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authorŠtěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>2023-10-05 11:00:51 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2023-10-05 12:55:38 -0700
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doc: fix some typos, grammar and wording issues
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
to avoid ambiguity with `<name>` containing one.
+
This is useful for cases where you want to pass transitory
-configuration options to git, but are doing so on OS's where
-other processes might be able to read your cmdline
-(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environ
+configuration options to git, but are doing so on operating systems
+where other processes might be able to read your command line
+(e.g. `/proc/self/cmdline`), but not your environment
(e.g. `/proc/self/environ`). That behavior is the default on
Linux, but may not be on your system.
+