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Re: non-interactive rebase opens vim

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MWMarc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 23, 2011, 13:38 UTC
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Excerpts from Marc Strapetz's message of Wed Feb 23 14:21:08 +0100 2011:
> which brings up vim. I would not expect that. The main problem with this
> behavior is that, when invoked from our GUI client, this results in the
> client hanging forever. What forces git to open vim and how can I avoid
> that?

Maybe use gvim --nofork as editor? Its not a true fix.. but the most simple workaround which comes to my mind.

Marc Weber
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  1. Marc StrapetzFeb 23, 2011
  2. Marc WeberFeb 23, 2011

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