Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 5de5d051b7917daabd0ef7c0681c6b75307a931a..28e1861094a1689cdb042df6b1d788620ffdf213 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'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
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
-'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'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
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
+'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 
--f config-file, --file config-file::
+-f config-file::
+--file config-file::
        Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
 
 --remove-section::
@@ -116,19 +117,21 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 --unset-all::
        Remove all lines matching the key from config file.
 
--l, --list::
+-l::
+--list::
        List all variables set in config file.
 
 --bool::
-       git-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
+       'git-config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
 
 --int::
-       git-config will ensure that the output is a simple
+       'git-config' will ensure that the output is a simple
        decimal number.  An optional value suffix of 'k', 'm', or 'g'
        in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied
        by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output.
 
--z, --null::
+-z::
+--null::
        For all options that output values and/or keys, always
        end values with the null character (instead of a
        newline). Use newline instead as a delimiter between
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ FILES
 -----
 
 If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
-git-config will search for configuration options:
+'git-config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::
        Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
@@ -176,23 +179,18 @@ $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
 file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
-file is not available or readable, git-config will exit with a non-zero
+file is not available or readable, 'git-config' will exit with a non-zero
 error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
 
 All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
 configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all'
-and '--unset'. *git-config will only ever change one file at a time*.
+and '--unset'. *'git-config' will only ever change one file at a time*.
 
 You can override these rules either by command line options or by environment
 variables. The '--global' and the '--system' options will limit the file used
 to the global or system-wide file respectively. The GIT_CONFIG environment
 variable has a similar effect, but you can specify any filename you want.
 
-The GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL environment variable on the other hand only changes
-the name used instead of the repository configuration file. The global and
-the system-wide configuration files will still be read. (For writing options
-this will obviously result in the same behavior as using GIT_CONFIG.)
-
 
 ENVIRONMENT
 -----------
@@ -202,10 +200,6 @@ GIT_CONFIG::
        Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the
        "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig.
 
-GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL::
-       Take the configuration from the given file instead if .git/config.
-       Still read the global and the system-wide configuration files, though.
-
 See also <<FILES>>.
 
 
@@ -228,7 +222,7 @@ Given a .git/config like this:
 
        ; Our diff algorithm
        [diff]
-               external = "/usr/local/bin/gnu-diff -u"
+               external = /usr/local/bin/diff-wrapper
                renames = true
 
        ; Proxy settings
@@ -334,4 +328,4 @@ Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.ker
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite