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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index cc6d79e537..be75f70055 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ You can include a config file from another by setting the special to be included. The variable takes a pathname as its value, and is subject to tilde expansion. These variables can be given multiple times. -The included file is expanded immediately, as if its contents had been -found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the +The contents of the included file are inserted immediately, as if they +had been found at the location of the include directive. If the value of the variable is a relative path, the path is considered to be relative to the configuration file in which the include directive was found. See below for examples. @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ Example [include] path = /path/to/foo.inc ; include by absolute path - path = foo ; expand "foo" relative to the current file - path = ~/foo ; expand "foo" in your `$HOME` directory + path = foo ; find "foo" relative to the current file + path = ~/foo ; find "foo" in your `$HOME` directory ; include if $GIT_DIR is /path/to/foo/.git [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/foo/.git"] |