The git configuration file contains a number of variables that affect
the git command's behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
-is used to store the information for that repository, and
-`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store per user information as
+is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
+`$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
-can be used to store system-wide defaults.
+can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
The configuration variables are used by both the git plumbing
and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein