Re: [PATCH] user-manual: Use "git config --global" instead of editing ~/.gitconfig

From: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date: May 10, 2007, 22:16 UTC
Message-ID: <200705110016.18319.johan@herland.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070510220253.GZ13719@fieldses.org>

On Friday 11 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

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> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:53:31PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:
> > Use git-config for setting global user.name and user.email rather than
> > telling the user to edit ~/.gitconfig directly. This brings
> > user-manual.txt in line with tutorial.txt.
>
> The inconsistency is intentional.  We want users to know about
> git-config, because it's helpful when writing scripts, and because it
> has a useful manpage.  But we also want them to know about the
> config-file syntax, since most of us find reading and editing a file
> more intuitive than running git-config.  So we use a mixture of both.

I see your point, but when I look at the user manual, the only place I can actually find git-config used is in [[remote-branch-configuration]]. Besides, we also present the config-file syntax for user.{name,email} in [[telling-git-your-name]], so it's not like I'm remove every reference to the layout of .gitconfig.

Maybe we can present both versions in [[making-changes]]?

Have fun!

...Johan

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