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The previous code only allowed specifying a single executable rather than a complete command like "emacsclient --alternate-editor vi" in those variables. Since VISUAL/EDITOR appear to be traditionally passed to a shell for interpretation (as corroborated with "less", "mail" and "mailx", while the really ancient "more" indeed allows only an executable name), the shell function git_editor has been amended appropriately. "eval" is employed to have quotes and similar interpreted _after_ expansion, so that specifying EDITOR='"/home/dak/My Commands/notepad.exe"' can be used for actually using commands with blanks. Instead of passing just the first argument of git_editor on, we pass all of them (so that +lineno might be employed at a later point of time, or so that multiple files may be edited when appropriate). Strictly speaking, there is a change in behavior: when git config core.editor returns a valid but empty string, the fallbacks are still searched. This is more consistent, and the old code was problematic with regard to multiple blanks. Putting in additional quotes might have worked, but quotes inside of command substitution inside of quotes is nasty enough to not reliably work the same across "Bourne shells". Signed-off-by: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// GIT - the stupid content tracker //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang. - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. See Documentation/tutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may also want to read Documentation/cvs-migration.txt. Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git.or.cz/ including full documentation and Git related tools. The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites. The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.