# [PATCH] Documentation/git-config.txt: clarify order of option reading 1 messages from 2008-12-29 to 2008-12-29. Participants: jidanni@jidanni.org. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16902 ## jidanni@jidanni.org, 2008-12-29 06:13 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-config.txt: clarify order of option reading Message-ID: <87myef33wd.fsf@jidanni.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87myef33wd.fsf%40jidanni.org ``` Signed-off-by: jidanni --- Documentation/git-config.txt | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 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 ```