Change the word "bla" to "section.variable" to make it clear that it's a placeholder for a variable name. See discussion at: https://public-inbox.org/git/20171002061303.Horde.SL92grZCqTRV9oQkBFPELQ7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Noticed-by: rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index 83f86b923..f9808d7ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ See also <<FILES>>. 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the specified user. This option has no effect when setting the - value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the - command line to let your shell do the expansion). + value (but you can use 'git config section.variable {tilde}/' + from the command line to let your shell do the expansion). -z:: --null:: -- 2.14.2
