does git config get any side effect other than changing .gitconfig

From: bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2009, 03:12 UTC
Message-ID: <20090123031210.GB6931@b2j>

Suppose I got several git repositories to maintain, instead of using command git config [--global] again and again. Can I call up a text editor to edit .git/config or .gitconfig manually, or just copy from another .gitconfig ?

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