Re: [PATCH] contrib/git-jump: cat output when not a terminal

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On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 08:36:05AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > So I'm OK to leave the status quo and let people use the GIT_EDITOR
> > solution in this instance. But I'd also be happy to take a patch for
> > "--no-editor" or similar if somebody wants to work it up.
> 
> I actually would support --no-editor.  One thing nobody noticed so
> far is that "git-jump" is only compatible with editors that support
> the "-q" option from the command line, and "cat" is not among them.

Oh, good point. GIT_EDITOR='cat -- 2>/dev/null' works, but is rather
obscure. :)

> Another thing I was thinking about was a change like the attached.
> Plugging it thru "git var" to allow "git var GIT_JUMP_EDITOR" may
> allow vim users to set it to 'cat' while setting GIT_EDITOR to vim.

I wouldn't use it myself, but I don't have any objection to adding
support.

>  cache.h  |  2 +-
>  editor.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------

You'd presumably need to make git-var understand that GIT_JUMP_EDITOR
should fall back to GIT_EDITOR.

-Peff



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