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.
-The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
-.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
-(see <<FILES>>).
+When reading, the values are read from the system, global and
+repository local configuration files by default, and options
+'--system', '--global', '--local' and '--file <filename>' can be
+used to tell the command to read from only that location (see <<FILES>>).
+
+When writing, the new value is written to the repository local
+configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global',
+'--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to
+that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
is not exactly one.
--get-regexp::
- Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
- Also outputs the key names.
+ Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
+ writes out the key names. Regular expression matching is currently
+ case-sensitive and done against a canonicalized version of the key
+ in which section and variable names are lowercased, but subsection
+ names are not.
--global::
For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than