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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 6843114fc0..636b3eb478 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*.