On Thu, 10 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > So while I'm not convinced of the value of consistency here, if we have > to have consistency, I'd rather standardize on config-file-editing. Why not simply providing both? You can modify your config with the following commands: ... Alternatively, you might edit your ~/.gitconfig directly as well with the following content: ... Wouldn't that be clearer? This way there is no confusion since it is clear up front that both methods are equivalent, and the user can choose between them. For one, I prefer the git-config method even if I do edit source files all day long. It just seems faster to me. Nicolas - 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