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Make verse of git-config manpage more readable

Also mention '--file' in FILES.

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Alex Riesen 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-config.txt

@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options @@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --add name value
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset name [value_regex]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset-all name [value_regex]
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --rename-section old_name new_name
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --remove-section name
'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [-z|--null] -l | --list
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list

DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int, @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
no checks or transformations are performed on the value.

The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file'
which specify where the values will be read from or written to.
The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
(see <<FILES>>).

This command will fail if:

. The config file is invalid,
@ -133,8 +139,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. @@ -133,8 +139,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
FILES
-----

There are three files where git-config will search for configuration
options:
If not set explicitely with '--file', there are three files where
git-config will search for configuration options:

.git/config::
Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is

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