From 134789e40755a756e40d1b59c9205fba7fc324aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexey Stepanov <blueingreen@bluig.space>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:22:32 +0500
Subject: chore: update README.md

---
 README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e46d23..a60154d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ Place this file in:
 - MacOS: `~/Library/Application\ Support/lazygit/config.yml`.
 - Windows: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\lazygit\config.yml` (default location, but it will also be found in `%APPDATA%\lazygit\config.yml`.
 
+### Separating the theme and the configuration
+
+You can use a flag `--use-config-file` to combine multiple configuration files.
+
+```bash
+lazygit --use-config-file="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lazygit/config.yml,$XDG_DATA_HOME/tinted-theming/tinty/base16-lazygit-colors-file.yml"
+```
+
+Or an environment variable `LG_CONFIG_FILE`.
+
+```bash
+LG_CONFIG_FILE="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lazygit/config.yml,$XDG_DATA_HOME/tinted-theming/tinty/base16-lazygit-colors-file.yml" lazygit
+```
+
 ## License
 
 MIT
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