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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 11228956cd..9aeabde262 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config to avoid ambiguity with `<name>` containing one. + This is useful for cases where you want to pass transitory -configuration options to git, but are doing so on OS's where -other processes might be able to read your cmdline -(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environ +configuration options to git, but are doing so on operating systems +where other processes might be able to read your command line +(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environment (e.g. `/proc/self/environ`). That behavior is the default on Linux, but may not be on your system. + |