config: add back code comment

c15129b (config: factor out global config file retrieval, 2024-01-18)
was a refactor that moved some of the code in this function to
`config.c`. However, in the process I managed to drop this code comment
which explains `$HOME not set`.

Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: LemmingAvalanche

builtin/config.c

@@ -710,6 +710,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (use_global_config) {
 		given_config_source.file = git_global_config();
 		if (!given_config_source.file)
+			/*
+			 * It is unknown if HOME/.gitconfig exists, so
+			 * we do not know if we should write to XDG
+			 * location; error out even if XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+			 * is set and points at a sane location.
+			 */
 			die(_("$HOME not set"));
 		given_config_source.scope = CONFIG_SCOPE_GLOBAL;
 	} else if (use_system_config) {