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authorLibravatar Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2009-10-30 20:42:34 -0500
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-13 12:20:50 -0800
commitb4479f074760a788dd4e353b8c86a7d735afc53e (patch)
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parentTeach git var about GIT_PAGER (diff)
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add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR"
Use the new "git var GIT_EDITOR" feature to decide what editor to use, instead of duplicating its logic elsewhere. This should make the behavior of commands in edge cases (e.g., editor names with spaces) a little more consistent. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ core.editor::
Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
variable when it is set, and the environment variable
- `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
- `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
- `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+ `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can