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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin-config.c16
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 19a8917b83..7d140073b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -157,6 +158,11 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+-e::
+--edit::
+ Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
+ '--system', '--global', or repository (default).
+
[[FILES]]
FILES
-----
diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c
index f71016204b..d52a057444 100644
--- a/builtin-config.c
+++ b/builtin-config.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
#include "color.h"
static const char git_config_set_usage[] =
-"git config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int | --bool-or-int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list | --get-color var [default] | --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]";
+"git config [ --global | --system | [ -f | --file ] config-file ] [ --bool | --int | --bool-or-int ] [ -z | --null ] [--get | --get-all | --get-regexp | --replace-all | --add | --unset | --unset-all] name [value [value_regex]] | --rename-section old_name new_name | --remove-section name | --list | --get-color var [default] | --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty] | --edit | -e ]";
static char *key;
static regex_t *key_regexp;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int show_all_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
return 0;
}
-static int show_config(const char* key_, const char* value_, void *cb)
+static int show_config(const char *key_, const char *value_, void *cb)
{
char value[256];
const char *vptr = value;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int show_config(const char* key_, const char* value_, void *cb)
return 0;
}
-static int get_value(const char* key_, const char* regex_)
+static int get_value(const char *key_, const char *regex_)
{
int ret = -1;
char *tl;
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int get_colorbool(int argc, const char **argv)
int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int nongit;
- char* value;
+ char *value;
const char *file = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
config_exclusive_filename = getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT);
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return get_color(argc-2, argv+2);
} else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--get-colorbool")) {
return get_colorbool(argc-2, argv+2);
+ } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--edit") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-e")) {
+ if (argc != 2)
+ usage(git_config_set_usage);
+ git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
+ launch_editor(config_exclusive_filename ?
+ config_exclusive_filename : git_path("config"),
+ NULL, NULL);
+ return 0;
} else
break;
argc--;