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>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 4ed07e9ddc..c51985e4c3 100755
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ set_reflog_action() {
 	fi
 }
 
+git_editor() {
+	GIT_EDITOR=${GIT_EDITOR:-$(git config core.editor || echo ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR}})}
+	case "$GIT_EDITOR,$TERM" in
+	,dumb)
+		echo >&2 "No editor specified in GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, VISUAL,"
+		echo >&2 "or EDITOR. Tried to fall back to vi but terminal is dumb."
+		echo >&2 "Please set one of these variables to an appropriate"
+		echo >&2 "editor or run $0 with options that will not cause an"
+		echo >&2 "editor to be invoked (e.g., -m or -F for git-commit)."
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	esac
+	"${GIT_EDITOR:-vi}" "$1"
+}
+
 is_bare_repository () {
 	git rev-parse --is-bare-repository
 }