From 44fcb4977cbae67f4698306ccfe982420ceebcbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:01:27 -0600 Subject: Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Expose the command used by launch_editor() for scripts to use. This should allow one to avoid searching for a proper editor separately in each command. git_editor(void) uses the logic to decide which editor to use that used to live in launch_editor(). The function returns NULL if there is no suitable editor; the caller is expected to issue an error message when appropriate. launch_editor() uses git_editor() and gives the error message the same way as before when EDITOR is not set. "git var GIT_EDITOR" gives the editor name, or an error message when there is no appropriate one. "git var -l" gives GIT_EDITOR=name only if there is an appropriate editor. Originally-submitted-by: Johannes Sixt Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-var.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index e2f4c0901b..89e4b4fa0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ 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'. + Diagnostics ----------- You don't exist. Go away!:: -- cgit v1.3