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Documentation/config.txt: explain multi-valued variables once

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The syntax section repeats what the preamble explained already.
That a variable can have multiple values is more about what a
variable is than the syntax of the file.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric
characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some
variables may appear multiple times.
variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is
multivalued.
Syntax
~~~~~~
@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form
'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line
is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true".
The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more
than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is
multivalued.
and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded.
Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim.