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diff --git a/doc/source/using_config.rst b/doc/source/using_config.rst index 8b6cb58b0..f7469555b 100644 --- a/doc/source/using_config.rst +++ b/doc/source/using_config.rst @@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ invoking ``bst``, an attempt is made to load user specific configuration from ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/buildstream.conf``. On most Linux based systems, the location will be ``~/.config/buildstream.conf`` +.. note:: + + If you have have multiple major versions of BuildStream installed, you + can have separate configuration files in your ``${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}``. + + You can do this by naming them according to the major versions of + BuildStream you have installed. BuildStream 1 will load it's configuration + from ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/buildstream1.conf`` and BuildStream 2 will load + it's configuration from ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/buildstream2.conf``, while + any version will fallback to ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/buildstream.conf``. + Project specific value ---------------------- |