From: Stephen Boyd Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:38:02 GMT Subject: [PATCH 8/8] config.txt: Make configuration paragraph more consistent Message-ID: <1240479482-31366-9-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1240479482-31366-8-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com> By renaming 'information' to 'configuration' we capture more clearly what a configuration file holds. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd --- Documentation/config.txt | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index acd9b31..0b5dad3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ CONFIGURATION FILE The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository -is used to store the information for that repository, and -`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information as +is used to store the configuration for that repository, and +`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` -can be used to store system-wide defaults. +can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein -- 1.6.2.3