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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 263292809d..e7ecf5d803 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>).
The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make
-'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
+'git config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some
path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ 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>>).
-This command will fail if:
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -125,16 +127,16 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
List all variables set in config file.
--bool::
- 'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
--int::
- 'git-config' will ensure that the output is a simple
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output is a simple
decimal number. An optional value suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g'
in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied
by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output.
--bool-or-int::
- 'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
+ 'git config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
either --bool or --int, as described above.
--path::
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ FILES
-----
If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
-'git-config' will search for configuration options:
+'git config' will search for configuration options:
$GIT_DIR/config::
Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
@@ -198,12 +200,12 @@ $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
-file is not available or readable, 'git-config' will exit with a non-zero
+file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero
error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all'
-and '--unset'. *'git-config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
+and '--unset'. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment
variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used
@@ -336,15 +338,6 @@ echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
include::config.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite