From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>,
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>,
David Roundy <roundyd@physics.oregonstate.edu>,
GIT List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:23:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091031022347.GA5569@progeny.tock> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vk4yccodl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> core.logallrefupdates=true
>>
>> *** Please tell me who you are.
>>
>> Run
>>
>> git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
>> git config --global user.name "Your Name"
>>
>> to set your account's default identity.
>> Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.
>>
>> GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT=user <user@domain> 1256952739 -0500
>> GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT=user <user@domain> 1256952739 -0500
>> warning: GIT_EDITOR: terminal is dumb, but EDITOR unset
>
> Sorry, I cannot grok this example. Is it supposed to be a transcript
> of a user session? What did the user type?
Oh, sorry about that. The user typed 'git var -l', and that is all
output from that. More realistic examples:
$ # what scripts see
$ git var -l 2>/dev/null
gc.auto=0
rerere.enabled
merge.log
merge.conflictstyle=diff3
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
remote.origin.url=git://repo.or.cz/git
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT=user <user@domain> 1256952739 -0500
GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT=user <user@domain> 1256952739 -0500
$
$ # what scripts pass on to the user
$ git var -l >/dev/null
*** Please tell me who you are.
Run
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.
warning: GIT_EDITOR: terminal is dumb, but EDITOR unset
$
At least, that is what I was imagining (that’s one way to use git var,
anyway).
Would a more friendly message be helpful here? I am not sure how 'git
var -l' gets used. I never liked using it directly myself, mostly
because the long list of configuration items can be overwhelming.
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-31 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-28 15:21 packaging vs default pager Ben Walton
2009-10-28 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29 7:32 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29 7:45 ` [PATCH 1/2] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29 7:50 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/2] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29 10:36 ` David Roundy
2009-10-29 11:50 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-29 20:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29 20:57 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-29 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30 2:21 ` David Roundy
2009-10-29 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30 10:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:20 ` [PATCH 1/8] launch_editor: Longer error message when TERM=dumb Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:25 ` [PATCH 2/8] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:26 ` [PATCH 3/8] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 20:51 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-30 22:47 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 22:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 0:01 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:29 ` [PATCH 4/8] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:32 ` [PATCH 5/8] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:33 ` [PATCH 6/8] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:35 ` [PATCH 7/8] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 13:17 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:39 ` [PATCH 8/8] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 22:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30 10:49 ` [PATCH/RFC 9/8] Teach git var to run the editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:20 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:24 ` [PATCH 1/8] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:30 ` [PATCH 2/8] Do not use VISUAL editor on dumb terminals Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 7:46 ` [PATCH v2 " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 2:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 2:23 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2009-10-31 2:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 4:00 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 4:04 ` [PATCH v3] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 4:53 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 7:56 ` [PATCH v4] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-01 4:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] " Johannes Sixt
2009-10-31 1:41 ` [PATCH 4/8] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:42 ` [PATCH 5/8] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:43 ` [PATCH 6/8] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 1:44 ` [PATCH 7/8] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 3:26 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 21:21 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-01 4:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 1:45 ` [PATCH 8/8] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:51 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:52 ` [PATCH 1/9] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:56 ` [PATCH 2/9] Do not use VISUAL editor on dumb terminals Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:57 ` [PATCH 3/9] Suppress warnings from "git var -l" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:01 ` [PATCH 4/9] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:02 ` [PATCH 5/9] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:02 ` [PATCH 6/9] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:03 ` [PATCH 7/9] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:03 ` [PATCH 8/9] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12 0:04 ` [PATCH 9/9] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-15 9:04 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Default pager and editor Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29 16:42 ` [PATCH 0/2] Default Pager and Editor at build-time Ben Walton
2009-10-29 16:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] Provide a build time default-pager setting Ben Walton
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