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diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 90cb157be5..5317cc2474 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ git-var(1) NAME ---- -git-var - Print the git users identity +git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ] +[verse] +'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -17,11 +18,14 @@ Prints a git logical variable. OPTIONS ------- -l:: - Cause the logical variables to be listed. + 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`.) EXAMPLE -------- - $ git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT + $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600 @@ -33,29 +37,35 @@ 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!:: The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read Your parents must have hated you!:: - The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. + The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. Your sysadmin must hate you!:: - The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. + The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. -See Also +SEE ALSO -------- -gitlink:git-commit-tree[1] -gitlink:git-tag[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] +linkgit:git-tag[1] +linkgit:git-config[1] GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |