[PATCH v2] Documentation/gitk: Document new config file location

From

AHAstril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com>

Date

Mar 18, 2014, 17:53 UTC

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<1395165187-3629-1-git-send-email-astrilhayato@gmail.com>

User config file location now complies with XDG base directory specification

Signed-off-by: Astril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gitk.txt | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 1e9e38a..c2aa514 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -166,8 +166,13 @@ gitk --max-count=100 --all \-- Makefile::
 
 Files
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-Gitk creates the .gitk file in your $HOME directory to store preferences
-such as display options, font, and colors.
+User configuration and preferences are stored at (in order of priority):
+
+* '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk' if it exists and '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is set
+* '$HOME/.config/git/gitk' if it exists
+* '$HOME/.gitk' if it exists
+
+If none of the above exist then '$HOME/.config/git/gitk' is created and used by default.
 
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1.9.0