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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -115,35 +115,32 @@ in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
 
 advice.*::
-       When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
-       When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
-       are:
+       These variables control various optional help messages designed to
+       aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
+       can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
 +
 --
        pushNonFastForward::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
-               non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
+               non-fast-forward refs.
        statusHints::
                Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
                output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
-               when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+               when writing commit messages.
        commitBeforeMerge::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
                merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
-               Default: true.
        resolveConflict::
                Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
                prevent the operation from being performed.
-               Default: true.
        implicitIdentity::
                Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
                your information is guessed from the system username and
-               domain name. Default: true.
-
+               domain name.
        detachedHead::
-               Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+               Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
                move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
-               a local branch after the fact.  Default: true.
+               a local branch after the fact.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
@@ -834,6 +831,29 @@ commit.template::
        "{tilde}/" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "{tilde}user/" to the
        specified user's home directory.
 
+credential.helper::
+       Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
+       password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
+       storage to avoid prompting the user for the credentials. See
+       linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details.
+
+credential.useHttpPath::
+       When acquiring credentials, consider the "path" component of an http
+       or https URL to be important. Defaults to false. See
+       linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for more information.
+
+credential.username::
+       If no username is set for a network authentication, use this username
+       by default. See credential.<context>.* below, and
+       linkgit:gitcredentials[7].
+
+credential.<url>.*::
+       Any of the credential.* options above can be applied selectively to
+       some credentials. For example "credential.https://example.com.username"
+       would set the default username only for https connections to
+       example.com. See linkgit:gitcredentials[7] for details on how URLs are
+       matched.
+
 include::diff-config.txt[]
 
 difftool.<tool>.path::
@@ -1752,10 +1772,10 @@ rerere.autoupdate::
 
 rerere.enabled::
        Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
-       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
-       be encountered again.  linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
-       default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
-       `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
+       encountered again.  By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
+       enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
+       `$GIT_DIR`.
 
 sendemail.identity::
        A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the