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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ These variables can be stored in three different places:

1. `/etc/gitconfig` file: Contains values applied to every user on the system and all their repositories.
If you pass the option `--system` to `git config`, it reads and writes from this file specifically.
(Because this is a system configuration file, you would need administrative or superuser privilege to make changes to it.)
2. `~/.gitconfig` or `~/.config/git/config` file: Values specific personally to you, the user.
You can make Git read and write to this file specifically by passing the `--global` option.
3. `config` file in the Git directory (that is, `.git/config`) of whatever repository you're currently using: Specific to that single repository.
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