From 32043c9f8c60fc03b0b6a324c559d98094729323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:48:14 +0100 Subject: config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig The settings in /etc/gitconfig can be overridden in ~/.gitconfig, which in turn can be overridden in .git/config. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 38655350f..1dd90d804 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository is used to store the information for that repository, and `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give -fallback values for `.git/config` file. +fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig` +can be used to store system-wide defaults. They can be used by both the git plumbing and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where -- cgit v1.2.1