Use git-config for setting global user.name and user.email rather than
telling the user to edit ~/.gitconfig directly. This brings
user-manual.txt in line with tutorial.txt.
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <redacted>
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Documentation/user-manual.txt | 7 ++-----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 13db969..23e2f45 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -158,11 +158,8 @@ Making changes
Make sure git knows who to blame:
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-$ cat >>~/.gitconfig <<\EOF
-[user]
- name = Your Name Comes Here
- email = you@yourdomain.example.com
-EOF
+$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"
+$ git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com
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