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doc/git-config: explain --file instead of referring to GIT_CONFIG 

The explanation for the --file option only refers to GIT_CONFIG. This
redirection to an environment variable is confusing, but doubly so
because the description of GIT_CONFIG is out of date.

Let's describe --file from scratch, detailing both the reading and
writing behavior as we do for other similar options like --system, etc.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jeff King 2021-07-14 17:37:29 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>.

-f config-file::
--file config-file::
Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
For writing options: write to the specified file rather than the
repository `.git/config`.
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For reading options: read only from the specified file rather than from all
available files.
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See also <<FILES>>.

--blob blob::
Similar to `--file` but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g.