From 0fc6ec5c8ff75ca3618be94c77d849a6f6267851 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Kramer <cosmocracy@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:08:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Helpful clarification on .properties location (#712)

The leading slash (which causes the search to start at the root of the classpath) is essential in most cases-rarely would db config be bundled alongside the class of interest in the package structure--I think this clarification in the example will help novices to HikariCP (like me).
---
 README.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2af59fb8..9b9437b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ ds.setPassword("51mp50n");
 ```
 or property file based:
 ```java
-HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig("some/path/hikari.properties");
+// Examines both filesystem and classpath for .properties file
+HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig("/some/path/hikari.properties");
 HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
 ```
 Example property file: