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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 0e1168c066..c081657be7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ customary UNIX fashion. Some variables may require a special value format. +Includes +~~~~~~~~ + +You can include one config file from another by setting the special +`include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The +included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been +found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the +`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be +relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was +found. See below for examples. + Example ~~~~~~~ @@ -108,6 +119,10 @@ Example gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org" gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest + [include] + path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path + path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file + Variables ~~~~~~~~~ |