
- comment_line_char = value[0];
+ else if (value[0]) {
+ if (strchr(value, '\n'))
+ return error(_("%s cannot contain newline"), var);
+ comment_line_str = xstrdup(value);
auto_comment_line_char = 0;
} else
- return error(_("core.commentChar should only be one ASCII character"));
+ return error(_("%s must have at least one character"), var);
return 0;
}