Merge branch 'jc/lt-ref2-with-lt-refs' into jc/ref-locking

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index fd44f629f5febb49a647578adb7804cd34b3afd6..b03d66f61ca4b234e721d671cc2521182a8e12b1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
 escaped.
 
-If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple lines, you
-should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
-*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
-(see EXAMPLES).
+If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
+lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given.  Only the
+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 EXAMPLES).
 
 The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
 'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --replace-all::
-       Default behaviour is to replace at most one line. This replaces
+       Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
        all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
 
 --get::
@@ -72,6 +73,18 @@ OPTIONS
        List all variables set in .git/config.
 
 
+ENVIRONMENT
+-----------
+
+GIT_CONFIG::
+       Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
+
+GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL::
+       Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global
+       configuration files, this will cause it to take the configuration
+       from the global configuration file in addition to the given file.
+
+
 EXAMPLE
 -------
 
@@ -106,8 +119,8 @@ you can set the filemode to true with
 % git repo-config core.filemode true
 ------------
 
-The hypothetic proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
-to what URL they apply. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
+The hypothetical proxy command entries actually have a postfix to discern
+what URL they apply to. Here is how to change the entry for kernel.org
 to "ssh".
 
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