Allow passing of configuration parameters in the command line

[git.git] / Documentation / git.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 35c0c7983d2c18bc0701bc5d6ec22bebc53f792f..755fa4d472f79fbc1c07e76ee73bbf013cb2cb4a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]
     [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
     [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]
+    [-c name=value]
     [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -219,6 +220,12 @@ displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
 because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
 help ...`.
 
+-c <name>=<value>::
+       Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
+       given will override values from configuration files.
+       The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
+       'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
+
 --exec-path::
        Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
        This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH