git-var - Show a Git logical variable
git var ( -l | <variable> )
GIT-VAR(1) Git Manual GIT-VAR(1) NAME git-var - Show a Git logical variable SYNOPSIS git var ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION Prints a Git logical variable. OPTIONS -l Cause the logical variables to be listed. 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 -l.) EXAMPLE $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600 VARIABLES 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 the $GIT_EDITOR environment variable, then core.editor configuration, then $VISUAL, then $EDITOR, and then the default chosen at compile time, which is usually vi. 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 the $GIT_PAGER environment variable, then core.pager configuration, then $PAGER, and then the default chosen at compile time (usually less). ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+--------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Availability | developer/versioning/git | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Stability | Uncommitted | +---------------+--------------------------+ SEE ALSO git-commit-tree(1) git-tag(1) git-config(1) GIT Part of the git(1) suite NOTES This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.7.4.tar.xz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://git-scm.com/. Git 2.7.4 03/17/2016 GIT-VAR(1)