config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 38655350f22bde08786b4a42e608ba76c1becea4..1dd90d804623e8d6c88caf11059801aadf6d26f3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
 the git command's behavior. `.git/config` file for each repository
 is used to store the information for that repository, and
 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information to give
-fallback values for `.git/config` file.
+fallback values for `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
+can be used to store system-wide defaults.
 
 They can be used by both the git plumbing
 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where