For example, I would prefer to write my commit messages in vim, but it is opening emacs.
How do I configure git to always use vim instead? Note that I want to do this globally, not just for a single project.
views:
319answers:
3
+9
A:
From man git-commit:
ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The editor used to edit the commit log message will be chosen from the
GIT_EDITORenvironment variable, thecore.editorconfiguration variable, theVISUALenvironment variable, or theEDITORenvironment variable (in that order).
Mark Rushakoff
2010-04-08 00:31:32
Btw, the above is true for CVS and SVN, and I guess other version controls.
armandino
2010-04-08 00:33:25
@armandino: Yes, the others might use `VISUAL` or `EDITOR`, but they certainly don't use `GIT_EDITOR` or `core.editor`.
Mark Rushakoff
2010-04-08 00:35:38
Thanks for clarifying Mark. I meant the EDITOR variable. I believe the GIT_EDITOR (if defined) simply overrides it.
armandino
2010-04-08 00:39:47
Yep - http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07.html#svn-ch-7-sect-1.3.2So in theory, if I'm using both svn and git, setting $VISUAL or $EDITOR would be the best solution to cover both by default!
brass-kazoo
2010-04-08 00:43:05
+6
A:
You can either set core.editor in your git config
git config --global core.editor "vim"
or set the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables.
export VISUAL=vim
export EDITOR=vim
digitaldreamer
2010-04-08 00:34:28
The EDITOR environment variable has the advantage that a number of other programs will respect it as well.
Boojum
2010-04-08 00:45:55
Note that `git config --global` would write to your personal (per-user) git configuration file. On Unices it is `~/.gitconfig`. So this would configure it for all your repositories.
Jakub Narębski
2010-04-08 14:12:11
A:
For emacs users
.emacs:
(server-start)
shellrc:
export EDITOR=emacsclient
Bendlas
2010-04-08 00:42:49