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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] user-manual: Simplify the user configuration.
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:20:00 -0500
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Cc: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
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On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:55:24PM +0100, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:

>> I think there should also be some explanatory text that indicates they
>> are totally interchangeable for the rest of the document. Something
>> like: "When we show configuration in the rest of this document, we will
>> use format X [I think probably "git config $VAR $VALUE"]. But you can
>> use whichever method you are most comfortable with."
>
> I already suggested something similar about 4 days ago:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/106673/

Oh, I think I must have mixed up reading your post and thinking it was
from Felipe. Sorry.

At any rate, I think what you wrote there is sensible.

-Peff