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[PATCH v2] http.proxy: also mention https_proxy and all_proxy

From
Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
Date
Mar 4, 2012, 16:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20120304165043.GA4677@ecki>
In-Reply-To
<20120303174252.GC28602@sigill.intra.peff.net>

The current wording of the http.proxy documentation suggests that http_proxy is somehow equivalent to http.proxy. However, while http.proxy (by the means of curl's CURLOPT_PROXY option) overrides the proxy for both HTTP and HTTPS protocols, the http_proxy environment variable is used only for HTTP. But since the docs mention only http_proxy, a user might expect it to apply to all HTTP-like protocols.

Avoid any such misunderstanding by explicitly mentioning https_proxy and all_proxy as well.

Also replace linkgit:curl[1] with a literal 'curl(1)', because the former gets translated to a dead link in the HTML pages.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
---
On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 12:42:52PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
>
> I think just using: `curl(1)` might be sufficient.
Done.
 Documentation/config.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index abeb82b..f0ab288 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1258,9 +1258,10 @@ help.autocorrect::
 	This is the default.
 
 http.proxy::
-	Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy'
-	environment variable (see linkgit:curl[1]).  This can be overridden
-	on a per-remote basis; see remote.<name>.proxy
+	Override the HTTP proxy, normally configured using the 'http_proxy',
+	'https_proxy', and 'all_proxy' environment variables (see
+	`curl(1)`).  This can be overridden on a per-remote basis; see
+	remote.<name>.proxy
 
 http.cookiefile::
 	File containing previously stored cookie lines which should be used
-- 
1.7.9.2
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  1. http.proxy: also mention https_proxy and all_proxyClemens Buchacher, Mar 3, 2012
  2. Jeff KingMar 3, 2012
  3. [RFH] 'man:' macro for asciidocJakub Narebski, Mar 3, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2012
  5. Clemens BuchacherMar 4, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2012
  7. http.proxy: also mention https_proxy and all_proxyClemens Buchacher, Mar 4, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2012

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