Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
messages by launching an editor uses the value of this
variable when it is set, and the environment variable
- `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. The order of preference is
- `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
- `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+ `GIT_EDITOR` is not set. See linkgit:git-var[1].
core.pager::
The command that git will use to paginate output. Can
receive.denyNonFastForwards::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is
- not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
+ not a fast-forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push,
even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is
set when initializing a shared repository.