Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> writes: > This exposes the launch_editor() library function for use by > various scripting languages. This allows the ensure consistent > handling of GIT_EDITOR/VISUAL/EDITOR environment variables as > well as the handling of special characters such as spaces in the > various environment variables. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> > --- > > I'm not sure if git-config is the best place to stick it. I plan to > start using this in git-svn but I don't want to implement Git::Editor > in Perl and have to keep track of editor.c. Of course this also makes > the logic/rules used in libgit usable to any other scripting language > capable of launching other programs. I agree that git-config is probably a wrong place. A separate command "git editor" (or "git user-preference --editor", if you extend it to pager and others) perhaps? I also agree that something like this would make scripting Porcelains a much pleasant experience. -- 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
