| git-var(1) | |
| ========== | |
| NAME | |
| ---- | |
| git-var - Show a Git logical variable | |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| -------- | |
| [verse] | |
| 'git var' (-l | <variable>) | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| ----------- | |
| Prints a Git logical variable. Exits with code 1 if the variable has | |
| no value. | |
| 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`.) | |
| EXAMPLES | |
| -------- | |
| $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT | |
| Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 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 the default chosen at compile | |
| time, which is usually 'vi'. | |
| ifdef::git-default-editor[] | |
| The build you are using chose '{git-default-editor}' as the default. | |
| endif::git-default-editor[] | |
| GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR:: | |
| Text editor used to edit the 'todo' file while running `git rebase | |
| -i`. Like `GIT_EDITOR`, the value is meant to be interpreted by | |
| the shell when it is used. The order of preference is the | |
| `$GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR` environment variable, then | |
| `sequence.editor` configuration, and then the value of `git var | |
| GIT_EDITOR`. | |
| GIT_PAGER:: | |
| Text viewer for use by Git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value | |
| is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference | |
| is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` | |
| configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at | |
| compile time (usually 'less'). | |
| ifdef::git-default-pager[] | |
| The build you are using chose '{git-default-pager}' as the default. | |
| endif::git-default-pager[] | |
| GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH:: | |
| The name of the first branch created in newly initialized repositories. | |
| GIT_SHELL_PATH:: | |
| The path of the binary providing the POSIX shell for commands which use the shell. | |
| GIT_ATTR_SYSTEM:: | |
| The path to the system linkgit:gitattributes[5] file, if one is enabled. | |
| GIT_ATTR_GLOBAL:: | |
| The path to the global (per-user) linkgit:gitattributes[5] file. | |
| GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM:: | |
| The path to the system configuration file, if one is enabled. | |
| GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL:: | |
| The path to the global (per-user) configuration files, if any. | |
| Most path values contain only one value. However, some can contain multiple | |
| values, which are separated by newlines, and are listed in order from highest to | |
| lowest priority. Callers should be prepared for any such path value to contain | |
| multiple items. | |
| Note that paths are printed even if they do not exist, but not if they are | |
| disabled by other environment variables. | |
| SEE ALSO | |
| -------- | |
| linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] | |
| linkgit:git-tag[1] | |
| linkgit:git-config[1] | |
| GIT | |
| --- | |
| Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |