Give git config more context with `--show-scope`

git config is only as helpful as the options you pass.

In the simplest instance I only get a value:

> git config user.email
dev@example.com

If I pass the --get-regexp flag I get the key and the value for all the instances of that key:

> git config --get-regexp user.email
user.email computer@example.com
user.email dev@example.com

If I pass the --show-scope flag (added in 2.26) I get the scope:

> git config --show-scope --get-regexp user.email
global user.email computer@example.com
local  user.email dev@example.com

If I pass the --show-origin then I also get the file where the key was configured:

> git config --show-scope --show-origin --get-regexp user.email
global file:/home/dev/.gitconfig user.email computer@example.com
local  file:.git/config user.email dev@example.com

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