Document the Windows-wide config file

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Johannes Schindelin
2015-04-22 14:54:58 +01:00
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@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. On Windows,
configuration can also be stored in `C:\ProgramData\Git\config`; This
file will be used also by libgit2-based software.
The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein