pathspec: support :(glob) syntax

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index fbad05e46f1781e26955c2d5f66031500265fc0e..99dc497b6f25243dbe01ce47d6e53ec6952d1737 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -206,12 +206,8 @@ FILES
 If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
-$GIT_DIR/config::
-       Repository specific configuration file.
-
-~/.gitconfig::
-       User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
-       configuration file.
+$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
+       System-wide configuration file.
 
 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
        Second user-specific configuration file. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set
@@ -221,8 +217,12 @@ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config::
        you sometimes use older versions of Git, as support for this
        file was added fairly recently.
 
-$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
-       System-wide configuration file.
+~/.gitconfig::
+       User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
+       configuration file.
+
+$GIT_DIR/config::
+       Repository specific configuration file.
 
 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ file are not available they will be ignored. If the repository configuration
 file is not available or readable, 'git config' will exit with a non-zero
 error code. However, in neither case will an error message be issued.
 
+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.
+
 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*.