doc hash-function-transition: clarify how older gits die on NewHash

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 14da5fc157ee0ea7467e7b9bd9d33d465c1f7a3f..e09ed5d7d5147d93039c479efc8ab450bf5ca8b4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
        using `--file`, `--global`, etc) and `on` when searching all
        config files.
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+`pager.config` is only respected when listing configuration, i.e., when
+using `--list` or any of the `--get-*` which may return multiple results.
+The default is to use a pager.
+
 [[FILES]]
 FILES
 -----