OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "exclude-guides", &exclude_guides, N_("exclude guides")),
        OPT_BOOL('g', "guides", &show_guides, N_("print list of useful guides")),
        OPT_BOOL('c', "config", &show_config, N_("print all configuration variable names")),
+       OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "config-for-completion", &show_config, "", 2, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
        OPT_SET_INT('m', "man", &help_format, N_("show man page"), HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
        OPT_SET_INT('w', "web", &help_format, N_("show manual in web browser"),
                        HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
        }
 
        if (show_config) {
+               int for_human = show_config == 1;
+
+               if (!for_human) {
+                       list_config_help(for_human);
+                       return 0;
+               }
                setup_pager();
-               list_config_help();
+               list_config_help(for_human);
                printf("\n%s\n", _("'git help config' for more information"));
                return 0;
        }