From c0179c0d33b0fc3c8ad30246eece220e0442fb6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthieu Moy Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:36:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] git.txt: update description of the configuration mechanism The old Git version where it appeared is now useful only to historians, not to normal users. Also, the text was mentioning only the per-repo config file, but this is a good place to teach that customization can also be made per-user. While at it, remove a now-defunct e-mail from an example. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git.txt | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index c7f211e81b..4fe62df28e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -530,10 +530,9 @@ include::cmds-purehelpers.txt[] Configuration Mechanism ----------------------- -Starting from 0.99.9 (actually mid 0.99.8.GIT), `.git/config` file -is used to hold per-repository configuration options. It is a -simple text file modeled after `.ini` format familiar to some -people. Here is an example: +Git uses a simple text format to store customizations that are per +repository and are per user. Such a configuration file may look +like this: ------------ # @@ -548,13 +547,13 @@ people. Here is an example: ; user identity [user] name = "Junio C Hamano" - email = "junkio@twinsun.com" + email = "gitster@pobox.com" ------------ Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a -list. +list and more details about the configuration mechanism. Identifier Terminology