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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 81b03982e3..2d6ef32a08 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. -The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file' -which specify where the values will be read from or written to. -The default is to assume the config file of the current repository, -.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG -(see <<FILES>>). +When reading, the values are read from the system, global and +repository local configuration files by default, and options +'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be +used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>). + +When writing, the new value is written to the repository local +configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global', +'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to +that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default). This command will fail (with exit code ret) if: @@ -93,10 +97,11 @@ OPTIONS --global:: For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than - the repository .git/config. + the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file + if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn't. + -For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than -from all available files. +For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files. + See also <<FILES>>. @@ -190,18 +195,24 @@ See also <<FILES>>. FILES ----- -If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where +If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where 'git config' will search for configuration options: $GIT_DIR/config:: - Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is - of course relative to the repository root, not the working - directory.) + Repository specific configuration file. ~/.gitconfig:: User-specific configuration file. Also called "global" configuration file. +$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: + Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set + or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued + variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in + ~/.gitconfig. It is a good idea not to create this file if + you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this + file was added fairly recently. + $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: System-wide configuration file. |