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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt index ddcf52364c..660c18ff8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt @@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be escaped. -If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you -should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines -*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front -(see EXAMPLES). +If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple +lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given. Only the +existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset. If +you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just +prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see EXAMPLES). The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and @@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the value. -This command will fail if +This command will fail if: -. .git/config is invalid, -. .git/config can not be written to, +. The .git/config file is invalid, +. Can not write to .git/config, . no section was provided, . the section or key is invalid, . you try to unset an option which does not exist, or |