Integrate hash algorithm support with repo setup

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index f163113a6faafa675d921381447bd83aaa8e1708..4edd09fc6b0742042f3236598d8ecb793773d8ab 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
        either --bool or --int, as described above.
 
 --path::
-       'git-config' will expand leading '{tilde}' to the value of
-       '$HOME', and '{tilde}user' to the home directory for the
+       `git config` will expand a leading `~` to the value of
+       `$HOME`, and `~user` to the home directory for the
        specified user.  This option has no effect when setting the
-       value (but you can use 'git config bla {tilde}/' from the
-       command line to let your shell do the expansion).
+       value (but you can use `git config section.variable ~/`
+       from the command line to let your shell do the expansion).
 
 -z::
 --null::
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ The files are read in the order given above, with last value found taking
 precedence over values read earlier.  When multiple values are taken then all
 values of a key from all files will be used.
 
+You may override individual configuration parameters when running any git
+command by using the `-c` option. See linkgit:git[1] for details.
+
 All writing options will per default write to the repository specific
 configuration file. Note that this also affects options like `--replace-all`
 and `--unset`. *'git config' will only ever change one file at a time*.