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Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lorber --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ef0768b91a..1e819c26f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ in the appropriate manual page. Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and -other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. +other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation. See +'NAMESPACE COLLISIONS' in linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] for guidelines +to prevent such conflicts. include::config/advice.txt[] -- 2.17.1