@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ is used to store the information for that repository, and
88fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
99can be used to store system-wide defaults.
1010
11- They can be used by both the git plumbing
12- and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, where
13- in the fully qualified variable name the variable itself is the last
11+ The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
12+ and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
13+ the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last
1414dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last
1515dot. The variable names are case-insensitive and only alphanumeric
1616characters are allowed. Some variables may appear multiple times.
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ in the section header, like in the example below:
3838
3939--------
4040
41- Subsection names can contain any character except newline (doublequote
42- `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
43- respectively) and are case sensitive . Section headers cannot span multiple
41+ Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
42+ newline (doublequote `"` and backslash have to be escaped as `\"` and `\\`,
43+ respectively). Section headers cannot span multiple
4444lines. Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
4545You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
4646don't need to.
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