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| author | Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com> | 2007-07-19 22:09:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-07-20 00:46:34 -0700 |
| commit | ef0c2abf3e5061f891b7f07953ef3b0695f52c89 (patch) | |
| tree | a48c4cbea302eb1d41bc1d798c1e85bcc892ea8a /Documentation/git-commit.txt | |
| parent | a7738c77f1f17ced885ce96e986b948a0b256452 (diff) | |
| download | git-ef0c2abf3e5061f891b7f07953ef3b0695f52c89.tar.gz | |
Add GIT_EDITOR environment and core.editor configuration variables
These variables let you specify an editor that will be launched in
preference to the EDITOR and VISUAL environment variables. The order
of preference is GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, EDITOR, VISUAL.
[jc: added a test and config variable documentation]
Signed-off-by: Adam Roben <aroben@apple.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-commit.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index f96142f96a..8e0e7e2d04 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -244,10 +244,12 @@ on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body. include::i18n.txt[] -ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ---------------------- -The command specified by either the VISUAL or EDITOR environment -variables is used to edit the commit log message. +ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES +--------------------------------------- +The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the +GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the +VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that +order). HOOKS ----- |