Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2013, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID: <7vobfrrdjy.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130210222508.GC8377@odin.tremily.us>

"W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> writes:

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> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:12:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> > +Which will add the following stanza to a file named `.gitconfig` in
>> > +your home directory:
>> 
>> Looks good, even though I do not think we would want/need to confuse
>> the readers with an unfamiliar word "stanza".
>
> Aw.  I suppose "section" is better?  (It's what Python's ConfigParser
> uses anyway).  I saw "stanza" in another part of the manual and
> thought it was quite poetic ;).

How about not saying anything and say "adds the following"?

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