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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
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@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ 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),
-. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
-. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
-. 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).
+- The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+- can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+- no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+- the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+- 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).
On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ OPTIONS
found and the last value if multiple key values were found.
--get-all::
- Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key
- is not exactly one.
+ Like get, but returns all values for a multi-valued key.
--get-regexp::
Like --get-all, but interprets the name as a regular expression and
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ OPTIONS
given URL is returned (if no such key exists, the value for
section.key is used as a fallback). When given just the
section as name, do so for all the keys in the section and
- list them.
+ list them. Returns error code 1 if no value is found.
--global::
For writing options: write to global `~/.gitconfig` file