{"thread":{"id":"56497","subject":"[PATCH] doc: config, tell readers of `git help --config`","startedAt":"2021-09-13T21:23:17Z","lastAt":"2021-09-13T21:23:17Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Philip Oakley"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"435791","messageId":"20210913212305.1832-1-philipoakley@iee.email","threadId":"56497","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] doc: config, tell readers of `git help --config`","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.email","sentAt":"2021-09-13T21:23:05Z","receivedAt":"2021-09-13T21:23:17Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"The `git help` command gained the ability to list config variables in\n3ac68a93fd (help: add --config to list all available config, 2018-05-26)\nbut failed to tell readers of the config documenation itself.\n\nProvide that cross reference.\n\nSigned-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>\n---\nI noticed this omission while reviewing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason's\n[PATCH v2 2/5] help: correct usage & behavior of \"git help --guides\"\n<patch-v2-2.5-039639a0dd3-20210910T112545Z-avarab@gmail.com>.\n\nMy initial comment is in <2493437c-01c5-ddcc-6a61-666f87e70f20@iee.email>\nand follow up, that is was out of scope to Ævar's series, in\n<8c72d383-4ae2-b96c-6886-7c36153d8991@iee.email>.\n\nThis patch is independednt of the ab/help-config-vars series.\n---\n Documentation/git-config.txt | 3 +++\n 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt\nindex 2dc4bae6da..992225f612 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt\n@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ codes are:\n \n On success, the command returns the exit code 0.\n \n+A list of all available configuration variables can be obtained using the\n+`git help --config` command.\n+\n [[OPTIONS]]\n OPTIONS\n -------\n-- \n2.33.0.windows.2\n\n"}]}