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chore(board): rename $BOARD_EDITOR to $DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR #3514

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rename $BOARD_EDITOR to $DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR
dgageot Jul 7, 2026
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fix(board): keep legacy $BOARD_EDITOR as a fallback for one release
dgageot Jul 7, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/features/board/index.md
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Expand Up @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Requirements: `tmux` and `git` must be installed.
| `n` | Create a card (project + prompt) |
| `enter` | Attach to the card's agent (`ctrl+q` detaches) |
| `d` | View the card's worktree diff |
| `o` | Open the card's worktree in `$BOARD_EDITOR` (`code`) |
| `o` | Open the card's worktree in `$DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR` (`code`) |
| `[` / `]` | Move the card back / forward |
| `x` | Delete the card, its session, worktree, and branch |
| `p` | Manage projects |
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions pkg/board/app.go
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Expand Up @@ -349,14 +349,15 @@ func (a *App) Diff(cardID string) (string, error) {
}

// OpenEditor opens the card's worktree in the user's GUI editor: the
// command named by $BOARD_EDITOR, defaulting to VS Code's `code`. The
// command named by $DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR, defaulting to VS Code's `code`. The
// editor is started detached and reaped in the background.
func (a *App) OpenEditor(cardID string) error {
card, err := a.store.GetCard(cardID)
if err != nil {
return err
}
editor := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("BOARD_EDITOR"), "code")
// BOARD_EDITOR is the legacy name, kept as a fallback for one release.
editor := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR"), os.Getenv("BOARD_EDITOR"), "code")
cmd := exec.CommandContext(a.ctx, editor, card.Worktree)
if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("open editor (%s): %w", editor, err)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/board/tmux.go
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Expand Up @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func setSessionHeader(ctx context.Context, name, title, project, worktree string
wt := shQuote(worktree)
diffCmd := "git -C " + wt + " diff --color=always \"$(git -C " + wt + " merge-base HEAD " +
shQuote(upstreamBase(ctx, worktree)) + " || echo HEAD)\" | less -R"
editorCmd := "${BOARD_EDITOR:-code} " + wt
editorCmd := "${DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR:-${BOARD_EDITOR:-code}} " + wt

right := "#[range=user|diff] diff #[norange]·#[range=user|editor] editor #[norange]·" +
"#[range=right] #[bold]ctrl+q#[nobold] board #[norange]"
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pkg/board/tui/dialogs.go
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Expand Up @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func (d *helpDialog) View(width, _ int) string {
{keys.New.Help().Key, "create a card (launches an agent in a worktree)"},
{keys.Attach.Help().Key, keys.Attach.Help().Desc},
{keys.Diff.Help().Key, "view the card's worktree diff"},
{keys.Editor.Help().Key, keys.Editor.Help().Desc + " ($BOARD_EDITOR, default code)"},
{keys.Editor.Help().Key, keys.Editor.Help().Desc + " ($DOCKER_AGENT_BOARD_EDITOR, default code)"},
{"[ / ]", "move card (forward sends the column's prompt)"},
{keys.Delete.Help().Key, "delete card, its session and worktree"},
{keys.Projects.Help().Key, keys.Projects.Help().Desc},
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