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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2009-11-11 18:01:27 -0600 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-13 12:17:00 -0800 |
| commit | 44fcb4977cbae67f4698306ccfe982420ceebcbf (patch) | |
| tree | 2966d3972bbcad9fe737217d64977773152532f7 /Documentation/git-var.txt | |
| parent | c27b39252ff713db414b8dbbfb263d0468031fab (diff) | |
| download | git-44fcb4977cbae67f4698306ccfe982420ceebcbf.tar.gz | |
Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR
Expose the command used by launch_editor() for scripts to use.
This should allow one to avoid searching for a proper editor
separately in each command.
git_editor(void) uses the logic to decide which editor to use
that used to live in launch_editor(). The function returns NULL
if there is no suitable editor; the caller is expected to issue
an error message when appropriate.
launch_editor() uses git_editor() and gives the error message the
same way as before when EDITOR is not set.
"git var GIT_EDITOR" gives the editor name, or an error message
when there is no appropriate one.
"git var -l" gives GIT_EDITOR=name only if there is an
appropriate editor.
Originally-submitted-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-var.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-var.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index e2f4c0901b..89e4b4fa0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT:: GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT:: The person who put a piece of code into git. +GIT_EDITOR:: + Text editor for use by git commands. The value is meant to be + interpreted by the shell when it is used. Examples: `~/bin/vi`, + `$SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE`, `"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" + --nofork`. The order of preference is the `$GIT_EDITOR` + environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then + `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'. + Diagnostics ----------- You don't exist. Go away!:: |