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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Just a repackaging of Brian Read's tools with some modifications for the new git
 
 # config
 sample ~/.smegit/config or /etc/smegit.ini file - fill in your details
+<br />It will use the user config first and system ini if user config does not exist
 
 # git-cvs2git.sh
 copy current cvs version of a package across to git in new structure