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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt11
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 6c78ad1c13..1348957497 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -341,11 +341,6 @@ can specify any filename you want.
ENVIRONMENT
-----------
-GIT_CONFIG::
- Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
- Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the
- "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
-
GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL::
GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM::
Take the configuration from the given files instead from global or
@@ -373,6 +368,12 @@ This is useful for cases where you want to spawn multiple git commands
with a common configuration but cannot depend on a configuration file,
for example when writing scripts.
+GIT_CONFIG::
+ If no `--file` option is provided to `git config`, use the file
+ given by `GIT_CONFIG` as if it were provided via `--file`. This
+ variable has no effect on other Git commands, and is mostly for
+ historical compatibility; there is generally no reason to use it
+ instead of the `--file` option.
[[EXAMPLES]]
EXAMPLES