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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt10
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 4b4cc5c5e8..5cddadafd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ 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
+ system-level configuration. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
+
GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM::
Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig file. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index ba5c8e9d98..6dd241ef83 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -670,6 +670,16 @@ for further details.
If this environment variable is set to `0`, git will not prompt
on the terminal (e.g., when asking for HTTP authentication).
+`GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL`::
+`GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM`::
+ Take the configuration from the given files instead from global or
+ system-level configuration files. If `GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM` is set, the
+ system config file defined at build time (usually `/etc/gitconfig`)
+ will not be read. Likewise, if `GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL` is set, neither
+ `$HOME/.gitconfig` nor `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` will be read. Can
+ be set to `/dev/null` to skip reading configuration files of the
+ respective level.
+
`GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM`::
Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
`$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file. This environment variable can