config.txt: third-party tools may and do use their own variables
Signed-off-by: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Note that this list is non-comprehensive and not necessarily complete.
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For command-specific variables, you will find a more detailed description
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-in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
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-porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
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+in the appropriate manual page.
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+Other git-related tools may and do use their own variables. When
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+inventing new variables for use in your own tool, make sure their
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+names do not conflict with those that are used by Git itself and
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+other popular tools, and describe them in your documentation.
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advice.*::
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These variables control various optional help messages designed to