Document git aliases support

diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index c22d34f5fb9df2ce567f72a996f3d85b424ecf69..a5b1a0dbab5e55a1c1fc2b0f8b35e234832808bb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-var - Print the git users identity
 
 SYNOPSIS
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-git-var [ -l | <variable> ]
+'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
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@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ Prints a git logical variable.
 OPTIONS
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 -l::
-       Cause the logical variables to be listed.
+       Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
+       variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed
+       as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality
+       is deprecated in favor of `git-repo-config -l`.)
 
 EXAMPLE
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@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ See Also
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 gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
 gitlink:git-tag[1]
+gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
 
 Author
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