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By Florian Achleitner
* fa/maint-config-doc:
  Documentation/git-config: describe and clarify "--local <file>" option
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Junio C Hamano 2012-05-10 10:49:42 -07:00
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@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some
path expansion (see '--path' below). If no type specifier is passed, no
checks or transformations are performed on the value.
The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file'
which specify where the values will be read from or written to.
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>>).
When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
repository local configuration files by default, and options
'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be
used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>).
When writing, the new value is written to the repository local
configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global',
'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to
that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
This command will fail (with exit code ret) if: