From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 04:16:33 +0000 (-0400) Subject: user-manual: fix .gitconfig editing examples X-Git-Tag: v1.5.1.4~9 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=58c19d1f95f4742efc6b3ca7d2fddbccd015e0b0;p=git.git user-manual: fix .gitconfig editing examples Santi Béjar points out that when telling people how to "introduce themselves" to git we're advising them to replace their entire .gitconfig file. Fix that. Cc: "Santi Béjar Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" --- diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 03206c534..c292b4d79 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Making changes Make sure git knows who to blame: ------------------------------------------------ -$ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF +$ cat >>~/.gitconfig <<\EOF [user] name = Your Name Comes Here email = you@yourdomain.example.com @@ -1049,14 +1049,13 @@ Telling git your name --------------------- Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to git. The -easiest way to do so is: +easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a +file named .gitconfig in your home directory: ------------------------------------------------ -$ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF [user] name = Your Name Comes Here email = you@yourdomain.example.com -EOF ------------------------------------------------ (See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of gitlink:git-config[1] for