Merge branch 'jc/git-add--interactive'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 8a1ab61e943aba92aed6734c949b196850914a3a..b379ec5075981347e75d0795e44e57620d89399b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@ git-repo-config(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config
+git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options.
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' -l | --list
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --add name value
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [--global] -l | --list
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ You can query/set/replace/unset options with this command. The name is
 actually the section and the key separated by a dot, and the value will be
 escaped.
 
-If you want to set/unset an option which can occur on multiple
+Multiple lines can be added to an option by using the '--add' option.
+If you want to update or unset an option which can occur on multiple
 lines, a POSIX regexp `value_regex` needs to be given.  Only the
 existing values that match the regexp are updated or unset.  If
 you want to handle the lines that do *not* match the regex, just
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@ This command will fail if:
 . Can not write to .git/config,
 . no section was provided,
 . the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist, or
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match.
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
+. you use --global option without $HOME being properly set.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ OPTIONS
        Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
        all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
 
+--add::
+       Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
+       values.  This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+
 --get::
        Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
        matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
@@ -64,14 +71,23 @@ OPTIONS
 --get-regexp::
        Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression.
 
+--global::
+       Use global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config.
+
 --unset::
-       Remove the line matching the key from .git/config.
+       Remove the line matching the key from config file.
 
 --unset-all::
-       Remove all matching lines from .git/config.
+       Remove all matching lines from config file.
 
 -l, --list::
-       List all variables set in .git/config.
+       List all variables set in config file.
+
+--bool::
+       git-repo-config will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
+
+--int::
+       git-repo-config will ensure that the output is a simple decimal number
 
 
 ENVIRONMENT
@@ -79,6 +95,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT
 
 GIT_CONFIG::
        Take the configuration from the given file instead of .git/config.
+       Using the "--global" option forces this to ~/.gitconfig.
 
 GIT_CONFIG_LOCAL::
        Currently the same as $GIT_CONFIG; when Git will support global
@@ -183,6 +200,12 @@ To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
 % git repo-config section.key value '[!]'
 ------------
 
+To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
+
+------------
+% git repo-config core.gitproxy '"proxy" for example.com'
+------------
+
 
 include::config.txt[]