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6 git-var - Show a git logical variable
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9 git var ( -l | <variable> )
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12 Prints a git logical variable.
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16 Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
17 variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed as
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22 $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
23 Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600
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27 The author of a piece of code.
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30 The person who put a piece of code into git.
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33 Text editor for use by git commands. The value is meant to be
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35 $SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, "C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe"
36 --nofork. The order of preference is the $GIT_EDITOR environment
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41 Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., less). The value is
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47 You don’t exist. Go away!
48 The passwd(5) gecos field couldn’t be read
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51 The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
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54 The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
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57 git-commit-tree(1) git-tag(1) git-config(1)
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60 Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com[1]>
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63 Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list
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