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Re: [GSOC PATCH v2] doc: fix repo_config documentation reference

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2026, 16:39 UTC
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<xmqqfr7dhln9.fsf@gitster.g>
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<20260206062108.74072-1-valusoutrik@gmail.com>
SoutrikDas <valusoutrik@gmail.com> writes:
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> In MyFirstContribution.adoc, the link to the repo_config() 
> documentation is invalid because the related documentation was moved 
> to a different file.
>
> Replace the path for the repo_config() documentation from
> 'Documentation/technical/api-config.h' to 'config.h'.
OK.  I eyeballed output from
    $ git grep 'Documentation/technical/.*\.adoc' Documentation/
and everything else mentioned are still there.
Thanks.
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>
> Signed-off-by: SoutrikDas <valusoutrik@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes from v1 : 
> Corrected Documentation Spelling
> Added .h after api-config
> Changed Commit message to suit git's style
> ---
>  Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> index f186dfbc89..92de476a7f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.adoc
> @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function body:
>  apply standard precedence rules. `repo_config_get_string_tmp()` will look up
>  a specific key ("user.name") and give you the value. There are a number of
>  single-key lookup functions like this one; you can see them all (and more info
> -about how to use `repo_config()`) in `Documentation/technical/api-config.adoc`.
> +about how to use `repo_config()`) in `config.h`.
>  
>  You should see that the name printed matches the one you see when you run:
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