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config.txt grammar, typo, and asciidoc fixes

Nothing major.

Signed-off-by: Francis Daly <francis@daoine.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Francis Daly 19 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/config.txt

@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE
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The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
the git commands behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided to sections, where
the git command's behavior. They can be used by both the git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
in the fully qualified variable name 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 and only alphanumeric
characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.

The syntax is fairly flexible and permissive; whitespaces are mostly
ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin commends to the end of line,
ignored. The '#' and ';' characters begin comments to the end of line,
blank lines are ignored, lines containing strings enclosed in square
brackets start sections and all the other lines are recognized
as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal
@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Variables @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Variables
~~~~~~~~~

Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
For command-specific variables, you will find more detailed description
in the appropriate manual page. You will find description of non-core
For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.

core.fileMode::
@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ core.gitProxy:: @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ core.gitProxy::
on hostnames ending with the specified domain string. This variable
may be set multiple times and is matched in the given order;
the first match wins.

Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
handling).
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Can be overridden by the 'GIT_PROXY_COMMAND' environment variable
(which always applies universally, without the special "for"
handling).

core.ignoreStat::
The working copy files are assumed to stay unchanged until you

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