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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[[cli_general]]
+General
+-------
+
+Regarding the historically non-uniform casing style for options, see
+xref:configuration_files_casing[the related section for configuration files].
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+include::cli-general.adoc[]
+
 include::output-format.adoc[]
 
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