Merge pull request progit#2023 from trevorjobling/patch-1

ben · web-flow · commit 2b6d3e25989b · 2025-03-19T06:44:04.000-07:00
Clarify that --global configuration is not applicable system-wide
diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
 $ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
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-Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for anything you do on that system.
+Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for your user on that system.
 If you want to override this with a different name or email address for specific projects, you can run the command without the `--global` option when you're in that project.
 
 Many of the GUI tools will help you do this when you first run them.
