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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 1fee83ca42..8886b1fcfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -133,15 +133,15 @@ boolean:: synonyms are accepted for 'true' and 'false'; these are all case-insensitive. - true;; Boolean true can be spelled as `yes`, `on`, `true`, - or `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` + true;; Boolean true literals are `yes`, `on`, `true`, + and `1`. Also, a variable defined without `= <value>` is taken as true. - false;; Boolean false can be spelled as `no`, `off`, - `false`, or `0`. + false;; Boolean false literals are `no`, `off`, `false`, + `0` and the empty string. + When converting value to the canonical form using `--bool` type -specifier; 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or +specifier, 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false" (spelled in lowercase). integer:: |