Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 6ab2af4b61e2188297e15f2e3c1d9c5f05f680b8..263292809d58b18becbbb73fafb10681436a76c3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
-'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
 'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
 'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -36,11 +37,12 @@ existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset.  If
 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
 prepend a single exclamation mark in front (see also <<EXAMPLES>>).
 
-The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
+The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', to make
 'git-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
 convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
-a "true" or "false" string for bool).  If no type specifier is passed,
-no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
+a "true" or "false" string for bool), or '--path', which does some
+path expansion (see '--path' below).  If no type specifier is passed, no
+checks or transformations are performed on the value.
 
 The file-option can be one of '--system', '--global' or '--file'
 which specify where the values will be read from or written to.
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --add::
        Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
-       values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+       values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex
+       in `--replace-all`.
 
 --get::
        Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
@@ -134,6 +137,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
        'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
        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
+       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).
+
 -z::
 --null::
        For all options that output values and/or keys, always
@@ -154,13 +164,18 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
        When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
        `color.ui` as fallback.
 
---get-color name default::
+--get-color name [default]::
 
        Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
        output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
        output.  The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
        there is no color configured for `name`.
 
+-e::
+--edit::
+       Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
+       '--system', '--global', or repository (default).
+
 [[FILES]]
 FILES
 -----