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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html