static void setup_default_push_refspecs(void)
 {
-       git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        switch (push_default) {
        default:
        case PUSH_DEFAULT_MATCHING:
                error("failed to push some refs to '%s'", url[i]);
                if (nonfastforward && advice_push_nonfastforward) {
                        printf("To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected\n"
-                              "Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'non-fast forward'\n"
+                              "Merge the remote changes before pushing again.  See the 'non-fast-forward'\n"
                               "section of 'git push --help' for details.\n");
                }
                errs++;
        int tags = 0;
        int rc;
        const char *repo = NULL;        /* default repository */
-
        struct option options[] = {
                OPT_BIT('q', "quiet", &flags, "be quiet", TRANSPORT_PUSH_QUIET),
                OPT_BIT('v', "verbose", &flags, "be verbose", TRANSPORT_PUSH_VERBOSE),
                OPT_END()
        };
 
+       git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, push_usage, 0);
 
        if (tags)