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Re: [PATCH] git-svn: Allow using arguments to the editor.

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 08:10 UTC
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<20090219081055.GB21499@dcvr.yhbt.net>
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Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at> wrote:
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> When setting the EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable, one might want
> to hand over arguments (like e.g. for not backgrounding a GUI editor but
> waiting for it to finish. This patch enables that posibility, before it
> did look for a program with the content of the variable, including the
> space as filename part. The change is in sync with regular behavior with
> various other tools, git itself included.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>
Hi Gerfried,

I wanted to do something like this a few weeks ago, but generically enough to be used by other scripts (sh/perl/python/ruby/whatever...).

I haven't had time to follow up on it (and decide on a command-name), but the thread starts here:

  http://mid.gmane.org/20090201025349.GA22160@dcvr.yhbt.net
-- 
Eric Wong
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Message 5 of 5 in “git-svn: Allow using arguments to the editor.”
  1. git-svn: Allow using arguments to the editor.Gerfried Fuchs, Feb 18, 2009
  2. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2009
  3. Gerfried FuchsFeb 18, 2009
  4. Thomas RastFeb 18, 2009
  5. Eric WongFeb 19, 2009

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