Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0e1168c06661448d0757ceb3a7c2155a3dd42809..c081657be774a70b453f493be11fbfb670452e86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ customary UNIX fashion.
 
 Some variables may require a special value format.
 
+Includes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+You can include one config file from another by setting the special
+`include.path` variable to the name of the file to be included. The
+included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been
+found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the
+`include.path` variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be
+relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was
+found. See below for examples.
+
 Example
 ~~~~~~~
 
@@ -108,6 +119,10 @@ Example
                gitProxy="ssh" for "kernel.org"
                gitProxy=default-proxy ; for the rest
 
+       [include]
+               path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path
+               path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file
+
 Variables
 ~~~~~~~~~