Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I think ~/.gitconfig should be in single quotes, its not a command. > > "Is this something the end-user would type verbatim?" is the criteria, > not "Is this a command name?". Looking for "^Markup:" in Documentation/CodingGuidelines, we find a better description. Literal parts (e.g. use of command-line options, command names, branch names, URLs, pathnames (files and directories), configuration and environment variables) must be typeset as verbatim (i.e. wrapped with backticks): `--pretty=oneline` `git rev-list` `remote.pushDefault` `http://git.example.com` `.git/config` `GIT_DIR` `HEAD` `umask`(2)
