3 #include "run-command.h"
6 #define DEFAULT_EDITOR "vi"
9 const char *git_editor(void)
11 const char *editor
= getenv("GIT_EDITOR");
12 const char *terminal
= getenv("TERM");
13 int terminal_is_dumb
= !terminal
|| !strcmp(terminal
, "dumb");
15 if (!editor
&& editor_program
)
16 editor
= editor_program
;
17 if (!editor
&& !terminal_is_dumb
)
18 editor
= getenv("VISUAL");
20 editor
= getenv("EDITOR");
22 if (!editor
&& terminal_is_dumb
)
26 editor
= DEFAULT_EDITOR
;
31 int launch_editor(const char *path
, struct strbuf
*buffer
, const char *const *env
)
33 const char *editor
= git_editor();
36 return error("Terminal is dumb, but EDITOR unset");
38 if (strcmp(editor
, ":")) {
39 const char *args
[] = { editor
, path
, NULL
};
40 struct child_process p
;
42 memset(&p
, 0, sizeof(p
));
46 if (start_command(&p
) < 0)
47 return error("unable to start editor '%s'", editor
);
49 if (finish_command(&p
))
50 return error("There was a problem with the editor '%s'.",
56 if (strbuf_read_file(buffer
, path
, 0) < 0)
57 return error("could not read file '%s': %s",
58 path
, strerror(errno
));