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From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr
Date: Mon,  8 Jul 2013 00:00:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1373234402-6856-1-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> (raw)

Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 
 --system::
 	For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
-	rather than the repository .git/config.
+	rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr
+	then /etc/gitconfig is used.
 +
 For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
 rather than from all available files.
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
 	file was added fairly recently.
 
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
-	System-wide configuration file.
+	System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the
+	latter case /etc/gitconfig is used.
 
 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
-- 
1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc

             reply	other threads:[~2013-07-07 22:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-07 22:00 Robin Rosenberg [this message]
2013-07-07 22:21 ` [PATCH] Documentation: finding $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig when prefix = /usr John Keeping
2013-07-07 22:32   ` Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:23 ` Robin Rosenberg
2013-07-07 22:47   ` Junio C Hamano

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