From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:22:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] user-manual: Use "git config --global" instead of editing ~/.gitconfig
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