From e302b11f849f99525e19dc9ae50826707c28329a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:54:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document the Windows-wide config file Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 52ace07b40..0b542b2e0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -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