Re: [PATCH] user-manual: Use "git config --global" instead of editing ~/.gitconfig

On Friday 11 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:53:31PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:

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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.

The inconsistency is intentional.  We want users to know about
git-config, because it's helpful when writing scripts, and because it
has a useful manpage.  But we also want them to know about the
config-file syntax, since most of us find reading and editing a file
more intuitive than running git-config.  So we use a mixture of both.

I see your point, but when I look at the user manual, the only place I can 
actually find git-config used is in [[remote-branch-configuration]]. 
Besides, we also present the config-file syntax for user.{name,email} in 
[[telling-git-your-name]], so it's not like I'm remove every reference to 
the layout of .gitconfig.

Maybe we can present both versions in [[making-changes]]?


Have fun!

...Johan

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