Improve documentation concerning the status.submodulesummary setting

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 99dc497b6f25243dbe01ce47d6e53ec6952d1737..2dbe486eb16d8edde01ece856fa1e0ad75053042 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -96,29 +96,31 @@ OPTIONS
        names are not.
 
 --global::
-       For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
-       the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file
-       if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn't.
+       For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file
+       rather than the repository `.git/config`, write to
+       `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` file if this file exists and the
+       `~/.gitconfig` file doesn't.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global `~/.gitconfig` and from
+`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config` rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 
 --system::
-       For writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
-       rather than the repository .git/config.
+       For writing options: write to system-wide
+       `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` rather than the repository
+       `.git/config`.
 +
-For reading options: read only from system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig
+For reading options: read only from system-wide `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig`
 rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 
 --local::
-       For writing options: write to the repository .git/config file.
+       For writing options: write to the repository `.git/config` file.
        This is the default behavior.
 +
-For reading options: read only from the repository .git/config rather than
+For reading options: read only from the repository `.git/config` rather than
 from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
@@ -127,6 +129,13 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 --file config-file::
        Use the given config file instead of the one specified by GIT_CONFIG.
 
+--blob blob::
+       Similar to '--file' but use the given blob instead of a file. E.g.
+       you can use 'master:.gitmodules' to read values from the file
+       '.gitmodules' in the master branch. See "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
+       section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for a more complete list of
+       ways to spell blob names.
+
 --remove-section::
        Remove the given section from the configuration file.
 
@@ -211,9 +220,9 @@ $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
 
 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
        Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
-       or empty, $HOME/.config/git/config will be used. Any single-valued
+       or empty, `$HOME/.config/git/config` will be used. Any single-valued
        variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
-       ~/.gitconfig.  It is a good idea not to create this file if
+       `~/.gitconfig`.  It is a good idea not to create this file if
        you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this
        file was added fairly recently.