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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt4
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d0e9a175f4..a850d55bf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ core.excludesfile::
of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
gitlink:gitignore[5].
+core.editor::
+ Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
+ messages by lauching 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`, `EDITOR` and
+ `VISUAL` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+
core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden
with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index f96142f96a..8e0e7e2d04 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -244,10 +244,12 @@ on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body.
include::i18n.txt[]
-ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
----------------------
-The command specified by either the VISUAL or EDITOR environment
-variables is used to edit the commit log message.
+ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
+---------------------------------------
+The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the
+GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the
+VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that
+order).
HOOKS
-----
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 293686c31f..d243ed1e3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list.
value; if that is unspecified, default to --chain-reply-to.
--compose::
- Use $EDITOR to edit an introductory message for the
- patch series.
+ Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an
+ introductory message for the patch series.
--from::
Specify the sender of the emails. This will default to