From 7334f06ce6c53e161d1c183a5f93a23992b3c440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 22:10:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Do not fall back on vi on dumb terminals.

When TERM is set to 'dumb', do not start vi to edit the commit log
message.

Suggested by Amos Waterland.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 git-commit.sh | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 193feeb5e4..10946ed5f9 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ then
 fi
 case "$no_edit" in
 '')
+	case "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR},$TERM" in
+	,dumb)
+		echo >&2 "Terminal is dumb but no VISUAL nor EDITOR defined."
+		echo >&2 "Please supply the commit log message using either"
+		echo >&2 "-m or -F option.  A boilerplate log message has"
+		echo >&2 "been prepared in $GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
+		exit 1 ;;
+	esac
 	${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
 	;;
 esac