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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2009-10-30 20:42:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-13 12:20:50 -0800 |
| commit | b4479f074760a788dd4e353b8c86a7d735afc53e (patch) | |
| tree | 5680844fb47dd256945296a8466de81a4bfb17ec /Documentation | |
| parent | 6361824589bc2d32989a9a33f985d09a368436a3 (diff) | |
| download | git-b4479f074760a788dd4e353b8c86a7d735afc53e.tar.gz git-b4479f074760a788dd4e353b8c86a7d735afc53e.tar.xz | |
add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR"
Use the new "git var GIT_EDITOR" feature to decide what editor to
use, instead of duplicating its logic elsewhere. This should make
the behavior of commands in edge cases (e.g., editor names with
spaces) a little more consistent.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index d1e2120e1..5181b7762 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -387,9 +387,7 @@ core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching 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`, `VISUAL` and - `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`. + `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1]. core.pager:: The command that git will use to paginate output. Can diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 0578a40d8..3ea80c820 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ 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). +order). See linkgit:git-var[1] for details. HOOKS ----- diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 767cf4d4b..c85d7f438 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ The --bcc option must be repeated for each user you want on the bcc list. The --cc option must be repeated for each user you want on the cc list. --compose:: - Use $GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, $VISUAL, or $EDITOR to edit an - introductory message for the patch series. + Invoke a text editor (see GIT_EDITOR in linkgit:git-var[1]) + to edit an introductory message for the patch series. + When '--compose' is used, git send-email will use the From, Subject, and In-Reply-To headers specified in the message. If the body of the message |