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| author |  Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> | 2007-08-01 00:01:17 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-07-31 22:56:15 -0700 |
| commit | be52a41c4ea02fe7fabfef4ea9af821cdfd69a15 (patch) | |
| tree | b778892feeb0790df4bbb753a02bee26b2b7dd54 | |
| parent | Add a test for git-config --file (diff) | |
| download | tgif-be52a41c4ea02fe7fabfef4ea9af821cdfd69a15.tar.xz | |
Make verse of git-config manpage more readable
Also mention '--file' in FILES.
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 88acf6ce98..8451cccf8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --add name value -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --remove-section name -'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [-z|--null] -l | --list +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] +'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] +'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] +'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] +'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name +'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name +'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. +The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' +which specify where the values will be read from or written to. +The default is to assume the config file of the current repository, +.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG +(see <<FILES>>). + This command will fail if: . The config file is invalid, @@ -133,8 +139,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. FILES ----- -There are three files where git-config will search for configuration -options: +If not set explicitely with '--file', there are three files where +git-config will search for configuration options: .git/config:: Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is |