Auto merge of #8125 - ehuss:doc-config-toml, r=alexcrichton

Add note about .cargo/config support.

I think it would be good to have some mention that Cargo also supports `.cargo/config` files.  This is still the predominant way Cargo is used, and there is a ton of documentation, projects, and examples that still use the old form.

Author: bors

src/doc/src/reference/config.md

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ together. Numbers, strings, and booleans will use the value in the deeper
 config directory taking precedence over ancestor directories, where the
 home directory is the lowest priority. Arrays will be joined together.
 
+> **Note:** Cargo also reads config files without the `.toml` extension, such as
+> `.cargo/config`. Support for the `.toml` extension was added in version 1.39
+> and is the preferred form. If both files exist, Cargo will use the file
+> without the extension.
+
 ### Configuration format
 
 Configuration files are written in the [TOML format][toml] (like the