From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5081F516 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934080AbeFZKSa (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:18:30 -0400 Received: from cpanel4.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.9]:60256 "EHLO cpanel4.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933785AbeFZKS3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:18:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=zcTuq2TzZ2LP6zx4XDgY4+l3Rtj4/yH97R0g1wo/Qe0=; b=Zg0T57drwzjPXJeJCUf2jyxR2E yMKjP8yeKheLhBonwxVi2N/xH0RDo1mTbta2MGbNKwJrZAabovka8atgfD+6uR7hLNEMcTN6DgcHw 52vLUAR/MZGdQbwliV3tDH/6DhbSqbHQifFVOsjoDWy25ghRGz3ssHGTUUDdERjrpJFNo4nd5yKcG ASiOBKKHZvMlR/0eRrW8fsHG8pU2ZbWlnY8W0bsR3nG7Zp9kZ8/4/3NxtVI6Z+oyZy3Wk8bFHdvjY pK3ERaHcwAsISCH45Z7E4TR2hgLvdbtn5qJxHjoMNvW1A4C7f/acaZ5PPZDqRNdR1NFkGhcmS41R3 sGv5Y5uQ==; Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.112.22.87]:52684 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel4.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fXl3L-00GSeJ-31 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:18:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:18:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Git Mailing list Subject: curious about wording in "man git-config", ENVIRONMENT Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel4.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel4.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel4.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org ENVIRONMENT GIT_CONFIG Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config. Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig. Using the "--system" option forces this to $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig. is the phrase "forces this to" really what you want to use here? maybe i misunderstand what this option does, doesn't it simply mean that it will use a different (specified) file from the default, depending on the context (local, global, system)? it just seems weird to say that the option "forces" the use of what are clearly the default files. thoughts? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================