David Glasser <glasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> David Glasser <glasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> That might be something we want to fix up further in later patches;
>> the change we see in this patch is good regardless.
>
>
> Perhaps I am looking at the wrong branch, but I'm not sure that this
> got merged? Is there something I should do to move this along?
Are you asking about "might be something we want to fix up further",
which I do not think anybody did (and you certainly didn't)?
The patch that was commented on in that exchange should be part of
v2.10.0 already.
$ git blame -s -L264,269 v2.10.0 Documentation/git-config.txt
7da9800f 264) values of a key from all files will be used.
7da9800f 265)
ae1f7094 266) You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git
ae1f7094 267) command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
ae1f7094 268)
17014090 269) All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
$ git show ae1f7094
commit ae1f7094f7a68fcff3d07358d83f5f483f0c300c
Author: David Glasser <glasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Aug 23 10:33:21 2016 -0700
doc: mention `git -c` in git-config(1)
Signed-off-by: David Glasser <glasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 6843114..636b3eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking
precedence over values read earlier. When multiple values are taken then all
values of a key from all files will be used.
+You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git
+command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
+
All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
configuration file. Note that this also affects options like '--replace-all'
and '--unset'. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.