From: Urs Liska <git@ursliska.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:06:39 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Issue 3719: CG: Add comment about git-cl editor
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X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/lilypond.git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e26f91dc8229148664b6b80252abe4d82b2125ac;p=lilypond.git

Issue 3719: CG: Add comment about git-cl editor

git-cl fires either the editor specified by the
EDITOR environment variable or vi if EDITOR isn't defined.
Commit mentions this in the CG

Signed-off-by: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
(cherry picked from commit 5155adb1fe43e2b166c3101ad48f05d502eef31a)
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diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/source-code.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/source-code.itexi
index f44dd31b3f..6a957052da 100644
--- a/Documentation/contributor/source-code.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/contributor/source-code.itexi
@@ -1384,6 +1384,11 @@ can be used.
 
 @end itemize
 
+First you will see a terminal editor where you can edit the
+message that will accompany your patch. @command{git-cl} will
+respect the @env{EDITOR} environment variable if defined,
+otherwise it will use @command{vi} as the default editor.
+
 After prompting for your Google email address and password, the
 patch set will be posted to Rietveld, and you will be given a URL
 for your patch.