Adam Roben <aroben@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jul 18, 2007, at 11:08 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > >I do not think commit.editor is a good name. Wouldn't we want > >that customized editor for "git tag -a" as well? Probably > >core.editor would come nicely next to core.pager we already > >have. > > I considered core.editor, but if it's an editor that is *only* > used for commit messages then that seems to be a too-general name, and > something like core.commit_message_editor seemed far too long. Any > suggestions? > > I had forgotten about "git tag -a" -- I will add support for that > as well. We only launch an editor for three reasons: commit messages, tag messages and git-rebase -i. If we were to ever add a new editor using thingy, odds are the user would want the same editor by default for that too. So please, core.editor, and also use it in git-rebase--interactive. -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
