git-var(1) ========== NAME ---- git-var - Show a git logical variable SYNOPSIS -------- 'git var' ( -l | ) DESCRIPTION ----------- Prints a git logical variable. OPTIONS ------- -l:: 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 Eric W. Biederman 1121223278 -0600 VARIABLES ---------- GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT:: The author of a piece of code. 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 passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. Your sysadmin must hate you!:: The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] linkgit:git-tag[1] linkgit:git-config[1] GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite