Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 9ae2508..3198d52 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. --system:: For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig - rather than the repository .git/config. + rather than the repository .git/config. However, $(prefix) is /usr + then /etc/gitconfig is used. + For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig rather than from all available files. @@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config:: file was added fairly recently. $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig:: - System-wide configuration file. + System-wide configuration file, unless $(prefix) is /usr. In the + latter case /etc/gitconfig is used. If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration -- 1.8.3.rc0.19.g7e6a0cc -- 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