git-var - Man Page

• Print the value of a Git logical variable: git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT|GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT|GIT_EDITOR|GIT_PAGER
• [l]ist all Git logical variables: git var -l

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git var (-l | <variable>)

Prints a Git logical variable​. Exits with code 1 if the variable has no value​.

-l

Display the logical variables​. 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 list​.)

$ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
Eric W​. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi​.com> 1121223278 -0600

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 $GIT_EDITOR, then core​.editor configuration value, then $VISUAL, then $EDITOR, and then the default chosen at compile time, which is usually vi​.

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 $GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR, then sequence​.editor configuration value, 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 $GIT_PAGER, then the value of core​.pager configuration, then $PAGER, and then the default chosen at compile time (usually less)​.

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 gitattributes(5) file, if one is enabled​.

GIT_ATTR_GLOBAL

The path to the global (per-user) 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​.

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Part of the git(1) suite