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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-05-21 04:02:14 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-05-21 04:02:14 -0700
commit7f3ed824a4ec15fc9725a4992b399ea4364c5adb (patch)
tree7604efbf6f1b7511449f87a937658d6efa53ddcc /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'em/checkout-orphan' (diff)
parentComplete prototype of git_config_from_parameters() (diff)
downloadtgif-7f3ed824a4ec15fc9725a4992b399ea4364c5adb.tar.xz
Merge branch 'ar/config-from-command-line'
* ar/config-from-command-line: Complete prototype of git_config_from_parameters() Use strbufs instead of open-coded string manipulation Allow passing of configuration parameters in the command line
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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index c4024d0edd..1a6ba87823 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]
[-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
[--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]
+ [-c name=value]
[--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -228,6 +229,12 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
help ...`.
+-c <name>=<value>::
+ Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
+ given will override values from configuration files.
+ The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
+ 'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
+
--exec-path::
Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH