From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/15] user-manual: Use 'remote add' to setup push URLs
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:08:48 -0800
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W. Trevor King wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 01:33:31PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

>> The resulting text may read like so:
>> =E2=80=A6
>
> I'm fine with this too, but if this is the suggested route, why bothe=
r
> with `git config` at all?  Is it just for ease of scripting?

Yes.  It can also be helpful when giving help over IRC, since you
can get reproducible results without assuming the user has a proper
text editor set up, but that is just a special case of scripting. ;-)

=46or everyday interactive configuration editing, config files have som=
e
good advantages:

 - The settings are easy to read, well organized, and all in one place
 - The file can include comments.

Thanks,
Jonathan