From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Make verse of git-config manpage more readable
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:01:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070731220117.GA3196@steel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0707310502x588c9c6dh7d9290360b27647a@mail.gmail.com>
Also mention '--file' in FILES.
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
---
Alex Riesen, Tue, Jul 31, 2007 14:02:13 +0200:
> On 7/31/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > You could use this chance to make the verse nicer, i.e. split it into a
> > [<file-option>] and an [<action>] part.
Did only the long one, file-option. I don't think the [<action>] part
is essential, though. It is quite understandable...
Documentation/git-config.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 88acf6c..8451ccc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ git-config - Get and set repository or global options
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --add name value
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --rename-section old_name new_name
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] --remove-section name
-'git-config' [--system | --global | [-f|--file] config-file] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
+'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
a "true" or "false" string for bool). 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>>).
+
This command will fail if:
. The config file is invalid,
@@ -133,8 +139,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
FILES
-----
-There are three files where git-config will search for configuration
-options:
+If not set explicitely with '--file', there are three files where
+git-config will search for configuration options:
.git/config::
Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
--
1.5.3.rc3.116.g94fd8
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-31 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-31 11:53 [PATCH] Add an option to specify a file to config builtin Alex Riesen
2007-07-31 11:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-31 12:02 ` Alex Riesen
2007-07-31 22:01 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2007-07-31 22:36 ` [PATCH] Make verse of git-config manpage more readable Johannes Schindelin
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