Package: git
Version: 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
git-var(1) did not say that hardcoded fallback 'vi' may have been changed
at build time. A user could be puzzled if 'nano' pops up even when none of the
mentioned environment vars or config.editor are set. Clarify this.
Ideally, the build system should be changed to reflect the chosen fallback
editor when creating the man pages. Not sure if that is even possible though.
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ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libdigest-sha1-p 2.13-1 NIST SHA-1 message digest algorith
ii liberror-perl 0.17-1 Perl module for error/exception ha
ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu1 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii perl-modules 5.10.1-12ubuntu2.1 Core Perl modules
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu1 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages git recommends:
ii less 436-1 pager program similar to more
ii openssh-client [ssh-cli 1:5.5p1-4ubuntu6 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii patch 2.6-2ubuntu1 Apply a diff file to an original
ii rsync 3.0.7-2ubuntu1.1 fast remote file copy program (lik
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ii git-arch 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-cvs 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-daemon-run 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-doc 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-email 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-gui 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-svn 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii gitk 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii gitweb 1:1.7.1-1.1ubuntu0.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
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>From 821e9719c021200f2a37b7f7c9e2f2c1117ae676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <li...@rodrigosilva.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:06:17 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: replace 'vi' for 'editor' to reflect build-time
option
git-var(1) did not say that hardcoded fallback 'vi' may have been changed
at build time. A user could be puzzled if 'nano' pops up even when none of the
mentioned environment vars or config.editor are set. Clarify this.
Ideally, the build system should be changed to reflect the chosen fallback
editor when creating the man pages. Not sure if that is even possible though.
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <li...@rodrigosilva.com>
---
Documentation/git-var.txt | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index 5317cc2..e388c6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ GIT_EDITOR::
`$SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE`, `"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe"
--nofork`. The order of preference is the `$GIT_EDITOR`
environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then
- `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'.
+ `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'editor'.
GIT_PAGER::
Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value
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