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authorFelipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>2009-02-07 23:53:00 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-02-08 13:02:34 -0800
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config: Add new option to open an editor.
The idea was originated by discussion about usability of manually editing the config file in 'special needs' systems such as Windows. Now the user can forget a bit about where the config files actually are. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
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@@ -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
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@@ -157,6 +158,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
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
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