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add note about %PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config to git-config.txt #470

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Documentation/config.txt
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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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. On Windows,
configuration can also be stored in `C:\ProgramData\Git\config`; This
configuration can also be stored in `%PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config`; This
file will be used also by libgit2-based software.

The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions Documentation/git-config.txt
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Expand Up @@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ $GIT_DIR/config::
Repository specific configuration file.

On Windows, as there is no central `/etc/` directory, there is yet another
config file, intended to contain settings for *all* Git-related software
running on the machine. Consequently, this config file takes an even lower
precedence than the `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file.
config file (located at `%PROGRAMDATA%\Git\config`), intended to contain
settings for *all* Git-related software running on the machine. Consequently,
this config file takes an even lower precedence than the
`$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file.

If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
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