When the '-c' option is used to pass alternate URLs or similar multivar parameters to git commands the effect is not what the user expected [1,2]. Clarify that multivar configuration parameters do not supercede previous values. Suggest an alternative style parameter. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/250427 [2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/251529 Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 3bd68b0..bedbd76 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -440,7 +440,10 @@ example the following invocations are equivalent: -c <name>=<value>:: Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value - given will override values from configuration files. + given will override single valued variables from configuration + files, and append to multivar variables. Previous multivar values + remain in effect. Use "insteadOf" style config variables when an + over-ride is needed. The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by 'git config' (subkeys separated by dots). -- 1.9.4.msysgit.0 -- 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