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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index fbad05e46f..cc455ec785 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -96,29 +96,31 @@ OPTIONS names are not. --global:: - For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than - the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file - if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn't. + For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file + rather than the repository `.git/config`, write to + `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` file if this file exists and the + `~/.gitconfig` file doesn't. + -For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from -$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files. +For reading options: read only from global `~/.gitconfig` and from +`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. --system:: - For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig - rather than the repository .git/config. + For writing options: write to system-wide + `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than the repository + `.git/config`. + -For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig +For reading options: read only from system-wide `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. --local:: - For writing options: write to the repository .git/config file. + For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file. This is the default behavior. + -For reading options: read only from the repository .git/config rather than +For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. @@ -215,9 +217,9 @@ $GIT_DIR/config:: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set - or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued + or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/config` will be used. Any single-valued variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in - ~/.gitconfig. It is a good idea not to create this file if + `~/.gitconfig`. It is a good idea not to create this file if you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this file was added fairly recently. |