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[PATCH] Noted that vi is the final choice of editor in git help commit

From
CFCraig Fratrik <cfratrik@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 13, 2009, 22:33 UTC
Message-ID
<1231886016-31675-1-git-send-email-cfratrik@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b5d81be..1b9e7a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
 ---------------------------------------
 The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the
 GIT_EDITOR environment variable, the core.editor configuration variable, the
-VISUAL environment variable, or the EDITOR environment variable (in that
-order).
+VISUAL environment variable, the EDITOR environment variable, or finally 'vi'
+(in that order).
 
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  1. Noted that vi is the final choice of editor in git help commitCraig Fratrik, Jan 13, 2009
  2. Adeodato SimóJan 14, 2009
  3. Michael J GruberJan 14, 2009

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