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[PATCH 7/7] user-manual: simplify the user configuration

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 4, 2009, 09:38 UTC
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<1238837909-3060-8-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
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This is shorter, avoids the burder to think about the format of the configuration file, and git config is already used in other places in the manual.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index a3032c7..36568e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1011,13 +1011,11 @@ Telling git your name
 ---------------------
 
 Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to git.  The
-easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a
-file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory:
+easiest way is to use the linkgit:git-config[1] command:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
-[user]
-	name = Your Name Comes Here
-	email = you@yourdomain.example.com
+$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"
+$ git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 (See the '"CONFIGURATION FILE"' section of linkgit:git-config[1] for
-- 
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  4. 4/7 user-manual: use 'fast-forward' instead of 'fast forward'Felipe Contreras, Apr 4, 2009
  5. 5/7 user-manual: use SHA-1 instead of SHA1 or sha1Felipe Contreras, Apr 4, 2009
  6. 6/7 user-manual: add global config sectionFelipe Contreras, Apr 4, 2009
  7. 7/7 user-manual: simplify the user configurationFelipe Contreras, Apr 4, 2009
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