"W. Trevor King" <wk...@tremily.us> writes: > From: "W. Trevor King" <wk...@tremily.us> > > A simple command line call is easier than spawning an editor, > especially for folks new to ideas like the "command line" and "text > editors". This is also the approach suggested by 'git commit' if you > try and commit without having configured user.name or user.email. > > Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wk...@tremily.us> > --- > Documentation/user-manual.txt | 18 +++++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
This looks like a good 'maint' material that can be applied straight away there in preparation for 1.8.1.4 to me (modulo typo); reviewers watching from the sideline, please stop me if you see issues. > > diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > index a79b3e31..d9276d7 100644 > --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt > +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > @@ -991,9 +991,16 @@ Developing with Git > Telling Git your name > --------------------- > > -Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to Git. The > -easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a > -file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: > +Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to Git. > +The easiest way to do so is to use linkgit:git-config[1]: > + > +------------------------------------------------ > +$ git config --global user.name 'Your Name Comes Here' > +$ git config --global user.email 'y...@yourdomain.example.com' > +------------------------------------------------ > + > +Which will adds the following to a file named `.gitconfig` in your s/adds/add/; > +home directory: > > ------------------------------------------------ > [user] > @@ -1001,8 +1008,9 @@ file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: > email = y...@yourdomain.example.com > ------------------------------------------------ > > -(See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1] for > -details on the configuration file.) > +See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1] for > +details on the configuration file. The file is plain text, so you can > +also edit it with your favorite editor. > > > [[creating-a-new-repository]] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
