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

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: May 11, 2007, 13:22 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.99.0705110916580.24220@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <20070511034653.GB26896@fieldses.org>

On Thu, 10 May 2007, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> So while I'm not convinced of the value of consistency here, if we have
> to have consistency, I'd rather standardize on config-file-editing.

Why not simply providing both?

	You can modify your config with the following commands:

...

	Alternatively, you might edit your ~/.gitconfig directly as 
	well with the following content:

...

Wouldn't that be clearer? This way there is no confusion since it is clear up front that both methods are equivalent, and the user can choose between them.

For one, I prefer the git-config method even if I do edit source files all day long. It just seems faster to me.

Nicolas