git-svn: update documentation for multi-{init|fetch}

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 8199615dde6630124c155bb4a296603dc8829c83..c55a8ba0dcfc63110920bf6b5e8db91732d11853 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --add name value
 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get name [value_regex]
 'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
 escaped.
 
-If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
+Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the '--add' option.
+If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple
 lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given.  Only the
 existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset.  If
 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ OPTIONS
        Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
        all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
 
+--add::
+       Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
+       values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+
 --get::
        Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
        matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
@@ -77,6 +83,15 @@ OPTIONS
 -l, --list::
        List all variables set in config file.
 
+--bool::
+       git-repo-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
+
+--int::
+       git-repo-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.
+
 
 ENVIRONMENT
 -----------
@@ -188,6 +203,12 @@ To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
 ------------
 
+To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
+
+------------
+% git repo-config core.gitproxy '"proxy" for example.com'
+------------
+
 
 include::config.txt[]