Merge branch 'rj/path-cleanup'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 5d9fd47ee3044afb55429c7c01e20e67094f6b2b..eaea0791657386469e448def614b949c0a1f45e9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ configuration file by default, and options '--system', '--global',
 '--file <filename>' can be used to tell the command to write to
 that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
 
-This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
+This command will fail with non-zero status upon error.  Some exit
+codes are:
 
 . The config file is invalid (ret=3),
 . can not write to the config file (ret=4),
 . no section or name was provided (ret=2),
 . the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
 . you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
-. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6).
 
 On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
 
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --global::
        For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than
-       the repository .git/config.
+       the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file
+       if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn't.
 +
-For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig rather than
-from all available files.
+For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from
+$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.
 +
 See also <<FILES>>.
 
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are four files where
 'git config' will search for configuration options:
 
 $GIT_DIR/config::
@@ -204,6 +205,14 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
        User-specific configuration file. Also called "global"
        configuration file.
 
+$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
+       variable set in this file will be overwritten by whatever is in
+       ~/.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.
+
 $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig::
        System-wide configuration file.