On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 12:28 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > > The current message is too long and at too low a level for anybody to > > understand it if they don't know about the configuration format > > already. > > > > Reformat it to show the commands a user would be expected to use, > > instead of the contents of the configuration file. > > --- > > Sounds like a change going in the right direction. I am unsure if it is a > good idea to remove "See git-config...", but otherwise I like the updated > text much better. We're already telling them to go look at the git-pull or git-rebase manpages, where there's already a lot of information and adding another RTFM seemed a bit unfriendly (and not that useful, as they'd be manipulating the config via other commands and shouldn't need to care about config that much) > > But of course I am not the target audience, so let's see what we hear from > others. Sure, I'll see if I can come up with some better wording and send a signed-off patch. cmn
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