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| author | Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de> | 2023-08-04 04:08:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-08-04 09:47:10 -0700 |
| commit | fff1594fa77372ea7a51f6b445267f23fdbf3089 (patch) | |
| tree | deab5e640dc3ffa72a599b8a2db9d0246edf1c64 /Documentation/git-bisect.txt | |
| parent | 2bf46a9f62159ced3a84ab8bc9ba151778414bd6 (diff) | |
| download | git-fff1594fa77372ea7a51f6b445267f23fdbf3089.tar.gz | |
docs: update when `git bisect visualize` uses `gitk`
This check has involved more environment variables than just `DISPLAY` since
508e84a790 (bisect view: check for MinGW32 and MacOSX in addition to X11,
2008-02-14), so let's update the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-bisect.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index fbb39fbdf5..7872dba3ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -204,9 +204,14 @@ as an alternative to `visualize`): $ git bisect visualize ------------ -If the `DISPLAY` environment variable is not set, 'git log' is used -instead. You can also give command-line options such as `-p` and -`--stat`. +Git detects a graphical environment through various environment variables: +`DISPLAY`, which is set in X Window System environments on Unix systems. +`SESSIONNAME`, which is set under Cygwin in interactive desktop sessions. +`MSYSTEM`, which is set under Msys2 and Git for Windows. +`SECURITYSESSIONID`, which may be set on macOS in interactive desktop sessions. + +If none of these environment variables is set, 'git log' is used instead. +You can also give command-line options such as `-p` and `--stat`. ------------ $ git bisect visualize --stat |