From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 05:14:00 GMT Subject: [PATCH 4/6] user-manual: fix .gitconfig editing examples Message-ID: <17154.7676822685$1178514875@news.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <1178514845119-git-send-email-> From: J. Bruce Fields Santi Béjar points out that when telling people how to "introduce themselves" to git we're advising them to replace their entire .gitconfig file. Fix that. Cc: "Santi Béjar Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 03206c5..c292b4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Making changes Make sure git knows who to blame: ------------------------------------------------ -$ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF +$ cat >>~/.gitconfig <<\EOF [user] name = Your Name Comes Here email = you@yourdomain.example.com @@ -1049,14 +1049,13 @@ Telling git your name --------------------- Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to git. The -easiest way to do so is: +easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a +file named .gitconfig in your home directory: ------------------------------------------------ -$ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF [user] name = Your Name Comes Here email = you@yourdomain.example.com -EOF ------------------------------------------------ (See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of gitlink:git-config[1] for -- 1.5.1.1.98.gedb4f