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authorStefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>2016-04-26 18:10:58 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2016-04-26 18:32:24 (GMT)
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config doc: improve exit code listing
The possible reasons for exiting are now ordered by the exit code value. While at it, rewrite the `can not write to the config file` to `the config file cannot be written` to be grammatically correct and a proper sentence. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
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@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ that location (you can say '--local' but that is the default).
This command will fail with non-zero status upon error. Some exit
codes are:
-- The config file is invalid (ret=3),
-- can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+- The section or key is invalid (ret=1),
- no section or name was provided (ret=2),
-- the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+- the config file is invalid (ret=3),
+- the config file cannot be written (ret=4),
- you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
- you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5), or
- you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6).