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Petr Baudis e1cbc46d12 Deprecate usage of git-var -l for getting config vars list
This has been an unfortunate sideway in the git API evolution.
We use git-repo-config for all the other .git/config interaction
so let's also use git-repo-config -l for the variable listing.

Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
2006-04-24 22:29:36 -07:00

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git-var(1)
==========
NAME
----
git-var - Print the git users identity
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-repo-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.
Diagnostics
-----------
You don't exist. Go away!::
The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
Your parents must have hated you!::
The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
Your sysadmin must hate you!::
The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
See Also
--------
gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
gitlink:git-tag[1]
gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
Author
------
Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite