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diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index e2f4c09..5317cc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- -'git var' [ -l | <variable> ] +[verse] +'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ 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 +37,20 @@ 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!:: @@ -51,14 +66,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-config[1] -Author ------- -Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |