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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-07-08 18:55:50 -0700 |
| commit | 037c43c68e220739e690540de89a6d5835fefe73 (patch) | |
| tree | 3e201f833fc63e48db6983e45ce2425d884408db /Documentation/git-var.txt | |
| parent | b1f47514f207b0601de7b0936cf13b3c0ae70081 (diff) | |
| parent | 9918285fb10d81af9021dae99c5f4de88ded497c (diff) | |
| download | git-037c43c68e220739e690540de89a6d5835fefe73.tar.gz | |
Merge remote branch 'ko/master' into jc/read-tree-cache-tree-fix
* ko/master: (2325 commits)
Git 1.7.2-rc2
backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series
fix git branch -m in presence of cross devices
t/t0006: specify timezone as EST5 not EST to comply with POSIX
add missing && to submodule-merge testcase
t/README: document more test helpers
test-date: fix sscanf type conversion
xdiff: optimise for no whitespace difference when ignoring whitespace.
gitweb: Move evaluate_gitweb_config out of run_request
parse_date: fix signedness in timezone calculation
t0006: test timezone parsing
rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand
t/README: proposed rewording...
t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests
t/README: Add a section about skipping tests
t/README: Document test_expect_code
t/README: Document test_external*
t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_*
t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel
t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name'
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Conflicts:
builtin-read-tree.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-var.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-var.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index e2f4c0901b..458f3e2755 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- -'git var' [ -l | <variable> ] +'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ OPTIONS Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality - is deprecated in favor of 'git config -l'.) + is deprecated in favor of `git config -l`.) EXAMPLE -------- @@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT:: GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT:: The person who put a piece of code into git. +GIT_EDITOR:: + Text editor for use by git commands. The value is meant to be + interpreted by the shell when it is used. Examples: `~/bin/vi`, + `$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 `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'. + +GIT_PAGER:: + Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value + is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference + is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` + configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then finally 'less'. + Diagnostics ----------- You don't exist. Go away!:: |