1git-var(1) 2========== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-var - Show a git logical variable 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12'git var' ( -l | <variable> ) 13 14DESCRIPTION 15----------- 16Prints a git logical variable. 17 18OPTIONS 19------- 20-l:: 21 Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the 22 variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed 23 as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality 24 is deprecated in favor of `git config -l`.) 25 26EXAMPLE 27-------- 28 $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT 29 Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600 30 31 32VARIABLES 33---------- 34GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT:: 35 The author of a piece of code. 36 37GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT:: 38 The person who put a piece of code into git. 39 40GIT_EDITOR:: 41 Text editor for use by git commands. The value is meant to be 42 interpreted by the shell when it is used. Examples: `~/bin/vi`, 43 `$SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE`, `"C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" 44 --nofork`. The order of preference is the `$GIT_EDITOR` 45 environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then 46 `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then the default chosen at compile 47 time, which is usually 'vi'. 48 49GIT_PAGER:: 50 Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value 51 is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference 52 is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` 53 configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at 54 compile time (usually 'less'). 55 56Diagnostics 57----------- 58You don't exist. Go away!:: 59 The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read 60Your parents must have hated you!:: 61 The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer. 62Your sysadmin must hate you!:: 63 The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer. 64 65SEE ALSO 66-------- 67linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] 68linkgit:git-tag[1] 69linkgit:git-config[1] 70 71GIT 72--- 73Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite