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diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 458f3e2755..67edf58689 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION @@ -42,22 +43,21 @@ GIT_EDITOR:: `$SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE`, `"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" --nofork`. The order of preference is the `$GIT_EDITOR` environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then - `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'. + `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then the default chosen at compile + time, which is usually 'vi'. +ifdef::git-default-editor[] + The build you are using chose '{git-default-editor}' as the default. +endif::git-default-editor[] GIT_PAGER:: Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` - configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then finally 'less'. - -Diagnostics ------------ -You don't exist. Go away!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read -Your parents must have hated you!:: - The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. -Your sysadmin must hate you!:: - The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. + configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at + compile time (usually 'less'). +ifdef::git-default-pager[] + The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default. +endif::git-default-pager[] SEE ALSO -------- @@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-config[1] -Author ------- -Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |