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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index c90421ee7f..697824cbab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name -'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name -'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list -'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] -'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex] +'git config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name +'git config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name +'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default] +'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ 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. @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ 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 @@ -179,23 +179,18 @@ $(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 to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want. -The GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL environment variable on the other hand only changes -the name used instead of the repository configuration file. The global and -the system-wide configuration files will still be read. (For writing options -this will obviously result in the same behavior as using GIT_CONFIG.) - ENVIRONMENT ----------- @@ -205,10 +200,6 @@ GIT_CONFIG:: Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. -GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL:: - Take the configuration from the given file instead if .git/config. - Still read the global and the system-wide configuration files, though. - See also <<FILES>>. |