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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!:: |