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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-config.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 83f86b9231..4edd09fc6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>. either --bool or --int, as described above. --path:: - 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of - '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the + `git config` will expand a leading `~` to the value of + `$HOME`, and `~user` to the home directory for the specified user. This option has no effect when setting the - value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the - command line to let your shell do the expansion). + value (but you can use `git config section.variable ~/` + from the command line to let your shell do the expansion). -z:: --null:: |