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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-10-28 10:18:39 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-10-28 10:18:39 +0900
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downloadgit-2d8f12d28273487b620cbd796560bc284feeffda.tar.gz
Merge branch 'np/config-path-doc'
Doc update. * np/config-path-doc: config doc: clarify "git config --path" example
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt8
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 83f86b9231..4edd09fc6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
either --bool or --int, as described above.
--path::
- 'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of
- '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the
+ `git config` will expand a leading `~` to the value of
+ `$HOME`, and `~user` to the home directory for the
specified user. This option has no effect when setting the
- value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the
- command line to let your shell do the expansion).
+ value (but you can use `git config section.variable ~/`
+ from the command line to let your shell do the expansion).
-z::
--null::