}
+=item config_bool ( VARIABLE )
+
+Retrieve the bool configuration C<VARIABLE>. The return value
+is usable as a boolean in perl (and C<undef> if it's not defined,
+of course).
+
+Must be called on a repository instance.
+
+This currently wraps command('config') so it is not so fast.
+
+=cut
+
+sub config_bool {
+ my ($self, $var) = @_;
+ $self->repo_path()
+ or throw Error::Simple("not a repository");
+
+ try {
+ my $val = $self->command_oneline('config', '--bool', '--get',
+ $var);
+ return undef unless defined $val;
+ return $val eq 'true';
+ } catch Git::Error::Command with {
+ my $E = shift;
+ if ($E->value() == 1) {
+ # Key not found.
+ return undef;
+ } else {
+ throw $E;
+ }
+ };
+}
+
+
=item ident ( TYPE | IDENTSTR )
=item ident_person ( TYPE | IDENTSTR | IDENTARRAY )