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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] builtin: add git-default-branch command
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Date:   Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:22:41 -0700
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2111021433010.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (Johannes
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> But we do have prior art in Git how to display similar information: `git
> var -l` will list e.g. `GIT_PAGER`, even if it is not configured
> explicitly.

Nice.  I was hoping that somebody would remember this one.

GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT and such that do not even exist as a variable is
part of "git var -l"; the name for the default initial branch falls
into the same category.

Thanks.