[PATCH v2 4/4] user-manual: simplify the user configuration

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This is shorter, avoids the burder to think about the format of the
configuration file, and git config is already used in other places in
the manual.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index d466199..6262c6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1008,13 +1008,11 @@ Telling git your name
 ---------------------
 
 Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to git.  The
-easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a
-file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory:
+easiest way is to use the linkgit:git-config[1] command:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
-[user]
-	name = Your Name Comes Here
-	email = you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"
+$ git config --global user.email you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 (See the '"CONFIGURATION FILE"' section of linkgit:git-config[1] for
-- 
1.6.3.rc3.13.g195b.dirty

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