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patchDocumentation/git-config.txt: clarify order of option reading

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-config.txt: clarify order of option reading

## tl;dr

One message between Dec 29, 2008 and Dec 29, 2008. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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jidanni@jidanni.org· Dec 29, 2008, 06:13 UTC · lore
Signed-off-by: jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Show changes to Documentation/git-config.txt +2 −0
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 19a8917..34041b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 	System-wide configuration file.
 
+Options found earlier in this sequence override those found later.
+
 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
 file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
-- 
1.5.6.5

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