Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-var.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index e2f4c0901bcb4bcc5361e400ff40d70062c77ae6..bb981822a470b2df6c79156db8aa94569869e43e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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 +36,20 @@ 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
 -----------
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