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Re: auto commit merge using the default merge message

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 24, 2009, 17:55 UTC
Message-ID
<20090424175511.GA11360@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<81bfc67a0904241050t26a0ed62vbf17e471ddc10672@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 01:50:57PM -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > export GIT_EDITOR
> >
> maybe I'm being silly, but won't that then affect my interactive shells?

No, because you're putting it in your shell script, not in your .profile (right?). The "export" command just tells the shell "pass this variable in the environment to any child processes you spawn". Without it, the variable is local to that shell.

-Peff
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  4. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  5. Michael J GruberApr 23, 2009
  6. Brian GernhardtApr 23, 2009
  7. Caleb CushingApr 24, 2009
  8. Jeff KingApr 24, 2009
  9. Caleb CushingApr 24, 2009
  10. Jeff KingApr 24, 2009

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