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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 1bfe9f56a7..899e92a1c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
--local::
For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file.
- This is the default behavior.
+ This is the default behavior.
+
For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than
from all available files.
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+
-`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`.
+`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
+(but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
+`--type=color`).
-e::
--edit::
@@ -337,33 +339,35 @@ EXAMPLES
Given a .git/config like this:
- #
- # This is the config file, and
- # a '#' or ';' character indicates
- # a comment
- #
-
- ; core variables
- [core]
- ; Don't trust file modes
- filemode = false
-
- ; Our diff algorithm
- [diff]
- external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
- renames = true
-
- ; Proxy settings
- [core]
- gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
- gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
-
- ; HTTP
- [http]
- sslVerify
- [http "https://weak.example.com"]
- sslVerify = false
- cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
+------------
+#
+# This is the config file, and
+# a '#' or ';' character indicates
+# a comment
+#
+
+; core variables
+[core]
+ ; Don't trust file modes
+ filemode = false
+
+; Our diff algorithm
+[diff]
+ external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
+ renames = true
+
+; Proxy settings
+[core]
+ gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
+ gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
+
+; HTTP
+[http]
+ sslVerify
+[http "https://weak.example.com"]
+ sslVerify = false
+ cookieFile = /tmp/cookie.txt
+------------
you can set the filemode to true with