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| author |  Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2021-07-14 17:37:29 -0400 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-07-20 14:55:06 -0700 |
| commit | 4bb9eb5f91102f1df4f5d47cf7d78ed67307f144 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b6b35262e871b2ef2baa4d85e3d2e23fba50fa0 /Documentation | |
| parent | Git 2.32 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4bb9eb5f91102f1df4f5d47cf7d78ed67307f144.tar.xz | |
doc/git-config: explain --file instead of referring to GIT_CONFIG
The explanation for the --file option only refers to GIT_CONFIG. This
redirection to an environment variable is confusing, but doubly so
because the description of GIT_CONFIG is out of date.
Let's describe --file from scratch, detailing both the reading and
writing behavior as we do for other similar options like --system, etc.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 5cddadafd2..6c78ad1c13 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>. -f config-file:: --file config-file:: - Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG. + For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the + repository `.git/config`. ++ +For reading options: read only from the specified file rather than from all +available files. ++ +See also <<FILES>>. --blob blob:: Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g. |