X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-config.txt;h=e7ecf5d803e14dfa452671cf01e7730dce48b984;hb=634b29d2705af2e05d593b75ade2be64033468a5;hp=8804de327fd5973ae5d36bff18cfcac3e738763d;hpb=c72b9143f90f839fdfe34ea252e84cb43be71d95;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 8804de327..e7ecf5d80 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
 .git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
 (see <<FILES>>).
 
-This command will fail if:
-
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
-
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
+
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
 
 OPTIONS
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