{"thread":{"id":"26581","subject":"non-interactive rebase opens vim","startedAt":"2011-02-23T13:21:08Z","lastAt":"2011-02-23T13:38:42Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Marc Strapetz","Marc Weber"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"162024","messageId":"4D6509C4.4000501@syntevo.com","threadId":"26581","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"non-interactive rebase opens vim","fromName":"Marc Strapetz","fromEmail":"marc.strapetz@syntevo.com","sentAt":"2011-02-23T13:21:08Z","receivedAt":"2011-02-23T13:21:08Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"marc.strapetz@syntevo.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3380730?v=4"},"body":"I've started a non-interactive rebase (of 3 commits) which results in a\nconflict for the first commit. After resolving the conflict, I've invoked\n\ngit rebase --continue\n\nwhich brings up vim. I would not expect that. The main problem with this\nbehavior is that, when invoked from our GUI client, this results in the\nclient hanging forever. What forces git to open vim and how can I avoid\nthat?\n\ngit version 1.7.3.1.msysgit.0\n\n--\nBest regards,\nMarc Strapetz\n=============\nsyntevo GmbH\nhttp://www.syntevo.com\nhttp://blog.syntevo.com\n"},{"id":"162025","messageId":"1298468234-sup-5475@localhost.localdomain","threadId":"26581","inReplyTo":"4D6509C4.4000501@syntevo.com","subject":"Re: non-interactive rebase opens vim","fromName":"Marc Weber","fromEmail":"marco-oweber@gmx.de","sentAt":"2011-02-23T13:38:42Z","receivedAt":"2011-02-23T13:38:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"marco-oweber@gmx.de","avatar":null},"body":"Excerpts from Marc Strapetz's message of Wed Feb 23 14:21:08 +0100 2011:\n> which brings up vim. I would not expect that. The main problem with this\n> behavior is that, when invoked from our GUI client, this results in the\n> client hanging forever. What forces git to open vim and how can I avoid\n> that?\n\nMaybe use gvim --nofork as editor?\nIts not a true fix.. but the most simple workaround which comes to my\nmind.\n\nMarc Weber\n"}]}