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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-08 21:35:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-09-08 21:35:56 -0700 |
| commit | 15a27298fc5b2d8011f0087ab6f03996215971ef (patch) | |
| tree | 643652089a92d183bc98f3e50f6ba63bf4811d2e /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'js/no-html-bypass-on-windows' into maint (diff) | |
| parent | doc: mention `git -c` in git-config(1) (diff) | |
| download | tgif-15a27298fc5b2d8011f0087ab6f03996215971ef.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'dg/document-git-c-in-git-config-doc' into maint
The "git -c var[=val] cmd" facility to append a configuration
variable definition at the end of the search order was described in
git(1) manual page, but not in git-config(1), which was more likely
place for people to look for when they ask "can I make a one-shot
override, and if so how?"
* dg/document-git-c-in-git-config-doc:
doc: mention `git -c` in git-config(1)
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index f163113a6f..83f86b9231 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all values of a key from all files will be used. +You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git +command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details. + All writing options will per default write to the repository specific configuration file. Note that this also affects options like `--replace-all` and `--unset`. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*. |