via http://www.codinginahurry.com/2011/02/05/three-levels-of-git-config/ Very nice explanation, via coding in a hurry There are 3 levels of git config; project, global and system. project: Project configs are only available for the current project and stored in .git/config in the project's directory. global: Global configs are available for all projects for the current user and stored in ~/.gitconfig. system: System configs are available for all the users/projects and stored in /etc/gitconfig.
