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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 21b8f6110bfc2a9c7891c166e3ee78a8246dcb1e..eaea0791657386469e448def614b949c0a1f45e9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -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.