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[PATCH v2 2/2] user-manual: simplify the user configuration

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2009, 09:44 UTC
Message-ID
<1256377489-16719-3-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1256377489-16719-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

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 3fcbc36..a0a75af 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1010,13 +1010,11 @@ 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
-- 
1.6.5.1
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  5. Felipe ContrerasOct 24, 2009
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