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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2007-01-29 00:17:51 -0500
committerJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2007-01-29 00:17:51 -0500
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user-manual: add references to git-config man page
Direct editing of config files may be more natural for users than using the git-config commandline; but we should still reference the git-config man page when we describe such editing, so people know where to go for details on the config file syntax and meanings of the variables. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt10
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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 3e367a0ad..ce0e91b1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -601,9 +601,10 @@ $ cat .git/config
...
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-This is what causes git to track the remote's branches; you may
-modify or delete these configuration options by editing .git/config
-with a text editor.
+This is what causes git to track the remote's branches; you may modify
+or delete these configuration options by editing .git/config with a
+text editor. (See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of
+gitlink:git-config[1] for details.)
Exploring git history
=====================
@@ -955,6 +956,9 @@ $ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF
EOF
------------------------------------------------
+(See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of gitlink:git-config[1] for
+details on the configuration file.)
+
Creating a new repository
-------------------------