Re: feature request

From: John Rood <mr.john.rood@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 27, 2016, 22:05 UTC
Message-ID: <CALj-rGeMHyN6Xhc0_KCChmWL4BDyF-ZJYdipbe1_yNvznrYPVA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kZAfqxB699MOs6A6RL==Ku-qF7ABiW=eA+TSrqK+8e_sA@mail.gmail.com>

Unfortunately, in my case I'm on windows (my company's choice, not mine).

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:55 PM, John Rood <mr.john.rood@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Users should be able to configure Git to not send them into a Vim editor.
>
> See https://git-scm.com/docs/git-var
>
> GIT_EDITOR
>
> Text editor for use by Git commands. The value is meant to be interpreted
> by the shell when it is used. Examples: ~/bin/vi, $SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE,
> "C:\Program Files\Vim\gvim.exe" --nofork. The order of preference is the
> $GIT_EDITOR environment variable, then core.editor configuration, then
> $VISUAL, then $EDITOR, and then the default chosen at compile time,
> which is usually vi.
>
>
> So maybe
>
>     git config --global core.editor "nano"
>
> helps in your case?