Document commit.template configuration variable.

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ core.excludesfile::
        of files which are not meant to be tracked.  See
        gitlink:gitignore[5].
 
+core.editor::
+       Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit
+       messages by lauching an editor uses the value of this
+       variable when it is set, and the environment variable
+       `GIT_EDITOR` is not set.  The order of preference is
+       `GIT_EDITOR` environment, `core.editor`, `VISUAL` and
+       `EDITOR` environment variables and then finally `vi`.
+
 core.pager::
        The command that git will use to paginate output.  Can be overridden
        with the `GIT_PAGER` environment variable.
@@ -385,6 +393,9 @@ color.status.<slot>::
        or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
        these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
 
+commit.template::
+       Specify a file to use as the template for new commit messages.
+
 diff.renameLimit::
        The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename
        detection; equivalent to the git diff option '-l'.