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From: David Glasser <glasser@davidglasser.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: git-config(1) should mention `git -c`
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:42:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN7QDoJ-gQ9XUkCrTT6YDN+aUjNrAJWaG+WxbUvu32DJG-OZDg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

In addition to describing the `git config` command, git-config(1) also
appears to be where the algorithm for determining the active
configuration values is documented, in the FILES and ENVIRONMENT
sections.  (There is minimal documentation of these files and
environment variables in git(1).)

However, `git -c name=value` is not documented in this manpage. So to
understand the full set of ways to affect the configuration of a git
command, you need to know to read both git(1) and git-config(1).

I'd like to add a reference to `git -c` to git-config(1). I would
happily send a patch but I'm not sure of the best place to put it —
maybe in the FILES section?

--dave

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             reply	other threads:[~2016-08-22 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-22 18:42 David Glasser [this message]
2016-08-22 18:57 ` git-config(1) should mention `git -c` Jeff King
2016-08-23 17:16   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-23 17:33     ` David Glasser
2016-08-23 21:41     ` Jeff King

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