git bug rewrites .git/config and loses comments

[philpennock]

The file .git/config can be added to and removed from though automation, but does support comments.

Using git bug in a repo stomps on the file, rewriting it and losing comments, blank lines, etc.

Observed behavior

1. Add a comment to a repo's .git/config
2. Run git bug bridge pull
3. Look at .git/config and see the comment has gone

Desired behavior:

1. comments preserved, everything outside of the git-bug area preserved
2. git bug doesn't edit the config at all unless it needs to, rather than on every operation

Affirmed behavior still present in current HEAD:

git-bug version: v0.8.0-dev-55e4046b4b

[MichaelMure]

Oof, that's quite unfortunate. That's very likely a problem in https://github.com/go-git/gcfg.

Unfortunately again, this project (part of go-git) is quite slow to progress. I have two PRs open there for a while.

We could switch to another library to edit the git config, but I don't know any. Or maintain a fork, but that's quickly annoying. Would you be able to fix that problem in gcfg?

[MichaelMure]

Actually, maybe https://github.com/please-build/gcfg could do, it kinda seems like there is proper support for comments.

[MichaelMure]

https://github.com/gravwell/gcfg also seems maintained.