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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 01b752cd3e..31885690f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository -is used to store the information for that repository, and -`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information as +is used to store the configuration for that repository, and +`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` -can be used to store system-wide defaults. +can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein |