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		Gormo on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are we templating YAML? (2019) Git uses its own ini-style conf format which diverges from TOML.

arp242 on Jan 23, 2024 [–]

TOML wasn't even invented/specified when git came in to being.

amelius on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

But it looks like YAML was.

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