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Subject: Re: [PATCH] user-manual: set user.name and user.email with repo-config
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> What would also mean that we'd have the man-page with a simple
>
> 	man git-config
>
> which makes tons of sense if it documents both the config file *and* the 
> "git config" program.
>
> Or is that too sneaky?

I like that.

If the solution can help us deprecate and eventually remove
git-var that would be ultra-nice.