Re: [RFC/PATCH 7/8] user-manual: add global config section
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- J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
- Date
- Mar 24, 2009, 21:52 UTC
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- <20090324215223.GL19389@fieldses.org>
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- <1237745121-6325-8-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 08:05:20PM +0200, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/user-manual.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > index 3278aa7..b7678aa 100644 > --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt > +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > @@ -40,6 +40,40 @@ without any explanation. > Finally, see <<todo>> for ways that you can help make this manual more > complete. > > +[[getting-started]] > +Getting started > +============= > + > +You can skip this section safely, however, configuring git at an early stage > +would probably make your overall experience with it more pleasant. Also many > +parts on this manual would be easier to grasp.
I'd skip this first paragraph.
> + > +Git's configuration is distributed on different locations: 'system', 'global', and > +'repository'. Variables are stored in the form of 'foo.bar', and the precedence > +order is 'repository' > 'global' > 'system'.
"distributed on" isn't right ("among" instead of "on" might work). It's not obvious to me what ">" means in terms of precedence. And I'm not sure the comment about the form conveys any useful information. Also, I think the systemwide configuration is less important, and could be left to the man page.
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> + > +You would probably want to start setting up something useful: > +------------------------------------------------ > +$ git config --global color.ui auto > +------------------------------------------------ > + > +This will make prettier the output of certain commands such as `git diff`, but > +that's not important; what is important here is that `color.ui` has been > +stored in the 'global' (for the user) configuration. > + > +You can take a look and manually modify the configuration with the `--edit`
"take a look and" isn't really necessary; either eliminate it or replace it by "view and" or just "also".
> +option (will use '$EDITOR'):
s/will/which will/.
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> +------------------------------------------------ > +$ git config --global --edit > +[color] > + ui = auto > +------------------------------------------------ > + > +Or you can manually edit the file which is located in `~/.gitconfig`. Other > +locations are `/etc/gitconfig` (system), and `.git/config` (repository). > + > +Other git configurations will be covered in the rest of the manual, if you > +want to learn more look at linkgit:git-config[1] for details. > > [[repositories-and-branches]] > Repositories and Branches > -- > 1.6.2.1.352.gae594 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html