# HG changeset patch
# User Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit@gmail.com>
# Date 2020-11-27 13:02:20
# Node ID ecef004c64103535be484cd98ce8d4b6cd6f442a
# Parent  aa4440e59c44073607fe54046febcc8c293696a5

helptext: document share safe functionality in `hg help config -v`

If share safe functionality is enabled, we read `.hg/hgrc' of shared source.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9413

diff --git a/mercurial/helptext/config.txt b/mercurial/helptext/config.txt
--- a/mercurial/helptext/config.txt
+++ b/mercurial/helptext/config.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ be overridden in other configuration fil
 merge tool configuration but packagers can also put other default configuration
 there.
 
+.. container:: verbose
+
+    On versions 5.7 and later, if share-safe functionality is enabled,
+    shares will read config file of share source too.
+    `<share-source/.hg/hgrc>` is read before reading `<repo/.hg/hgrc>`.
+
+    For configs which should not be shared, `<repo/.hg/hgrc-not-shared>`
+    should be used.
+
 Syntax
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