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authorUlf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>2019-05-19 03:07:47 +0200
committerUlf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>2019-05-19 03:07:47 +0200
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Mention that the old version of an overwritten configuration file is saved to <filename>.old in a few different places, to make it easier to discover.
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implicit ``olddefconfig``, so building will normally not be affected by
having an outdated configuration.
+Whenever ``.config`` is overwritten, the previous version of the file is saved
+to ``.config.old`` (or, more generally, to ``$KCONFIG_CONFIG.old``).
+
For some general Kconfig advice, see `this page
<https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/guides/kconfig/index.html>`__.